Elena Kustarova

Elena Kustarova
Kustarova at the 2011 Cup of Russia
Personal information
Full name	Elena Vladimirovna Kustarova
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1976-07-26) 26 July 1976 (age 40) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Moscow
Former partner	Vazgen Azroyan Oleg Ovsyannikov Sergei Romashkin
Former coach	Svetlana Alexeeva
Skating club	Blue Bird FSC
Retired	1995

Elena Vladimirovna Kustarova (Russian: Елена Владимировна Кустарова; born 26 July 1976) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. She is a two-time (1990, 1991) World Junior medalist with Sergei Romashkin, a two-time (1993, 1994) Russian national medalist with Oleg Ovsyannikov, and the 1995 Russian silver medalist with Vazgen Azroyan.

Kustarova was born 26 July 1976 in Moscow. She is the daughter of Svetlana Alexeeva.

Competing with Sergei Romashkin, Kustarova won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado and bronze at the 1991 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Ahead of the 1991–92 season, she teamed up with Oleg Ovsyannikov. The two won bronze medals at the 1992 Grand Prix International de Paris and the 1993 Nations Cup, as well as two medals at the Russian Nationals. The partnership ended in 1994. Kustarova then partnered with Vazgen Azroyan. They won the silver medal at Russian Nationals but finished 17th at the 1995 European Championships and split at the end of the season.

Kustarova worked for three years as a choreographer in France and then returned to Russia in 2001. She began coaching alongside Svetlana Alexeeva. In the summer of 2006, they moved to Blue Bird FSC in Moscow and then to a new rink in Medvedkovo in the summer of 2012.