Marina Zueva | |
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Zueva with former students Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
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Personal information | |
Full name | Marina Olegovna Zueva |
Country represented | Soviet Union |
Born |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
April 9, 1956
Former partner | Andrei Vitman |
Former coach | Elena Tchaikovskaia |
Marina Olegovna Zueva (Russian: Марина Олеговна Зуева, also romanized French-style as Zoueva; born April 9, 1956) is a Russian ice dancing and singles coach and choreographer. She coaches three-time (2011, 2012, 2013) World Champion and 2014 Olympic silver medalist in men's singles Patrick Chan, as well as three time world medalists and two-time US national champions Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani . She is the former coach of the 2010 Olympic champions and three-time (2010, 2012, 2017) World champions in ice dancing, Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, as well as the 2014 Olympic champions and two-time (2011, 2013) World champions in ice dancing Meryl Davis / Charlie White and the 2014 ice dance World Champions Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte. Zueva is based in Canton, Michigan.
Zueva competed for the Soviet Union as an ice dancer with partner Andrei Vitman. They won two national bronze medals at the Soviet Championships. They finished fifth at the 1977 European and World Championships. The next season, they were sixth at the 1978 European Championships and seventh at the World Championships.