Oksana Potdykova

Oksana Potdykova
Oksana Potdykova
	Potdykova in 2011
Full name	Oksana Balkanovna Potdykova
Native name	Оксана Балкановна Потдыкова
Born	20 January 1979 (age 45); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Partner	Denis Petukhov
Coach	Elena Chaikovskaya, Tatiana Kuzmina
Retired	2000
Medal record
Representing Russia
Figure skating: Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
Junior Grand Prix Final

Oksana Balkanovna Potdykova (Russian: Оксана Балкановна Потдыкова; born 20 January 1979) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. Competing with Denis Petukhov, she became a two-time World Junior medalist (silver in 1997, bronze in 1998) and the 2000 Russian national bronze medalist.

Skating career

Early years

Potdykova and Denis Petukhov began appearing together in international junior competitions in the 1994–1995 season. In November 1996, they won silver at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea, finishing second to their compatriots Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin.

1997–1998 season

Competing in October on the 1997–1998 ISU Junior Series, Potdykova/Petukhov won gold in Chemnitz, Germany, and then bronze in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. In December, they received the bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; they were third behind Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler of the United States and Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo of Italy.^[1] In March, they won silver, finishing second to Faiella/Milo, at the ISU Junior Series Final in Lausanne, Switzerland.

1998–1999 season

Potdykova/Petukhov began appearing on the senior level. They took silver at the 1998 Finlandia Trophy and bronze at the 1998 Golden Spin of Zagreb. They placed fifth at the 1998 Skate Israel and seventh at the 1999 Russian Championships.

1999–2000 season

Potdykova/Petukhov received the bronze medal at the 1999 Finlandia Trophy and finished seventh at their Grand Prix event, the 1999 Cup of Russia. After winning bronze at the 2000 Russian Championships, they were sent to the 2000 European Championships in Vienna, where they placed 12th. The two were coached by Elena Chaikovskaya and Tatiana Kuzmina in Moscow.^[2] In the spring of 2000, Potdykova retired from competition due to an injury.

Post-competitive career

Potdykova became a skating coach and choreographer, based in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[3]^[4] Her former students include Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin.^[5]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Series (Junior Grand Prix)

with Petukhov

International^[2]
Event	94–95	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00
Europeans					12th
GP Cup of Russia					7th
Finlandia				2nd	3rd
Golden Spin				1st
Lysiane Lauret			WD
Skate Israel				5th
International: Junior^[2]
Junior Worlds		2nd	3rd
JGP Final			2nd
JGP Germany			1st
JGP Hungary			3rd
Autumn Trophy		1st
PFSA Trophy		8th
National^[6]
Russia				7th	3rd
WD = Withdrew

References

^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "POTDYKOVA Oksana / PETUKHOV Denis". figureskating.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017.
^ "Yana BOZHILOVA / Kaloyan GEORGIEV". Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Alexander ZLATKOV". Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Ina DEMIREVA / Juri KURAKIN". Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ "Оксана Балкановна Потдыкова" [Oksana Baklanovna Potdykova]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 March 2018.