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Elena Ivanova
Native name	Елена Иванова
Born	(1979-11-08) 8 November 1979 (age 45) Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Retired	2000
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Ladies' singles World Junior Championships 1996 Brisbane Ladies' singles 1998 Saint John Ladies' singles 1995 Budapest Ladies' singles 1997 Seoul Ladies' singles

Elena Ivanova (Russian: Елена Иванова; born 8 November 1979) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1995 Finlandia Trophy champion, 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and 1996 World Junior champion.

Life and career

Ivanova was born in Nevinnomyssk. When she was six years old, figure skating coach Nina Ruchkina visited her kindergarten in search of talented youth and noticed her. Ivanova's parents approved of the activity and she began skating under Ruchkina. At the age of 10, she became Master of Sports of the USSR and gained the nickname "Iron Felix" because of her calmness on the ice. At the age of 15, she moved from Nevinnomyssk to Samara and graduated from Samara's GUOR (figure skating faculty).

Ivanova represented Russia at four World Junior Championships, winning silver in 1995 (Budapest, Hungary), gold in 1996 (Brisbane, Australia), bronze in 1997 (Seoul, South Korea), and silver in 1998 (Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada). She finished sixth in her Champions Series (Grand Prix) debut, at the 1997 Trophée Lalique.

She retired from competition due to injury and became a skating coach in Vitebsk, Belarus. Around 2005, she relocated to Daugavpils, Latvia.

Results

GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

References

1. ^ "Elena IVANOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
2. ^ Hotuleva, Irina (6 December 2005). Наших фигуристов тренирует чемпионка мира [Our skaters are coached by a world champion] (in Russian). Nasha Gazeta. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
3. "[Figure Skating]" (in Russian). GUOR official website. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
4. Stokenberga, Daiga (11 May 2016). "Deniss Vasiļjevs raksta Latvijas vēsturi" [Denis Vasiljevs writing Latvian history]. nra.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 16 May 2016.
5. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
6. Иванова Елена [Elena Ivanova] (in Russian). fskate.ru.

• Russian female single skaters
• Living people
• 1979 births
• World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
• People from Nevinnomyssk
• Russian expatriates in Latvia
• Sportspeople from Stavropol Krai