Elena Ilinykh
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Elena Ruslanovna Ilinykh (Russian: Елена Руслановна Ильиных; born 25 April 1994) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2015 Russian national champion.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ruslanovna and the family name is Ilinykh.
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Full name | Elena Ruslanovna Ilinykh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30) Aktau, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva, Olga Riabinina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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With former partner Nikita Katsalapov, she is a 2014 Olympic champion in the team event, a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in ice dancing, a three-time European medalist (silver in 2013 and 2014; bronze in 2012), and the 2010 World Junior champion. Also along with former partner Nikita Katsalapov, she is the second-youngest Olympic Ice Dance medalist in history and the junior world record holder for the Original Dance.