Vazgen Azrojan (born 22 January 1977) is a retired

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

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 ...

. He is best known for his partnership with Anastasia Grebenkina with whom he represented Armenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2005 NHK Trophy.

Personal life

He was born on 22 January 1977 in Odessa,

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. He is the father of Armenian ice dancer Viktoriia Azroian (born 15 July 2003 in Moscow).

Career

Azrojan placed ninth with Ekaterina Davydova at the 1994 World Junior Championships, representing Russia. The next season, he competed with

Elena Kustarova Elena Vladimirovna Kustarova (russian: Елена Владимировна Кустарова; born 26 July 1976) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. She is a two-time (1990, 1991) World Junior medalist with Sergei Romashkin, a ...

for Russia and placed 17th at the 1995 European Championships. Azrojan teamed up with Anastasia Grebenkina in 1996 and skated with her until 1998, representing Russia. After their partnership ended, he skated with Tiffany Hyden, representing Armenia. Grebenkina and Azrojan reformed their partnership in 2002 to compete for Armenia. They became the first skaters to medal for Armenia at a Grand Prix event, obtaining bronze at the

NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Organized by the Japanese Skating Federation, it began in 1979 and was added to the Grand Prix series in 19 ...

in 2005. They competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 20th. Azrojan was the

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for Armenia at the event. In September 2006, Grebenkina / Azrojan changed coaches, moving from Alexei Gorshkov to Alexander Zhulin. At the 2006 Cup of China, Grebenkina cut her leg with her own blade during practice, requiring stitches, but was able to compete and finished 6th with Azrojan. The duo retired from competition in 2008.

Programs

With Grebenkina

With Hyden

Competitive highlights

With Grebenkina for Armenia and Russia

With Hyden for Armenia

With Kustarova for Russia

With Davydova for Russia

References

External links

Grebenkina-Azroyan.com
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Azrojan, Vazgen Armenian male ice dancers Russian male ice dancers Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Armenia 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Odesa Ukrainian people of Armenian descent Russian figure skating coaches