Elena Ilinykh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Elena Ruslanovna Ilinykh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Aktau, Kazakhstan | 25 April 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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