Elena Sokolova
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![]() Sokolova at the 2004 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Elena Sergeyevna Sokolova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native name | Елена Соколова | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 15 February 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Skating club | Sport Club Moskvitch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena Sergeyevna Sokolova (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Соколова; born 15 February 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2003 World silver medalist, a three-time European medalist (2003–2004, 2006), and a three-time Russian national champion (2003–2004, 2006).
Personal life
[edit]Elena Sokolova was born on 15 February 1980 in Moscow.[1] She studied at the Institute for Physical Culture in Moscow.[2]
Career
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Sokolova began skating at age four — following bronchitis and generally poor health, doctors told her parents that she should take up a physical activity.[2]
Early in her career, Sokolova was coached by V. Tumanov. In 1997, she switched to Marina Kudriavtseva and Viktor Kudriavtsev and was coached by them in Moscow until 2000 when she moved to Alexei Mishin in Saint Petersburg.[1] Sokolova sustained a concussion in the summer of 2002.[1] She returned to Kudriavtsev in autumn 2002.[1]
Sokolova won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships and three European medals. She finished 14th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the 2006 World Championships, Sokolova finished 4th with a personal best total score of 177.85 points. She retired from competition after finishing 13th at the 2007 Worlds.
Sokolova skated with the Champions on Ice tour every spring from 2003 to 2006.
Programs
[edit]Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2006–2007 [1] |
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2005–2006 [3] |
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2004–2005 [4] |
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2003–2004 [5][6] |
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Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante:
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2002–2003 [7] |
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2001–2002 [8] |
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1999–2000 |
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1997–1998 [2] |
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1995–1997 |
Results
[edit]GP = Champions Series / Grand Prix
International[9] | ||||||||||||
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Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 |
Olympics | 7th | 14th | ||||||||||
Worlds | 8th | 2nd | 10th | 7th | 4th | 13th | ||||||
Europeans | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 7th | |||||||
GP Final | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5th | ||||||||
GP Bompard | 6th | |||||||||||
GP Cup of China | 7th | |||||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 9th | 4th | 4th | |||
GP NHK Trophy | 6th | 3rd | ||||||||||
GP Skate America | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 10th | 1st | |||||
GP Skate Canada | 9th | |||||||||||
GP Sparkassen | 1st | |||||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | |||||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | ||||||||
Golden Spin | WD | |||||||||||
Universiade | 1st | |||||||||||
International: Junior[9] | ||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 2nd | |||||||||||
National[10] | ||||||||||||
Russian Champ. | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd |
WD = Withdrew |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
- ^ a b c Mittan, J. Barry (1998). "An All-American Girl: You'd Think So But It's Really Russia's Elena Sokolova". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012.
- ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2002.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Elena SOKOLOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017.
- ^ "Соколова Елена Сергеевна". fskate.ru (in Russian).
External links
[edit] Media related to Elena Sokolova at Wikimedia Commons
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Russian female single skaters
- Olympic figure skaters for Russia
- Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters from Moscow
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
- Competitors at the 1999 Winter Universiade