Ludmila Georgiyevna Velikova (russian: Людмила Георгиевна Великова; ''

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'' Sinitsina, russian: Синицина; born November 4, 1947 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) is a

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pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

coach and former competitor. Ludmila Sinitsina, now known as Velikova, competed with her husband

Nikolai Velikov Nikolai Matveyevich Velikov (russian: Николай Матвеевич Великов; born June 6, 1945 in Nerekhta) is a Russian pair skating coach. Velikov competed with his wife Ludmila Sinitsina, placing fifth at the Soviet Championshi ...

, placing fifth at the Soviet Championships. Velikov later retired from competitive skating and became the coach of his wife with Anatoly Yevdokimov, a team who won bronze medals at the 1972 USSR Cup and 1973 RSFSR. After the end of her career, Velikova also turned to coaching pairs alongside her husband. Based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Their current students include: * Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov Their former students include: *

Anastasia Mishina Anastasia Viktorovna Mishina (russian: Анастасия Викторовна Мишина, born 24 April 2001) is a Russian pair skater. With her skating partner, Aleksandr Galliamov, she is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event and 20 ...

/ Aleksandr Galiamov *

/ Vladislav Mirzoev *

Polina Kostiukovich Polina Andreevna Kostiukovich (russian: Полина Андреевна Костюкович, born 7 March 2003) is a retired Russian pair skater. With her former skating partner, Dmitrii Ialin, she is the 2018 World Junior and the 2018–19 ...

Dmitrii Ialin Dmitrii Mihailovich Ialin (russian: Дмитрий Михайлович Ялин, born 9 August 1998) is a Russian pair skater. With his former skating partner, Polina Kostiukovich, he is the 2018 World Junior and the 2018–19 Junior Grand Pr ...

Ksenia Stolbova Ksenia Andreyevna Stolbova (russian: Ксе́ния Андре́евна Столбо́ва; born 7 February 1992) is a retired Russian pair skater who skated with Andrei Novoselov and Fedor Klimov. She is the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, the ...

Fedor Klimov Fedor Alexandrovich Klimov (russian: Фёдор Александрович Климов; born 7 September 1990) is a retired Russian pair skater. With partner Ksenia Stolbova, he is the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, the 2014 Olympic champion in ...

* Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov *

Maria Mukhortova Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova (russian: Мария Владимировна Мухортова; born 20 November 1985) is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Maxim Trankov, she is the 2008 European silver medalist, a five-time Grand Prix ...

Maxim Trankov Maxim Leonidovich Trankov (russian: Максим Леонидович Траньков; born 7 October 1983) is a Russian pair skater. With Tatiana Volosozhar, he is a two-time 2014 Olympic champion in the pairs and in team events, the 2013 ...

Evgenia Shishkova Evgenia Vasilievna Shishkova (russian: Евгения Васильевна Шишкова; born 18 December 1972) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. With her husband Vadim Naumov, she is the 1994 World champion and the 199 ...

Vadim Naumov Vadim Vladimirovich Naumov (russian: Вадим Владимирович Наумов; born 7 April 1969) is a Russian former pair skater. With his wife Evgenia Shishkova, he is the 1994 World champion and the 1995–96 Champions Series Final ch ...

* Maria Petrova /

Anton Sikharulidze Anton Tarielyevich Sikharulidze (russian: link=no, Антон Тариэльевич Сихарулидзе, born 25 October 1976) is a Russian former pair skater. With Elena Berezhnaya, he is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic sil ...

* Ekaterina Vasilieva / Alexander Smirnov *

Julia Obertas Julia Nikolayevna Obertas, married name: Horak (russian: Юлия Николаевна Обертас, uk, Юлія Обертас; born 19 June 1984) is a former pair skater who represented Ukraine until 2000 and then Russia until the end of her ...

/ Alexei Sokolov *

/ Sergei Slavnov

Awards

Master of Sports of the USSR Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...

* Honored Coach of Russia

References

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