Elena Ilinykh

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ruslanovna and the family name is Ilinykh.
Elena Ilinykh
Elena Ilinykh in 2018
Full nameElena Ruslanovna Ilinykh
Born (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30)
Aktau, Kazakhstan
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
CoachElena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva, Olga Riabinina
Began skating1998
Retired2017
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  Russia
(with Zhiganshin)
World Team Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tokyo Team
Representing  Russia
(with Katsalapov)
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 The Hague Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2009–10 Tokyo Ice dancing
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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.

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.

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