Anastasia Yuryevna Grebenkina (russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Гребёнкина, born 18 January 1979) is a former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. She is best known for her partnership with

Vazgen Azrojan Vazgen Azrojan (born 22 January 1977) is a retired Armenian ice dancer. He is best known for his partnership with Anastasia Grebenkina with whom he represented Armenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2005 NHK Trophy. ...

with whom she represented

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at the 2006 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2005 NHK Trophy.

Career

Grebenkina teamed up with

in 1996 and skated with him until 1998, representing Russia. After their partnership ended, she skated with Vitali Novikov, also representing Russia. Grebenkina and Azrojan reformed their partnership in 2002, this time representing Armenia. They became the first skaters to medal for Armenia at a Grand Prix event, obtaining bronze at the

NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Organized by the Japanese Skating Federation, it began in 1979 and was added to the Grand Prix series in 19 ...

in 2005. They competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 20th. In September 2006, Grebenkina / Azrojan changed coaches, moving from Alexei Gorshkov to Alexander Zhulin. At the 2006 Cup of China, Grebenkina cut her leg with her own blade during practice, requiring stitches, but was able to compete and finished 6th with Azrojan. The duo retired from competition in 2008. She coaches at Moscow's Gorky Park. In 2007, Grebenkina played Maria Feodorovna in a Russian television movie, ''Звезда Империи''.

Personal life

Grebenkina is married to Yuri Goncharov, with whom she has a son, Ivan, who was born on May 25, 2010. Anna Semenovich is the godmother.

Programs

(with Azroyan)

Competitive highlights

''GP: Grand Prix''

With Azrojan for Armenia and Russia

With Novikov for Russia

With Samovich for Latvia

References

External links

Grebenkina-Azroyan.com
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grebenkina, Anastasia Russian female ice dancers Armenian female ice dancers Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Armenia 1979 births Figure skaters from Moscow Living people