Tatiana Malinina

Tatiana Malinina

Malinina at the 2001 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Full name Tatiana Valeryevna Malinina
Country represented Uzbekistan
Born (1973-01-28) 28 January 1973
Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Former coach Roman Skorniakov
Igor Ksenofontov
Former choreographer Rostislav Sinicyn
Skating club Alpomish
Training locations Dale City, Virginia
Yekaterinburg
Tashkent
Began skating 1978
Retired 2002

Tatiana Valeryevna Malinina (Russian: Татьяна Валерьевна Малинина; born 28 January 1973 in Novosibirsk)[1] is a Russian figure skater who competed for Uzbekistan.[2] She is the 1999 Grand Prix Final champion, the 1999 Four Continents champion, a two-time (1998, 2001) NHK Trophy champion, and a ten-time (1993–2002) Uzbekistani national champion.

Personal life

Malinina was born in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR. Her mother was a gymnast and her father a figure skater.[3][4] Malinina's family moved to Tashkent, Uzbek SSR when she was a teenager.[2][4] In 1996, she returned to Russia and lived in Yekaterinburg until moving to Dale City, Virginia in 1998.[2]

Malinina graduated from the Siberian Academy of Physical Culture in Omsk, Russia.[5] In January 2000, she married Roman Skorniakov.[5] They had a child in 2002.

Career

Malinina competed at ten consecutive World Championships beginning in 1993. She finished 8th at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.[6]

Malinina began the 1998–1999 Grand Prix season with a 5th-place finish at the 1998 Skate America. Shortly afterward, in November 1998, Malinina and Skorniakov settled in Dale City, Virginia, drawn by better training conditions.[4] In December, Malinina won her first Grand Prix title at the 1998 NHK Trophy and qualified for her first GPF Final. In February 1999, she competed at the inaugural Four Continents Championships and became its first ladies' gold medalist.[4] The following month, she defeated both Maria Butyrskaya and Irina Slutskaya for the gold medal at the Grand Prix Final, held in Saint Petersburg. She finished her season by placing a career-best 4th at the World Championships.

In the 1999–2000 season, Malinina had groin and foot injuries.[4] She finished 18th at the 2000 World Championships. Igor Ksenofontov, the coach of Malinina and Skorniakov, died suddenly in 1999.[1]

Valeri Malinin coached her part-time in the 2000–2001 season.[4] She won bronze medals at her two Grand Prix events, the 2000 Sparkassen Cup on Ice and 2000 NHK Trophy. She was 5th at the Grand Prix Final, 4th at Four Continents and 13th at Worlds.

Malinina and Skorniakov coached each other in the 2001–2002 season.[1][7] She was 6th at the 2001 Sparkassen Cup on Ice and then won gold at the 2001 NHK Trophy. Malinina withdrew from the 2002 Winter Olympics after the short program due to the flu.[1] She finished 15th at Worlds and then retired from competition as they planned to start a family.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2001–2002
[1][8]
2000–2001
[4]
  • Sweet Sorrow
    (Violin concerto)
    by Henri Vieuxtemps
1999–2000
    1998–1999
    [3]
    • Aladdin
      by Alan Menken
    1997–1998
    [3]
    • Aladdin
      by Alan Menken

    Results

    Results[1][4]
    International
    Event 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02
    Olympics 8th WD
    Worlds 37th 21st 22nd 13th 17th 14th 4th 18th 13th 15th
    Four Continents 1st 7th 4th 10th
    Grand Prix Final 1st 5th 6th
    GP NHK Trophy 10th 7th 9th 8th 7th 1st 3rd 3rd 1st
    GP Skate America 5th
    GP Sparkassen Cup 4th 3rd 6th
    Golden Spin 1st
    Skate Israel 1st
    Asian Games 2nd 1st
    Asian Championships 3rd 4th 4th
    National
    Uzbekistani 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
    GP = Grand Prix (Champions Series 1995–1997); WD = Withdrew

    Note: Malinina withdrew before the free skate at the 2002 Winter Olympics due to illness, having placed 13th in the short program.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tatiana MALININA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 14, 2002.
    2. 1 2 3 Hersh, Philip (March 22, 1999). "At 26, Russian Becomes Potential Worlds-beater". Chicago Tribune.
    3. 1 2 3 Mittan, J. Barry (1999). "Maturity Means Success for Malinina". Archived from the original on May 12, 2012.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Tatiana MALININA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 17, 2001.
    5. 1 2 Mittan, Barry (March 14, 2002). "Age is No Limit for Malinina". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on August 7, 2008.
    6. ↑ Kubatko, Justin. "Tatiana Malinina Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
    7. ↑ "Roman SKORNIAKOV: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002.
    8. ↑ "Tatiana MALININA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 18, 2001.

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