Evgenia Chernyshova | |
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Personal information | |
Native name | Евгения Чернышёва |
Alternative names | Genia Chernyshova |
Country represented | Soviet Union |
Former partner | Dmitri Sukhanov |
Former coach | Natalia Pavlova |
Former training locations | Saint Petersburg |
Retired | 1991 |
Evgenia "Genia" Chernyshova (Russian: Евгения Чернышёва, sometimes romanized Chernisheva) is a former pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With Dmitri Sukhanov, she won gold at the 1989 World Junior Championships, after taking silver a year earlier. They were coached by Natalia Pavlova in Saint Petersburg.
After retiring from competition, Chernyshova moved to the United States and became a skating coach in Utah. She is the former coach of 2010 and 2011 U.S. novice champion, Nathan Chen.
(with Sukhanov)