Ludmila Velikova and Nikolai Velikov
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Ludmila Georgiyevna Velikova ' onMouseout='HidePop("92808")' href="/topics/NEE">née
Sinitsina, ; born November 4, 1947 in Leningrad
) is a Russian
pair skating
coach.
Ludmila Sinitsina, now known as Velikova, competed with her now-husband Nikolai Velikov
, placing fifth at the Soviet Championships
. Velikov later retired from competitive skating and became the coach of his wife with Anatoly Yevdokimov, a team who won bronze medals at the 1972 USSR Cup and 1973 RSFSR.
After the end of her career, Velikova also turned to coaching pairs alongside her husband. Based in Saint Petersburg, Russia, they have coached:
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Sinitsina, ; born November 4, 1947 in Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) is a Russian
Russia
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pair skating
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...
coach.
Ludmila Sinitsina, now known as Velikova, competed with her now-husband Nikolai Velikov
Nikolai Velikov
Nikolai Matveyevich Velikov is a Russian pair skating coach.Velikov competed with his wife Ludmila Sinitsina, placing fifth at the Soviet Championships...
, placing fifth at the 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...
. Velikov later retired from competitive skating and became the coach of his wife with Anatoly Yevdokimov, a team who won bronze medals at the 1972 USSR Cup and 1973 RSFSR.
After the end of her career, Velikova also turned to coaching pairs alongside her husband. Based in Saint Petersburg, Russia, they have coached:
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