Elena Anatolyevna Garanina (russian: Елена Анатольевна Гаранина; born 19 October 1956) is a former

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 ...

who represented the

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. With Igor Zavozin, she is the 1978

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and 1981

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champion. They never made it to the

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due to the depth of the Soviet dance field. After turning pro, the duo performed in Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's ice shows. Garanina currently works as a coach. Her students have included: *

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/ Maxim Zavozin *

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* Kayla Nicole Frey /

Garanina was formerly married to Igor Zavozin. Their son, ice dancer Maxim Zavozin, was born on 2 March 1985 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. Garanina's second husband, Valery Spiridonov, competed in pairs. She gave birth to their son,

Anton Spiridonov Anton Valeryevich Spiridonov (born August 5, 1998) is a Russian-American ice dancer. With his current skating partner, Lorraine McNamara, he is the 2023 World University Games silver medalist and 2022 CS U.S. Classic bronze medalist. Persona ...

, on 5 August 1998 in the United States.

Competitive highlights

(with Igor Zavozin)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garanina, Elena Living people Soviet female ice dancers Russian female ice dancers Russian figure skating coaches 1956 births Figure skaters from Moscow Universiade medalists in figure skating Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1981 Winter Universiade