Elena 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+12 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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