Oksana Grishuk

Russian ice dancer

Oksana Vladimirovna Grishuk (born March 17, 1972 in Odesa, Ukraine) is a Russian retired ice dancer. She and her partner, Evgeny Platov, won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships.

Oksana Grichuk and Evgeny Platov at the 1994 European championships

Grishuk began training in skating at the age of four. She moved to Moscow in 1986, and studied at the Sport University from 1988 to 1992.

After they won the gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan,[1] Platov decided to skate as a professional with a different partner, Maya Usova, so Grishuk began skating professionally alone.

Amateur competitions change

  • World Championships: first in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997
  • Olympics: gold medal in 1994 and 1998
  • European Championships: first place in 1996, 1997, and 1998

References change

  1. Longman, Jere (2 January 1998). "Dancing on the Sharp Edge of Her Skates". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

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