Natalia Yurievna Mikhailova (russian: Наталья Юрьевна Михайлова; born 18 July 1986) is a

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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 ...

. With Arkadi Sergeev, she is the 2006 World Junior silver medalist.

Career

Mikhailova competed with Arkadi Sergeev on the

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

circuit for six seasons beginning in 2000. They won six gold medals and finished 4th three times at the JGP Final. Mikhailova and Sergeev won silver at the 2006 World Junior Championships. They changed coaches in September 2006, moving from Ksenia Rumiantseva and Petr Durnev to

Alexander Zhulin Alexander (Sasha) Viacheslavovich Zhulin (; born 20 July 1963) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Maya Usova, he is a two-time Olympic medalist ( 1994 silver, 1992 bronze), the 1993 World champion, and the 1993 Europe ...

. Mikhailova and Sergeev parted ways at the end of the 2006–07 season – Sergeev had sustained a number of injuries, including rupture of the outer ligaments of the ankle and a fracture, followed by a meniscus problem after he returned to the ice. Mikhailova and

Andrei Maximishin Andrei Nikolayevich Maximishin (russian: Андрей Николаевич Максимишин; born 20 December 1984) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Anastasia Platonova, he is the 2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial silver medalist an ...

teamed up in mid-2007 and were coached by Zhulin in Moscow. They competed together in the 2007–2008 season, winning the silver medal at the 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb, but parted ways at the end of the season. Mikhailova and Sergeev teamed up again in 2008 but they retired from competition after finishing 6th at the 2009 Russian Championships.

Personal life

Mikhailova married

in August 2018. Their daughter, Ekaterina, was born on 10 January 2013 in Moscow.

Programs

(with Sergeev)

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Sergeev

With Maximishin

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikhailova, Natalia Russian female ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Moscow 1986 births World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists