Maya Valentinovna Ussova

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Maya Ussova figure skating
Maja Ussowa and Alexander Schulin at the show in West Berlin in 1989
Full name Maya Valentinovna
Ussova
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union United Team Russia
United teamUnited team 
RussiaRussia 
birthday May 22, 1965
place of birth Gorky
size 160 cm
Weight 45 kg
Career
discipline Ice dance
Partner Alexander Schulin
Trainer Natalia Dubova
status resigned
End of career 1994
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 2 × silver 2 × bronze
EM medals 1 × gold 3 × silver 2 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze Albertville 1992 Ice dance
silver Lillehammer 1994 Ice dance
ISU World figure skating championships
silver Paris 1989 Ice dance
bronze Halifax 1990 Ice dance
bronze Munich 1991 Ice dance
silver Oakland 1992 Ice dance
gold Prague 1993 Ice dance
ISU European figure skating championships
silver Birmingham 1989 Ice dance
silver Leningrad 1990 Ice dance
bronze Sofia 1991 Ice dance
silver Lausanne 1992 Ice dance
gold Helsinki 1993 Ice dance
bronze Copenhagen 1994 Ice dance
 

Maja Walentinowna Ussowa ( Russian Майя Валентиновна Усова ; born May 22, 1965 in Gorki ) is a former Russian figure skater who competed in ice dancing for the Soviet Union , the United Team and Russia .

Maja Ussowa and Alexander Schulin at a show in West Berlin in 1989

Ussova started ice skating at the age of eight. Her ice dance partner was Alexander Schulin . Her trainer was Natalja Dubowa . In the period from 1989 to 1994, they won a medal at all of the major international championships in which they competed. In 1993 they became European champions in Helsinki and world champions in Prague . Ussova and Schulin also stood on the podium at both of their Olympic Games . In 1992 in Albertville they won the bronze medal and in 1994 in Lillehammer the silver medal. The couple married while still being amateur in 1986. However, the marriage ended in divorce due to Schulin's affair with Oxana Grishchuk .

Maja Ussowa and Alexander Schulin ended their amateur careers in 1994, became professionals, performed at ice shows and won various professional competitions. After the divorce from Alexander Schulin, an ice dance partner swap took place. Alexander Schulin ran from then on with Oxana Grishchuk, while Maja Ussowa appeared together with Yevgeny Platov since August 3, 1998 .

From 2002 to 2004 Maja Ussowa supported Tatyana Tarasova with choreography. In 2004 she was involved in the choreography of the Johnny Weir programs. Ussowa now works as a trainer in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey . She is married and has a daughter who was born in 2010.

Maja Ussowa and Alexander Schulin at the European Championships in Copenhagen in 1994

Results

Ice dance

(with Alexander Schulin )

Competition / year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
winter Olympics 3. 2.
World championships 2. 3. 3. 2. 1.
European championships 4th 2. 2. 3. 2. 1. 3.
Soviet championships 2. 3. 3. 3. 2. 2. 1.

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