Ruslan Zhiganshin
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Ilinykh and Zhiganshin at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final
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| Full name | Ruslan Nailevich Zhiganshin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 September 1992 Moscow, Russia |
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Elena Ilinykh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Victoria Sinitsina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva, Olga Riabinina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Antonio Najarro, Alexey Arapov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Ilia Averbukh, Elena Kustarova, Olga Riabinina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Sport School No. 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former skating club | Blue Bird FSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season's bests |
13 (2013–14) 18 (2012–13) 9 (2011–12) 21 (2010–11) 56 (2009–10) 61 (2008–09) |
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| Combined total | 185.19 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
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| Short dance | 76.04 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
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| Free dance | 109.15 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
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Medal record
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Ruslan Nailevich Zhiganshin (Russian: Руслан Наильевич Жиганшин; born 25 September 1992) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Elena Ilinykh, he is the 2015 Russian national champion.
With former partner Victoria Sinitsina, he is the 2012 World Junior champion and won bronze medals at the 2013 Winter Universiade, 2012 Rostelecom Cup, and 2014 Russian Championships. They placed seventh at the 2014 World Championships.
Ruslan Zhiganshin was born on 25 September 1992 in Moscow. He is the brother of Nelli Zhiganshina, a competitive ice dancer for Germany.
Zhiganshin became interested in skating after his mother took him along to his sister's practices. Having taken up ice dancing at age nine, he had one partner before becoming partnerless for a year.
Zhiganshin and Victoria Sinitsina met in a group led by Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh but soon joined Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva. They trained mostly in Moscow. From 2010 to 2012, they also went to summer training camps in Ventspils, Latvia.
Sinitsina/Zhiganshin debuted on the Junior Grand Prix circuit at the 2008 Merano Cup where they finished sixth. The following JGP season, they placed fifth at both of their events.
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