Elena Germanovna Vodorezova , is a Russia

Russia

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n figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 coach and retired competitive skater who represented the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. She is the 1983 World bronze medalist

1983 World Figure Skating Championships

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 and three-time European medalist

European Figure Skating Championships

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.

Career

Elena Vodorezova was coached by Stanislav Zhuk

Stanislav Zhuk

Stanislav Alekseevich Zhuk was a pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner and wife Nina, he won three silver medals at the European Figure Skating Championships and finished sixth at the 1960 Winter Olympics.He later went on to a long career as a coach...

 at the Armed Forces sports society

Armed Forces (sports society)

Central Sports Klub of the Army or is the Russian sports society and the successor of the Soviet CSKA.-Overview:The society was one of the largest sports societies in the USSR. In the Soviet era all CSKA and SKA teams that resided in the Soviet Union belonged to the Armed Forces sports society...

 in Moscow

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. A gifted free-skater, she represented her country at the 1976 Winter Olympics

1976 Winter Olympics

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 aged just 12. She was the first skater to complete a double flip, triple toe loop combination. She was noted for a spectacularly high double axel

Axel jump

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 and fast spins

Figure skating spins

Spins are an element in figure skating where the skater rotates, centered on a single point on the ice, while holding one or more body positions. The skater rotates on the part of the blade just behind the toe pick, with the weight on the ball of the foot...

. She won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships

1978 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1978 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1977-1978 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion...

; it was the first time a Soviet ladies' single skater had won a medal at the event. She missed the 1979–1981 seasons completely due to severe juvenile arthritis, which prevented her from even walking for months in 1979.

She won a second bronze medal at the 1982 Europeans

1982 European Figure Skating Championships

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 and silver at the 1983

1983 European Figure Skating Championships

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 event. She also won bronze at the 1983 World Championships

1983 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion....

 – the first World medal for a Soviet female single skater. Vodorezova retired from competition in 1984. In 1987, she married a former skater, with whom she has a son, Ivan.

She began coaching at the CSKK Club in Moscow

Moscow

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. Her former pupils include Elene Gedevanishvili

Elene Gedevanishvili

Elene Gedevanishvili is a Georgian figure skater. She is the 2010 European bronze medalist, becoming the first skater from Georgia to medal at an ISU Championships.-Career:...

, Olga Markova

Olga Markova (figure skater)

Olga Dmitriyevna Markova is a Russian former competitive figure skater who currently works as a coach, choreographer, and technical specialist. As a competitive skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1994 European Figure Skating Championships and the silver at the 1995 European Championships...

, Andrei Griazev

Andrei Griazev

Andrei Vladimirovich Griazev is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2007 Russian national champion and 2004 World Junior Champion.- Career :Griazev began skating at the age of four. At the age of 11, he moved from Perm to Saint Petersburg to train with famous coach Alexei Mishin at the Yubileyny...

, and Denis Ten

Denis Ten

Denis Yurievich Ten is a Kazakhstani figure skater. He is the 2011 Asian Winter Games champion and 2006 Kazakhstan national champion. At the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Belarus, he became the first skater from Kazakhstan to win an International Skating Union competition...

. Currently, Buianova coaches Adelina Sotnikova

Adelina Sotnikova

Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2011 World Junior champion, 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final champion and two-time Russian National champion.- Career :...

, Artem Borodulin

Artem Borodulin

Artem Igorevich Borodulin is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2008 World Junior silver medalist.- Career :Artem Borodulin began skating at age 5. He and his brother moved from Perm to Moscow in spring 2006. His younger brother, Sergei, is also a competitive figure skater.Borodulin broke his...

 and Artur Dmitriev Jr

Artur Dmitriev Jr

Artur Arturovich Dmitriev is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2011 Russian Junior champion.- Career :Artur Dmitriev Jr. was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was not initially interested in skating but began skating seriously at about the age of seven or eight after his family had moved to...

.

Competitive highlights

Event	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84
Winter Olympics Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...	12th								8th
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...	11th	7th	6th		WD		5th	3rd
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...	8th	5th	3rd				3rd	2nd	WD
Soviet Championships Soviet Figure Skating Championships The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union...	1st	1st			1st		1st	1st
Prize of Moscow News Prize of Moscow News The Prize of Moscow News , also known as the Moscow Skate, Nouvelles de Moscou, and the Moscow News Trophy, was an international, senior-level figure skating competition held in the former Soviet Union from 1966 to 1990...	1st	1st

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