Oksana Grishuk

Oksana Vladimirovna Grishchuk (Russian Оксана Владимировна Грищук, also Pasha Grishchuk, born March 17, 1972 in Odessa, Soviet Union) is a former Russian figure skater, which was launched in ice dancing for the Soviet Union, the United team and Russia.

Career

Oksana Grishchuk began at the age of four years still in Odessa with the figure skating. Her father, Vladimir Grishchuk was football player. Her mother, Lyudmila Rohbeck 's graduate business economist. His parents divorced when Oksana Grishchuk was four years old. Their first coach was Valentina Kasjanowa. At age ten she came to Moscow for the Sport Club Dynamo Moscow. In Moscow it was first coached by Yelena Alexandrova. With twelve years Grishchuk changed from single drive to ice dancing. Your first Eistanzpartner was Alexander Tschitschkow. At his side was 1988 Junior World Champion. In 1989 he had to retire for health reasons his career.

1989 brought Natalya Dubova together with Evgeny Platov. Three months later they reached the podium as third parties in the Soviet championships. Their joint debut at World and European Championships, they finished 1990 on the fifth place respectively.

In 1992 Grishchuk and Platov were the first time when Soviet masters. Both at the European Championships as well as the World Championships, they won their first bronze medals at these tournaments. Her debut at the Olympics they finished in Albertville in fourth place.

In the fall of 1992, Natalia and Gennadi Linitschuk Karponossow new coach of Grishchuk and Platov. As reigning Russian champions the ice dance 1993 Vice European Champion and Vice World Champion.

In 1994 they were again Vice-European Champion. At the Olympic Games in Lillehammer Grishchuk and Platov won the gold medal. They defeated the reamateurisierten Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who were also reigning European champion and the then reigning world champion Maja Ussowa and Alexander Schulin. In Japanese Chiba Grishchuk and Platov were a little later for the first time world champion.

Grishchuk and Platov missed due to injury much of the season 1994/95, including the European Championship. However, at the World Championships in Birmingham they could take back and defended their championship title.

1996 European Champion Grishchuk and Platov in Sofia for the first time. In Edmonton they were world champion again. Then Tatiana Tarasova was their new coach. They missed the first half of the season 1996/97, but returned back in time in Paris in 1997 to defend their European Championship title. In Lausanne, it became the fourth consecutive world champion.

1998 won Grishchuk and Platov in Milan for the third consecutive year at the European Championships. At the Olympic Games in Nagano, they defended their title and were once again Olympic champion. After they finished their competitive career.

In the period 1994-1998 Grishchuk and Platov won 20 contests in a row. They are the only ice dance, which was twice win gold at the Olympics. Grishchuk and Platov combined speed and sophisticated elements and showed their mastery of many different styles of dance.

After her competitive career ran Grishchuk and Platov together in various shows. Then she decided to become a partner exchange with their former rivals Maja Ussowa and Alexander Schulin. Nine years after the end of her career Platov and Oksana " Pasha " Grishchuk first emerged again on together in the annual Christmas show on the Red Square in Moscow. In 2008 they came together in Nagano to celebrate the tenth anniversary of her Olympic victory.

Oksana Grishchuk studied art at the University of Moscow and choreographer. She speaks Russian, English, German and Italian.

On 19 August 2002 Oksana Grishchuk became a mother. Your daughter's name is Skyler Grace. The child's father is her partner Jeff Carrillo. The family lives in Los Angeles, California. Grishchuk now works as a trainer.

Results

Ice Dancing

( with Yevgeny Platov )

( with Alexander Tschitschkow )

Winter Olympic Games 1992 World Figure Skating Championships 1993 World Figure Skating Championships 1994 World Figure Skating Championships 1995 World Figure Skating Championships 1996 World Figure Skating Championships 1997 World Figure Skating Championships 1992 European Figure Skating Championships 1993 European Figure Skating Championships 1994 European Figure Skating Championships 1996 European Figure Skating Championships 1997 European Figure Skating Championships 1998 European Figure Skating Championships Single skating World Junior Figure Skating Championships Russian Figure Skating Championships 1990 World Figure Skating Championships 1990 European Figure Skating Championships Alexander Zhulin Chiba, Chiba List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1991 World Figure Skating Championships 1991 European Figure Skating Championships Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater) Andrei Bukin Gwendal Peizerat Tessa Virtue Scott Moir Meryl Davis Charlie White (figure skater) Jean Westwood (figure skater) Pamela Weight June Markham Courtney Jones Doreen Denny Pavel Roman Diane Towler Bernard Ford Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder Oksana Domnina Maxim Shabalin Anna Cappellini Luca Lanotte Christiane Guhel Jean Paul Guhel Linda Shearman Angelika Buck Erich Buck Sergei Novitski Ekaterina Bobrova Dmitri Soloviev Igor Shpilband Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto Evan Bates Alexandra Stepanova Ivan Bukin Vladimir Fedorov
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