Halyna Vladyslavivna Kukhar or Hrzhybovska ( uk, Галина Владиславівна Кухар (Гржибовська)), née Galina Vladislavovna Grzhibovskaya (russian: Галина Владиславовна Гржибовская; born 12 July 1951) is a Ukrainian

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

coach and former competitive skater who represented the

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. She is the 1968 Soviet champion and competed at the

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Personal life

Kukhar was born on 12 July 1951 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 millio ...

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, Soviet Union, as Galina Vladislavovna Grzhibovskaya (Ukrainian: Halyna Vladyslavivna Hrzhybovska). She married the chief engineer of the Kiev Ballet on Ice, Heorhiy Kukhar, and settled in Kiev, Ukraine.

Career

Grzhibovskaya was taught by Svetlana Mozer (mother of Nina Mozer) in a large children's group in Moscow until

Tatiana Tolmacheva Tatyana Aleksandrovna Tolmachova (russian: Татьяна Александровна Толмачёва, née Granatkina, Гранаткина; 21 January 1907 – 21 October 1998) was a Russian figure skater, figure skating coach and one o ...

took the young skater in her own group. In the 1967–68 season, Grzhibovskaya won the Soviet national ladies' title and placed 12th at the 1968 European Championships. She was then sent to the

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, where she finished 16th. She then joined Stanislav Zhuk. The following season, Grzhibovskaya placed 14th at both the 1969 European Championships and 1969 World Championships. Unable to adapt to his authoritarian style, she left Zhuk's group and joined the Kiev Ballet on Ice, where she skated for 23 years. In the early 1990s, Kukhar began a coaching career in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

. Her former students include: * Aliona Savchenko (from age 7) * Tatiana Volosozhar * Galina Efremenko (Maniachenko) *

Dmitri Dmitrenko Dmytro Dmytrenko ( uk, Дмитро Дмитренко, also Dmitri Dmitrenko from russian: Дмитрий Дмитренко; born 25 July 1973) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. While representing the Soviet Union, he won the 1 ...

* Anton Kovalevski * Stanislav Morozov (from 1996) *

Andrei Deputat Andrei Dmitriyevich Deputat (russian: Андрей Дмитриевич Депутат; born 20 December 1992) is a Ukrainian-Russian pair skater who has represented Russia internationally since 2012. With former partner Vasilisa Davankova, he is ...

Oleksii Bychenko Alexei Bychenko ( he, אלכסיי ביצ'נקו; uk, Олексій Юрійович Биченко; born 5 February 1988) is a retired Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater. He represented Ukraine through 2009 and Israel after that. He is the 2 ...

Competitive highlights

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