Ruslan Goncharov

Ruslan Hontscharow (Russian Руслан Гончаров; born January 20, 1973 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union ) is a retired Ukrainian figure skater, who started ice dancing.

Hontscharow began at the age of six years with the figure skating. Originally a single runner, he moved when he was too big, with 13 years for ice dancing. His first Eistanzpartnerin was Jelenora Gritsai. The Eistanzpartnerschaft ended due to health problems.

1990 Olena Hruschyna Hontscharows was Eistanzpartnerin. Starting yet for the Soviet Union, they were fourth at the Junior World Championship 1992. 1994 she debuted at the Senior World Championships and at the 1995 European Championships. In the same year they got married. In 1998, she contested her first Olympics and finished it on the 15th Place. In 1999 she first went as a Ukrainian champion and reached for the first time placements in the top ten at the World and European Championships. In her second Olympics they finished in ninth place in 2002. In the season 2002/ 03 Hontscharow and Hruschyna won Skate America, Skate Canada and the Trophée Lalique and thus all Grand Prix competitions in which they participated. At the Grand Prix Final but they missed a medal in fourth. At the European Championships in 2004, the Ukrainians won bronze with her ​​first medal at a major international championship. In 2005 she was vice - European champion and won bronze at the World Championships in Moscow their only World Championship medal. In 2006 they were again Vice - European Champion and won in Turin in her third Olympics, the bronze medal behind the Russians Tatiana Nawka and Roman Kostomarov, as well as the Americans Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto. After this success Hontscharow and Hruschyna ended their competitive career. You are divorced.

Results

Ice Dancing

( with Olena Hruschyna )

Nikolai Morozov (figure skater) 2005 World Figure Skating Championships 2004 European Figure Skating Championships 2005 European Figure Skating Championships 2006 European Figure Skating Championships Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final World Junior Figure Skating Championships Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics Skate Canada International List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1994 World Figure Skating Championships 1995 World Figure Skating Championships 1996 World Figure Skating Championships 1998 World Figure Skating Championships 1999 World Figure Skating Championships 2000 World Figure Skating Championships 2001 World Figure Skating Championships 2002 World Figure Skating Championships 2003 World Figure Skating Championships 2004 World Figure Skating Championships 1995 European Figure Skating Championships 1996 European Figure Skating Championships 1997 European Figure Skating Championships 1999 European Figure Skating Championships 2000 European Figure Skating Championships 2001 European Figure Skating Championships 2002 European Figure Skating Championships 2003 European Figure Skating Championships Cup of Russia Bofrost Cup on Ice NHK Trophy Cup of China International Skating Union
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