Natalia Bestemianova
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| Full name | Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative names | Bestemyanova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former country(ies) represented | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1960 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Andrei Bukin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Tatiana Tarasova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova or Bestemyanova[1] (Russian: Наталья Филимоновна Бестемьянова,[2] born 6 January 1960)[3] is a Russian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her partner Andrei Bukin, she is the 1988 Olympic Champion, 1984 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World champion, three-time World silver medalist, and five-time European champion.
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Life and career
Bestemianova was coached by Tatiana Tarasova and competed in ice dance with Andrei Bukin. In 1984, she was named an Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.[3] Bestemianova and Bukin capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics and that year's World Figure Skating Championships. The Besti Squat was Bestemianova's signature move and is unofficially named for her.
In 1983, Bestemianova married Igor Bobrin. After she finished her career she performed in the Ice Miniature Theater, led by her husband. She is the stepmother of Maxim, Igor's son from his previous marriage. [3] Together, they run Moscow Stars on Ice.[4]
In 2006–2008, Bestemianova appeared as a coach and show-host in the Russian version of the British show Dancing on Ice, shown on Russian RTR. In early 2007, she appeared as a member of the ice panel for the British show Dancing on Ice, shown on ITV1. In 2011—2012, Bestemianova was on the panel of judges for the Channel One (Russia) television show Cup of Professionals.[5]
Competitive highlights
(with Bukin)
| International | |||||||||||
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| Event | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 |
| Olympics | 8th | 2nd | 1st | ||||||||
| Worlds | 10th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Europeans | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Skate America | 2nd | ||||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 1st | 1st | |||||||||
| Moscow News | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |||
| National | |||||||||||
| Soviet Champ.[3] | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |||
Programs
(With Bukin)
| Season | Original set pattern | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 1987–1988 | |||
| 1986–1987 | |||
| 1985–1986 | |||
| 1984–1985 | |||
| 1983–1984 | |||
| 1982–1983 | |||
| 1981–1982 | FD: "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khatchaturian, "Romeo and Juliet" by Tchiakovsky, Finale from "William Tell" Overture by Rossini (modern piano version) | ||
| 1980–1981 | |||
| 1979–1980 |
References
- ↑ http://ice-theatre.com/about/
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 3
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External links
See also
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- Articles containing Russian-language text
- Soviet female ice dancers
- Russian female ice dancers
- Olympic figure skaters of the Soviet Union
- Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Reality television judges
- Sportspeople from Moscow
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
