Oksana Balkanovna Potdykova (Russian: Оксана Балкановна Потдыкова; born 20 January 1979) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. Competing with Denis Petukhov, she became a two-time World Junior medalist (silver in 1997, bronze in 1998) and the 2000 Russian national bronze medalist.
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| Full name | Oksana Balkanovna Potdykova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | Оксана Балкановна Потдыкова | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1979 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Denis Petukhov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Elena Chaikovskaya, Tatiana Kuzmina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Skating career
editEarly years
editPotdykova and Denis Petukhov began appearing together in international junior competitions in the 1994–1995 season. In November 1996, they won silver at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea, finishing second to their compatriots Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin.
1997–1998 season
editCompeting in October on the 1997–1998 ISU Junior Series, Potdykova/Petukhov won gold in Chemnitz, Germany, and then bronze in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. In December, they received the bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; they were third behind Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler of the United States and Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo of Italy.[1] In March, they won silver, finishing second to Faiella/Milo, at the ISU Junior Series Final in Lausanne, Switzerland.
1998–1999 season
editPotdykova/Petukhov began appearing on the senior level. They took silver at the 1998 Finlandia Trophy and bronze at the 1998 Golden Spin of Zagreb. They placed fifth at the 1998 Skate Israel and seventh at the 1999 Russian Championships.
1999–2000 season
editPotdykova/Petukhov received the bronze medal at the 1999 Finlandia Trophy and finished seventh at their Grand Prix event, the 1999 Cup of Russia. After winning bronze at the 2000 Russian Championships, they were sent to the 2000 European Championships in Vienna, where they placed 12th. The two were coached by Elena Chaikovskaya and Tatiana Kuzmina in Moscow.[2] In the spring of 2000, Potdykova retired from competition due to an injury.
Post-competitive career
editPotdykova became a skating coach and choreographer, based in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3][4] Her former students include Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin.[5]
Competitive highlights
editGP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Series (Junior Grand Prix)
- with Petukhov
| International[2] | |||||
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| Event | 94–95 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 |
| Europeans | 12th | ||||
| GP Cup of Russia | 7th | ||||
| Finlandia | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| Golden Spin | 1st | ||||
| Lysiane Lauret | WD | ||||
| Skate Israel | 5th | ||||
| International: Junior[2] | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| JGP Final | 2nd | ||||
| JGP Germany | 1st | ||||
| JGP Hungary | 3rd | ||||
| Autumn Trophy | 1st | ||||
| PFSA Trophy | 8th | ||||
| National[6] | |||||
| Russia | 7th | 3rd | |||
| WD = Withdrew | |||||
References
edit- ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013.
- ^ a b c "POTDYKOVA Oksana / PETUKHOV Denis". figureskating.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Yana BOZHILOVA / Kaloyan GEORGIEV". Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Alexander ZLATKOV". Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Ina DEMIREVA / Juri KURAKIN". Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Оксана Балкановна Потдыкова" [Oksana Baklanovna Potdykova]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 March 2018.
External links
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Media related to Oksana Potdykova at Wikimedia Commons