Oksana Kazakova
Oksana Kazakova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Oksana Borisovna Kazakova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native name | Оксана Борисовна Казакова | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 8 April 1975||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Yubileyny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oksana Borisovna Kazakova (Russian: Оксана Борисовна Казакова; born 8 April 1975) is a Russian former pair skater. With partner Artur Dmitriev, she is the 1998 Olympic champion and 1996 European champion.
Personal life
Oksana Borisovna Kazakova was born on 8 April 1975 in Leningrad.[1][2] Her mother was a kindergarten teacher and her father was in the army.[3] She married Alexei Novitski in the summer of 1996[3] but divorced him four years later. In 2004, she married Konstantin Kovalenko and gave birth to their daughter, Ksenia, in 2005.[4][5] They split in 2008.[6] In 2015, she got married, for the third time, to Juri Kashkarov.
Career
Kazakova began skating in 1979.[1] In 1982, she was admitted into Saint Petersburg's Yubileyny.[3] She took up pair skating in 1988 and skated with Andrei Mokhov for several years.[3] The pair placed fourth at the 1991 World Junior Championships but split after the event. Kazakova's coaches, Natalia Pavlova and V. Teslia, paired her with Dmitri Sukhanov,[3] with whom she competed for four seasons. Svetlana Korol was their choreographer.[3] The pair finished 15th at the 1993 World Championships and won a pair of medals at the Nations Cup. Their partnership ended after the 1995 Russian Championships.[7]
Kazakova teamed up with Artur Dmitriev in February 1995.[8] Dmitriev was much more experienced, having already competed at two Olympics with Natalia Mishkutenok and won two Olympic medals, gold in 1992 and silver in 1994. Although Mishkutenok decided to retire from competition in 1994, Dmitriev wanted to continue his competitive career and eventually chose Kazakova who also trained in Saint Petersburg.[8] Tamara Moskvina coached them at Yubileyny.[1] Their choreographers were Alexander Matveev, David Avdish, and Moskvina.[9] Early in their partnership, Kazakova and Dmitriev missed six months when she injured her leg.[8] They won the 1996 European Championships and bronze at the 1997 World Championships. In 1998, they won the Olympic title in Nagano, Japan. Kazakova said, "I wanted very much to prove myself and I did."[8] The pair retired from competition but continued to skate in shows.[6][10]
Kazakova became a coach at Yubileyny Sports Palace, at the club SDUSHOR St. Petersburg, alongside Moskvina.[11] Her former students include Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert[11] and Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich.[12]
Programs
(with Artur Dmitriev)
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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1998–2008 [13][14] |
"Marionette":
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1997–1998 [13][14] |
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1996–1997 [13][14] |
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1995–1996 [13][14] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Champions Series (later Grand Prix)
With Dmitriev
International[1] | |||
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Event | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 |
Winter Olympics | 1st | ||
World Champ. | 5th | 3rd | WD |
European Champ. | 1st | 2nd | |
CS Final | 2nd | 3rd | |
CS Cup of Russia | 3rd | ||
CS NHK Trophy | WD | ||
CS Skate America | 5th | 1st | |
CS Skate Canada | 1st | ||
CS TDF/Lalique | 2nd | 1st | |
Goodwill Games | 2nd | ||
National[1] | |||
Russian Champ. | 3rd | 4th | 3rd |
WD = Withdrew |
With Sukhanov
International[15] | ||||
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Event | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 |
World Champ. | 15th | |||
Nations Cup | 3rd | 2nd | ||
NHK Trophy | 4th | |||
Skate Canada | 6th | |||
Czech Skate | 2nd | |||
National[15] | ||||
Russian Champ. | 4th | 5th | 4th | |
Soviet Champ. | 4th |
With Mokhov
Event | 1990–91 |
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World Junior Championships | 4th |
References
- ^ a b c d e "KAZAKOVA Oksana / DMITRIEV Artur". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.
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- ^ Ivanov, Dmitry (12 February 2004). Любовь со второго взгляда. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.
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- ^ "Kamila GAINETDINOVA / Ivan BICH: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Kazakova and Dmitriev's Music". Archived from the original on 5 October 1999.
- ^ a b c d "Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009.
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External links
Media related to Oksana Kazakova at Wikimedia Commons
- Russian female pair skaters
- Olympic figure skaters of Russia
- Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
- 1975 births
- Battle of the Blades participants
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics