Elena Garanina
Full nameElena Anatolyevna Garanina
Native nameЕлена Анатольевна Гаранина
Born (1956-10-19) 19 October 1956
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union

Elena Anatolyevna Garanina (Russian: Елена Анатольевна Гаранина; born 19 October 1956)[1] is a former ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union. With Igor Zavozin, she is the 1978 Nebelhorn Trophy[2] and 1981 Winter Universiade champion. They never made it to the World Figure Skating Championships due to the depth of the Soviet dance field.[3] After turning pro, the duo performed in Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's ice shows.

Garanina currently works as a coach. Her students have included:

Garanina was formerly married to Igor Zavozin.[7] Their son, ice dancer Maxim Zavozin, was born on 2 March 1985 in Moscow.[4] Garanina's second husband, Valery Spiridonov, competed in pairs. She gave birth to their son, Anton Spiridonov, on 5 August 1998 in the United States.[8]

Competitive highlights

(with Igor Zavozin)

International
Event 75–76 76–77 77–78 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83
Skate America2nd2nd
St. Ivel2nd
Moscow News2nd
Nebelhorn2nd1st
Universiade1st
National
Soviet Champ.5th2nd4th5th5th6th

References

  1. ↑ "Елена Анатольевна Гаранина" [Elena Anatolyevna Garanina]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
  2. ↑ "NHT-Rückblick/History". Deutsche Eislauf-Union. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Our Coach". Morgan Matthews & Max Zavozin :: Official website. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. 1 2 "Morgan MATTHEWS / Maxim ZAVOZIN". International Skating Union.
  5. ↑ "Katherine COPELY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS". International Skating Union.
  6. ↑ "Kayla Nicole FREY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS". International Skating Union.
  7. ↑ Reynolds, Marge (January 2003). "Matthews and Zavozin Capture Junior Dance Gold". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
  8. ↑ "Leticia MARSH / Anton SPIRIDONOV". International Skating Union.
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