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Ice Dance

Elena ILINYKH

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    Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN

    Partner

    • Date of birth25 Apr 1994
    • Height164 CM
    • Professionathlete
    • HometownMoscow
    • Place of birthAktau KAZ
    • Start skating1998
    • Club Sport School No. 2 Moscow
    • Hobbiesliterature, arts, fashion, motorcycle, cars
    • CoachSvetlana Alexeeva, Elena Kustarova, O. Riabinina
    • ChoreographerElena Kustarova, Antonio Najarro, Igor Shpilband
    • Former CoachIgor Shpilband
    • Practice low seasonMoscow
    • Practice high seasonMoscow
    • Former partnerAnton SHIBNEV, Nikita KATSALAPOV, Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN
    • bio

    Ilinykh/Zhiganshin teamed up in spring 2014. Ilinykh is the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist with Nikita Katsalapov as well as a gold medalist in the Olympic team event 2014 while Zhiganshin is the 2012 World Junior Champion with Victoria Sinitsina. His older sister Nelli competed in Ice Dance at the World and Olympic level, representing Germany.

    Music Free Dance as of season 2016/2017

    Slumdog Millionaire (soundtrack)
    Ang Laga De by Aditi Paul

    Competition Results

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