Natalia Linichuk
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| Full name | Natalia Vladimirovna Linichuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 February 1956 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Gennadi Karponosov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Elena Tchaikovskaia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980 Lake Placid | Ice dancing |
Natalia Vladimirovna Linichuk (Russian: 
Наталья Владимировна Линичук ; born 6 February 1956) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With partner Gennadi Karponosov, she is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion.
Linichuk began skating due to her mother who enjoyed figure skating. She had a dozen coaches before ending up in the group of Elena Tchaikovskaia, who Linichuk soon sensed was the right coach for her.
Linichuk and Karponosov trained at Dynamo in Moscow. They won the World Universiade in 1972, and were bronze medalists at the 1974 and 1977 World Championships. They also finished 4th at the 1976 Winter Olympics, the year ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic sport.
Linichuk and Karponosov became World champions in 1978 and 1979. They won the European Championships in 1979 and 1980, after winning a silver medal in 1978, and bronze medals from 1974 through 1977.
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