Tatiana Totmianina

Tatiana Totmianina
Totmianina at the 2005 Russian Nationals
Personal information
Full name	Tatiana Ivanovna Totmianina
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1981-11-02) 2 November 1981 (age 35) Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Partner	Maxim Marinin
Former coach	Oleg Vasiliev Natalia Pavlova
Former choreographer	Alexander Matveev Lori Nichol Svetlana Korol Giuseppe Arena
Skating club	Yubileyny Sport Club
Retired	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	204.48 2006 Olympics
Short program	70.12 2005 Worlds
Free skate	135.84 2006 Olympics
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Pairs Olympic Games 2006 Turin Pairs World Championships 2005 Moscow Pairs 2004 Dortmund Pairs 2003 Washington, D.C. Pairs 2002 Nagano Pairs European Championships 2006 Lyon Pairs 2005 Turin Pairs 2004 Budapest Pairs 2003 Malmö Pairs 2002 Lausanne Pairs 2001 Bratislava Pairs Grand Prix Final 2005–2006 Tokyo Pairs 2003–2004 Colorado Springs Pairs 2002–2003 St. Petersburg Pairs

Tatiana Ivanovna Totmianina (Russian: Татьяна Ивановна Тотьмянина, born 2 November 1981) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. With partner Maxim Marinin, she is the 2006 Olympic champion, two-time World champion, and five-time European champion. The pair began skating together in 1996 and retired from competition in 2006.

Tatiana Totmianina, sickly as a child, was introduced to skating by her mother, a recreational skater, at the age of four. She skated at the Perm sports palace.

At the age of 14, Totmianina was invited to train in Saint Petersburg. In 1995 at the Russian Nationals, she met Maxim Marinin who had switched to pair skating in 1993 but was without a partner at the time. They began skating together in 1996. Early in their career together, they were coached by Natalia Pavlova in Saint Petersburg, with choreography by Svetlana Korol.

Totmianina/Marinin made consistent progress on the world scene through the late 90's. In 1998, the pair asked Tamara Moskvina to coach them but she was unable to take on more students and suggested 1984 Olympic pairs champion Oleg Vasiliev. He declined due to lack of ice and connections but he accepted in 2001 when Moskvina again directed them to him. Totmianina/Marinin left Pavlova just prior to the 2001 European Championships and moved to Chicago in the United States to train under Vasiliev. They trained at the Oakton Ice Arena in Park Ridge, Illinois.

Totmianina/Marinin won their first major title at the 2002 European Championships, and went on to finish 4th at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Twice in a row, they finished second at the World Championships to their Chinese rivals Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo, before finally winning gold in 2004. The day after winning their first World title, Totmianina suffered a dislocated shoulder in practice. They were unable to perform in the exhibition.