Natalia Dubova

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Natalia Dubova
Full nameNatalia Ilinichna Dubova
Other namesNatalia Ilinichna Bakh
Born (1948-03-31) 31 March 1948 (age 75)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
Retired1969

Natalia Ilinichna Dubova (Russian: Наталья Ильинична Дубова; born 31 March 1948) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer.

Career[edit]

Competing as Natalia Bakh with partner Vladimir Pavlikhin, she won the bronze medal at the 1965 Soviet Championships. In 1969, she began coaching at the Sokolniki Arena in Moscow.[1][2] In September 1992, she moved to Lake Placid, New York.[3][4] She has coached the following ice dance teams:

Dubova was also a consultant for Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat during the 2001–02 season.[9]

She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour and the Medal "For Distinguished Labour". She was also granted the title of Honored Artist of Russian Federation.

Personal life[edit]

Dubova is Jewish.[10] She met her husband, Semyon Belits-Geiman, a former Olympic swimming medalist, when he came to one of her competitions as a sportswriter.[11] In 1999, they moved to Stamford, Connecticut.[12][13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Verezemskaya, Olga (6 November 2012). Выйти из тени: Старейшая школа «Сокольники» решила начать заново [Emerging from the shadow: Old school "Sokolniki" decides to start anew]. Moskovskiy Figurist (in Russian). Federation of Figure Skating in Moscow.
  2. ^ "Современный музей спорта".
  3. ^ a b c Hersh, Phil (22 February 1994). "Love Triangle (plus 1) Tops Torvill And Dean". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  4. ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (1993). Наталья Дубова: «ДЕЛИКАТЕС - ЭТО НЕ ПРОСТО ХОРОШАЯ ЕДА» [Natalia Dubova interview] (in Russian). Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  5. ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (1991). Марина Климова, Сергей Пономаренко: «ЗА ВСЕ НАДО ПЛАТИТЬ САМИМ. ЗА ОШИБКИ ТОЖЕ» [Klimova & Ponomarenko interview] (in Russian). Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  6. ^ a b Reiter, Susan (1 March 1995). "Ice dancing: a dance form frozen in place by hostile rules". Dance Magazine. The Free Library. (FindArticles)
  7. ^ Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz at the International Skating Union
  8. ^ Siobhan Heekin-Canedy and Alexander Shakalov at the International Skating Union
  9. ^ Наталья ДУБОВА: "Фигурное катание "под шубой" заканчивается" (in Russian). 1 February 2002.
  10. ^ Jews in Sport in the USSR Archived 29 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Wells, Judy (30 April 2000). "Famed skating coach takes to the ice with local talent". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  12. ^ Davis, Harold (20 September 2009). "From Russia with love: Olympic champ and wife still live sporting life in Stamford". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  13. ^ Mittan, Barry (1 November 2003). "Australian Dancers Flourish Under Dubova". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 9 September 2011.