Olga Algertovna Volozhinskaya ( et, Olga Voložinskaja; russian: Ольга Альгертовна Воложинская, born 18 May 1962) is a former

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who competed for the

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. With Alexander Svinin, she is the 1983 European silver medalist, 1985

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champion, and competed at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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Personal life

Volozhinskaya was born on 18 May 1962 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

. She married Russian figure skater Sergey Petrovskiy, with whom she has two sons, Nikita and Anton.

Career

Volozhinskaya competed with Alexander Svinin for the Soviet Union. Winners of the 1980 Grand Prix International St. Gervais, they made their senior ISU Championship debut later that season at the 1981 World Championships, placing fifth. Volozhinskaya/Svinin were fourth at the 1982 European Championships and sixth at the 1982 World Championships. Their best international results came the next year — silver at the 1983 European Championships and fourth at the 1983 World Championships. Volozhinskaya/Svinin placed fifth at the 1984 European Championships and were assigned to the

where they placed seventh. Although no longer sent to ISU Championships, they competed for two more seasons, winning gold at the

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, bronze at the 1984

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, and silver at the

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. After retiring from competition, they performed in ice shows in England and the United States. Volozhinskaya is now a choreographer, based in

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. Her clients have included

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, Stacey Pensgen,

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, and Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev.

Results

with Svinin

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Volozhinskaya, Olga Soviet female ice dancers Olympic figure skaters of the Soviet Union Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Living people Figure skaters from Tallinn 1962 births European Figure Skating Championships medalists Estonian people of Russian descent