Maya Valentinovna Ussova
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Full name | Maya Valentinovna Ussova |
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Soviet Union United Team Russia |
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birthday | May 22, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Gorky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 160 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 45 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Alexander Schulin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Natalia Dubova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 .
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.
Results
Ice dance
(with Alexander Schulin )
Competition / year | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
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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. |
Web links
- Maja Walentinowna Ussowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ussowa, Maja Valentinovna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Усова, Майя Валентиновна (Russian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gorky , Soviet Union (Russia) |