Olga Semkina (russian: Ольга Сёмкина, born 23 July 1976) is a Russian former

pair skater 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 ...

. She began competing internationally with

Andrei Chuvilaev Andrei Mstislavovich Chuvilaev (russian: Андрей Мстиславович Чувиляев; born 23 May 1978) is a Russian former pair skater. With Viktoria Borzenkova, he won the 2003 Winter Universiade and 2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice. Caree ...

in 1994. The pair placed seventh at the 1995 World Junior Championships, held in

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in November 1994. They won gold at the 1995

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, silver at the 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy, and bronze at the 1997 Winter Universiade. In 2000, Semkina intended to compete with Alexey Minin for Bulgaria. They trained in

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and

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, coached by

Nina Mozer Nina Mikhailovna Mozer (russian: Нина Михайловна Мозер; born 28 August 1964) is a Russian pair skating coach based in Moscow. She is best known for coaching Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, ...

Results

With Minin for Bulgaria

With Chuvilaev for Russia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Semkina, Olga 1976 births Russian female pair skaters Living people Figure skaters from Moscow Universiade medalists in figure skating FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Competitors at the 1997 Winter Universiade