Elena Sokolova

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeyevna and the family name is Sokolova.
Elena Sokolova
Sokolova at the 2004 European Championships
Full nameElena Sergeyevna Sokolova
Native nameЕлена Соколова
Born (1980-02-15) 15 February 1980 (age 44)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
Skating clubSport Club Moskvitch
Began skating1984
Retired2007
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Washington Ladies' singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Malmö Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Lyon Ladies' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Budapest Ladies' singles
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1999 Žilina Ladies' singles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Seoul Ladies' singles

Elena Sergeyevna Sokolova (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Соколова; born 15 February 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2003 World silver medalist, a three-time European medalist (2003–2004, 2006), and a three-time Russian national champion (2003–2004, 2006).

Personal life

Elena Sokolova was born on 15 February 1980 in Moscow.[1] She studied at the Institute for Physical Culture in Moscow.[2]

Career

Sokolova at the 2004 NHK Trophy

Sokolova began skating at age four — following bronchitis and generally poor health, doctors told her parents that she should take up a physical activity.[2]

Early in her career, Sokolova was coached by V. Tumanov. In 1997, she switched to Marina Kudriavtseva and Viktor Kudriavtsev and was coached by them in Moscow until 2000 when she moved to Alexei Mishin in Saint Petersburg.[1] Sokolova sustained a concussion in the summer of 2002.[1] She returned to Kudriavtsev in autumn 2002.[1]

Sokolova won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships and three European medals. She finished 14th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the 2006 World Championships, Sokolova finished 4th with a personal best total score of 177.85 points. She retired from competition after finishing 13th at the 2007 Worlds.

Sokolova skated with the Champions on Ice tour every spring from 2003 to 2006.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2006–2007
[1]
2005–2006
[3]
  • Turandot
    by Giacomo Puccini
  • Roméo et Juliette
    (musical soundtrack)
    by Gerard Presgurvic
2004–2005
[4]
2003–2004
[5][6]
  • Strange Paradise
    performed by
    Bond
  • Polovtsian Dances
    (from Prince Igor)
    by Alexander Borodin
Notre-Dame de Paris
by Riccardo Cocciante:
  • Le Temps des Cathedrales
  • Belle
  • Ave Maria Paien
  • Danse, mon Esmeralda
2002–2003
[7]
  • Notre-Dame de Paris
    by Riccardo Cocciante
2001–2002
[8]
  • Samson and Delilah
    by Camille Saint-Saëns
1999–2000
  • La Parole du Soleil
1997–1998
[2]
  • Russian folk
  • Stepping Out
1995–1997
  • Johann Strauss

Results

GP = Champions Series / Grand Prix

International[9]
Event 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07
Olympics 7th 14th
Worlds 8th 2nd 10th 7th 4th 13th
Europeans 2nd 3rd 5th 2nd 7th
GP Final 5th 4th 6th 5th
GP
Bompard
 6th
GP Cup of China 7th
GP
Cup of Russia
 4th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 9th 4th 4th
GP NHK Trophy 6th 3rd
GP Skate America 6th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 10th 1st
GP Skate Canada 9th
GP Sparkassen 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
Finlandia Trophy 1st 1st 1st 4th
Golden Spin WD
Universiade
 1st
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds 2nd
National[10]
Russian Champ. 6th 5th 3rd 5th 6th 4th 4th 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd
WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Mittan, J. Barry (1998). "An All-American Girl: You'd Think So But It's Really Russia's Elena Sokolova". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ a b "Elena SOKOLOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017.
  10. ^ "Соколова Елена Сергеевна". fskate.ru (in Russian).

External links

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