Tatiana Valeryevna Malinina (russian: Татьяна Валерьевна Малинина; born 28 January 1973) is a

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i retired figure skater who competed for

. She is the 1999

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champion, the 1999 Four Continents champion, a two-time (1998, 2001)

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champion, and a ten-time (1993–2002) Uzbek national champion.

Personal life

Malinina was born on 28 January 1973 in Novosibirsk,

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. Her mother was a gymnast and her father a figure skater. The family moved to

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

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, when she was a teenager. In 1996, Malinina returned to Russia and lived in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

until moving to

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in 1998. She graduated from the Siberian Academy of Physical Culture in Omsk, Russia. In January 2000, Malinina married Roman Skorniakov. Their son, Ilia Malinin (born in 2004), is a competitive figure skater for the United States. Their daughter was born in 2014.

Career

Malinina competed at ten consecutive World Championships beginning in 1993. She finished 8th at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Malinina began the 1998–1999

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season with a 5th-place finish at the 1998 Skate America. Shortly afterward, in November 1998, Malinina and Skorniakov settled in

, drawn by better training conditions. In December, Malinina won her first Grand Prix title at the 1998 NHK Trophy and qualified for her first GPF Final. In February 1999, she competed at the inaugural

Four Continents Championships The Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) is an annual figure skating competition. The International Skating Union established it in 1999 to provide skaters representing non-African and non-European countries with a similar competit ...

and became its first ladies' gold medalist. The following month, she defeated both

Maria Butyrskaya Maria Viktorovna Butyrskaya (russian: Мария Викторовна Бутырская, links=no, born 28 June 1972) is a Russian retired figure skater. She is the 1999 World champion and a three-time European champion — becoming the oldes ...

and

Irina Slutskaya Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya ( rus, Ирина Эдуардовна Слуцкая, , ɪˈrʲinə ɨdʊˈardəvnə ˈslutskəjə, Ru-Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya.ogg; born 9 February 1979) is a Russian former figure skater. She is a two-time World ...

for the gold medal at the

, held in

Saint Petersburg 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 ...

. She finished her season by placing a career-best 4th at the

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. In the 1999–2000 season, Malinina had groin and foot injuries. She finished 18th at the 2000 World Championships. Igor Ksenofontov, the coach of Malinina and Skorniakov, died suddenly in 1999. Valeri Malinin coached her part-time in the 2000–2001 season. She won bronze medals at her two Grand Prix events, the

2000 Sparkassen Cup on Ice The 2000 Sparkassen Cup on Ice was the third event of six in the 2000–01 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 9–12. Medals were awarded in the ...

and 2000 NHK Trophy. She was 5th at the Grand Prix Final, 4th at Four Continents and 13th at Worlds. Malinina and Skorniakov coached each other in the 2001–2002 season. She was 6th at the 2001 Sparkassen Cup on Ice and then won gold at the 2001 NHK Trophy. Malinina withdrew from the 2002 Winter Olympics after the short program due to the flu. She finished 15th at Worlds and then retired from competition as the couple planned to start a family.

Programs

Results

Note: Malinina withdrew before the free skate at the 2002 Winter Olympics due to illness, having placed 13th in the short program.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malinina, Tatiana 1973 births Living people Uzbekistani female single skaters Olympic figure skaters of Uzbekistan Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in figure skating Figure skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Figure skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan People from Dale City, Virginia