Oleg Ovsyannikov
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Anjelika Krylova, Victor Kanevsky (middle) and Oleg Ovsyannikov, at Nagano Olympic Games in 1998
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| Full name | Oleg Vladimirovich Ovysannikov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative names | Ovsiannikov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former country(ies) represented | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 January 1970 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner |
Anjelika Krylova Elena Kustarova Elizaveta Stekolnikova Maria Orlova |
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| Former coach |
Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponossov |
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| Former choreographer | Sergei Fokin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Oleg Vladimirovich Ovsyannikov (Russian: Олег Владимирович Овсянников; born 23 January 1970) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Anjelika Krylova, he is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time (1998, 1999) World champion.
As a four-year-old, Ovsyannikov fell ill with pneumonia. After he recovered, doctors recommended to his parents that he enroll in some kind of sport, preferably in a fresh air environment. Initially a singles skater, he switched to ice dance at the age of 10.
With Maria Orlova, he won the bronze medal at the 1988 World Junior Championships. He later formed a partnership with Elena Kustarova and 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.
In mid-1994 he teamed up with Anjelika Krylova. They were coached by Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov in Newark, Delaware. Krylova injured her back in training shortly before they were set to leave for 1994 Skate America. Aggravated by intense training, the injury would plague her throughout their career.
In their first season together, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won the Russian national title and took bronze at the European Championship. They were fifth at the World Championships.
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