Elena Tchaikovskaia | |
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Full name | Elena Anatolyevna Tchaikovskaia |
Other names | Elena Anatolyevna Osipova |
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) | 30 December 1939
Figure skating career | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Coach | Tatiana Tolmacheva[1] |
Retired | 1960 |
Elena Anatolyevna Tchaikovskaia, also spelled as Chaykovskaya or Chaikovskaia (Russian: , née Osipova (Russian: О́сипова); born 30 December 1939) is a Russian figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor for the Soviet Union. She runs a skating school at the Yantar Sports Center, built in 2010 in the Strogino District west of Moscow.[2] She coaches in collaboration with Vladimir Kotin, her former pupil.