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Natalia Mishkutionok

Natalia Mishkutionok
Personal information
Native name Наталья Евгеньевна Мишкутёнок
Full name Natalia Yevgenievna Mishkutionok
Alternative names Mishkutenok/Mishkutienok
Country represented Russia
Former country(ies) represented Soviet Union
Born (1970-07-14) July 14, 1970 (age 46)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 12 in)
Former partner Artur Dmitriev
Former coach Tamara Moskvina
Former choreographer Alexander Matveev
Tamara Moskvina
Former skating club Yubileyny Sport Club
Retired 1994

Natalia Yevgenievna Mishkutionok (Russian: Наталья Евгеньевна Мишкутёнок, born July 14, 1970) is a Russian former pair skater who now works as a coach. With Artur Dmitriev, she is the 1992 Olympic champion, the 1994 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion (1991, 1992), and a two-time European champion (1991, 1992).

Natalia Mishkutionok was born on July 14, 1970 to a Polish mother and a Belarusian father in the Byelorussian SSR. In 1995, she settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado and moved to Texas in 2001. She was formerly married to American hockey player Craig Shepherd, with whom she skated professionally on occasion during the late 1990s. She divorced Shepherd and married Alan Hainline. Their daughter, Natasha Alena Mishkutionok-Hainline, was born on January 16, 2006.

Mishkutionok began skating in 1976. She teamed up with Artur Dmitriev around 1986. They were coached by Tamara Moskvina in Saint Petersburg and their choreographers were Alexander Matveev with Moskvina. Together, Mishkutionok/Dmitriev won the 1991 and 1992 World and European Championships, and Olympic gold in 1992. They performed to Franz Liszt's Liebesträume (Dream of Love), which became one of the most noted programs of their career and earned them four perfect 6.0 marks at the 1992 World Championships in Oakland, California. They turned professional shortly after that championship.


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