Nina Ulanova (russian: Нина Уланова; occasionally romanised French-style as Oulanova; born 31 May 1978) is a Russian

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. With former partner

Michail Stifunin Michail Stifunin (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Стифунин: Mikhail Yuryevich Stifunin; born 4 August 1978) is a former ice dancer who competed internationally for Russia and France. Competing for Russia with Nina Ulanova, he is the ...

, she is the 1997 World Junior champion and

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champion.

Personal life

Nina Ulanova was born in 1978 in Moscow. She is the niece of Alexei Ulanov.

Career

Competitive career

Having started skating when she was four, Ulanova trained in

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under Rafael Arutyunyan until age 11 and then began

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in Andrei Filippov's group. Ulanova and her partner,

, placed fifth at the 1996 World Junior Championships in

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, Australia. In the 1996–97 season, they won gold at the 1997 World Junior Championships in

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, South Korea. After the event, Filippov moved to Australia and Ulanova/Stifunin joined Alla Belyaeva. They skated together until 1999, placing as high as fifth at the senior Russian Championships. During the 1999–2000 season, Ulanova competed with Alexander Pavlov. They placed fourth at the 2000 Russian Championships. Their partnership ended around 2001.

Professional career

After joining Holiday on Ice, Ulanova performed with Martin Šimeček for seven years and then with Michał Zych for three years. In 2011, Ulanova appeared on

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of ITV's ''

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'', partnered with Steven Arnold. They were voted off in episode 4. She took part in the 2011 Dancing on Ice Tour and partnered with professional skater Matt Evers. In 2012, she appeared on

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partnered with Matthew Wolfenden and won the series. Ulanova did not appear in series 8 due to her pregnancy. She was partnered with Kyran Bracken for the 2014 series of Dancing on Ice.

Competitive highlights

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With Pavlov

With Stifunin

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulanova, Nina 1978 births Russian female ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Moscow World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Universiade medalists in figure skating Universiade silver medalists for Russia Competitors at the 1997 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1999 Winter Universiade