Elena Grushina
| Elena Grushina | |
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Grushina and Goncharov in 2004.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Elena Eduardovna Grushina Olena Eduardivna Hrushyna |
| Country represented | Ukraine |
| Born |
8 January 1975 Odessa, Ukrainian SSR |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Former partner |
Ruslan Goncharov Mikhail Tashlitsky |
| Former coach |
Nikolai Morozov Tatiana Tarasova Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov A.Tumanovski |
| Former skating club | Sport Military Club Odessa |
| Began skating | 1979 |
| Retired | 2006 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 213.95 2005 Worlds |
| Comp. dance | 41.30 2005 Worlds |
| Original dance | 63.23 2004 Cup of Russia |
| Free dance | 109.48 2005 Worlds |
Elena Eduardovna Grushina (Russian: Елена Эдуардовна Грушина or Ukrainian: Олена Едуардівна Грушина Olena Eduardivna Hrushyna; born 8 January 1975) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With partner Ruslan Goncharov, she is the 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, 2005 World bronze medalist, and two-time (2005, 2006) European silver medalist.
Grushina began skating at four and switched from single skating to ice dancing when she was 12. Grushina first competed with Mikhail Tashlitsky but the partnership ended when he decided to focus on school.
Having trained in the same group in Odessa, Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov were paired together in 1989. They finished fourth at the 1992 Junior Worlds. They were 18th in their senior Worlds debut at the 1994 World Championships. In early 1997, Grushina and Goncharov began training with coaches Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov in Newark, Delaware. They finished 15th at their first Olympics in 1998. They won their first Grand Prix medal, silver, at 1999 Skate Canada International.
Grushina and Goncharov were 9th at the 2002 Olympics and 6th at the 2002 World Championships. In the summer of 2002, they changed coaches to Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai Morozov in Newington, Connecticut. During the 2002–03 season, they won three gold medals on the Grand Prix series, at 2002 Skate America, 2002 Skate Canada International, and 2002 Trophée Lalique. They qualified for the Grand Prix Final where they finished fourth. They were also fourth at the 2003 European Championships and fifth at the 2003 World Championships.
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