Natalia Mishkutenok
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Natalia Yevgenievna Mishkutenok ' onMouseout='HidePop("5068")' href="/topics/Minsk">Minsk
, Belarus
) is a retired Russia
n pair skater who now works as a coach. With former partner Artur Dmitriev
, she is the 1992 Olympic Champion
.
, Russia
, and the Unified Team
. She trained in St. Petersburg with renowned Russian pairs coach Tamara Moskvina
. She skated with partner Artur Dmitriev
from 1987 to 1994; together, they won the 1991 and 1992 World
and European Championships
, and Olympic gold in 1992
. They performed to Franz Liszt
's Liebestraum
(Dream of Love), which became one of the most noted programs of their career and earned them four perfect 6.0 marks at the 1992 World Championships in Oakland, CA. They turned professional shortly after that championship.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev chose to reinstate as amateurs after the ban against such actions was lifted. They attempted to defend their Olympic title in the 1994 Winter Olympics
, where they delivered two strong programs. Their free skate to Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto earned a standing ovation and is considered one of their finest performances. The judges awarded the gold medal to Mishkutenok and Dmitriev's good friends and fellow countrymen Ekaterina Gordeeva
and Sergei Grinkov
("G & G").
This team was famous for their speed, power, intricate choreography, and flexibility. They regularly received standing ovations from audiences worldwide after their soulful and technically difficult performances. One hallmark of Mishkutenok and Dmitriev's style was their creative spins, especially one in which Mishkutenok would do a split and point her head down, with an arm around Dmitriev's calf so that they were both vertical and aligned; this signature move, called "Natasha's spin" was incorporated into virtually every one of their programs. Another signature move was a backwards inside death spiral in which Mishkutenok bent backwards, holding her foot behind and above her head while Dmitriev also held her raised skate blade and her free hand.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev competed before, during, and after the breakup of the Soviet Union, which put them in the extraordinary position of competing for the Soviet Union, the "Unified Team" (a team made up of athletes from the nation states that were formerly part of the Soviet Union), and Russia all within a four year period.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev amicably parted soon after the 1994 Olympics. Dmitriev went on to skate with Oksana Kazakova
and won the gold at the 1998 Olympics. Mishkutenok settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1995 and moved to Texas in 2003. She was formerly married to American hockey
player Craig Shephard, with whom she skated professionally on occasion during the late 90s. She divorced Shepherd and remarried Alan Hainline. They had a daughter, Natasha Aleena Mishkutionok Hainline on January 16, 2006. Mishkutenok is currently coaching pairs and singles skaters in Hurst, Texas
. One of her students is the U.S. men's 2009 novice silver medalist Stevan Evans.
Minsk
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, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
) is a retired Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n pair skater who now works as a coach. With former partner Artur Dmitriev
Artur Dmitriev
Artur Valeryevich Dmitriev is a Ukrainian-born Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia. He is a two-time Olympic Champion with Natalia Mishkutenok and Oksana Kazakova in 1992 and 1998 respectively, and also won Olympic silver in 1994...
, she is the 1992 Olympic Champion
Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Referee:* Benjamin T. WrightAssistant Referee:* Monique GeorgelinJudges: Reinhard Mirmseker Mary Pearson Yang Jiasheng Monique Petis Mieko Fujimori Ingelise Blangsted Igor Prokop Vanessa Riley* Marina Sanaya Maragaret Ann Wier...
.
Biography
Mishkutenok competed for the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, and the Unified Team
Unified Team
The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée...
. She trained in St. Petersburg with renowned Russian pairs coach Tamara Moskvina
Tamara Moskvina
Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina , née Bratus is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater. In pair skating with partner Alexei Mishin, she was the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national champion. In ladies singles, she was a five-time Soviet national champion...
. She skated with partner Artur Dmitriev
Artur Dmitriev
Artur Valeryevich Dmitriev is a Ukrainian-born Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia. He is a two-time Olympic Champion with Natalia Mishkutenok and Oksana Kazakova in 1992 and 1998 respectively, and also won Olympic silver in 1994...
from 1987 to 1994; together, they won the 1991 and 1992 World
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...
and European Championships
European Figure Skating Championships
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...
, and Olympic gold in 1992
Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Referee:* Benjamin T. WrightAssistant Referee:* Monique GeorgelinJudges: Reinhard Mirmseker Mary Pearson Yang Jiasheng Monique Petis Mieko Fujimori Ingelise Blangsted Igor Prokop Vanessa Riley* Marina Sanaya Maragaret Ann Wier...
. They performed to Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
's Liebestraum
Liebestraum
Liebestraum means "love dream", or "dream of love" in German.* Liebesträume for piano by Franz Liszt* Liebestraum , 1991 movie by Mike Figgis...
(Dream of Love), which became one of the most noted programs of their career and earned them four perfect 6.0 marks at the 1992 World Championships in Oakland, CA. They turned professional shortly after that championship.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev chose to reinstate as amateurs after the ban against such actions was lifted. They attempted to defend their Olympic title in the 1994 Winter Olympics
1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...
, where they delivered two strong programs. Their free skate to Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto earned a standing ovation and is considered one of their finest performances. The judges awarded the gold medal to Mishkutenok and Dmitriev's good friends and fellow countrymen Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva is a Russian figure skater. Together with her late partner and husband Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion in pair skating...
and Sergei Grinkov
Sergei Grinkov
Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov was a Russian pair skater. Together with partner Ekaterina Gordeeva, he was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion.-Biography:...
("G & G").
This team was famous for their speed, power, intricate choreography, and flexibility. They regularly received standing ovations from audiences worldwide after their soulful and technically difficult performances. One hallmark of Mishkutenok and Dmitriev's style was their creative spins, especially one in which Mishkutenok would do a split and point her head down, with an arm around Dmitriev's calf so that they were both vertical and aligned; this signature move, called "Natasha's spin" was incorporated into virtually every one of their programs. Another signature move was a backwards inside death spiral in which Mishkutenok bent backwards, holding her foot behind and above her head while Dmitriev also held her raised skate blade and her free hand.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev competed before, during, and after the breakup of the Soviet Union, which put them in the extraordinary position of competing for the Soviet Union, the "Unified Team" (a team made up of athletes from the nation states that were formerly part of the Soviet Union), and Russia all within a four year period.
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev amicably parted soon after the 1994 Olympics. Dmitriev went on to skate with Oksana Kazakova
Oksana Kazakova
Oksana Borisovna Kazakova is a retired Russian pair skater. With partner Artur Dmitriev, she is the 1998 Olympic champion and 1996 European Champion.-Biography:Kazakova began skating at age 4....
and won the gold at the 1998 Olympics. Mishkutenok settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1995 and moved to Texas in 2003. She was formerly married to American hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
player Craig Shephard, with whom she skated professionally on occasion during the late 90s. She divorced Shepherd and remarried Alan Hainline. They had a daughter, Natasha Aleena Mishkutionok Hainline on January 16, 2006. Mishkutenok is currently coaching pairs and singles skaters in Hurst, Texas
Hurst, Texas
Hurst is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Hurst is one of the Mid-Cities between Fort Worth and Dallas, but is a suburb of Fort Worth. The city was founded by William Letchworth Hurst...
. One of her students is the U.S. men's 2009 novice silver medalist Stevan Evans.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Long program | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1994 | Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus Ludwig Minkus Ludwig Minkus a.k.a. Léon Fyodorovich Minkus was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher.Minkus is most noted for the music he composed while serving as Ballet Composer of the St... Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music... |
Piano Concerto #2 ("The Symphony of Emotions") by Sergei Rachmaninov Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music... |
Flute Dance Nostalgia |
| 1990–1992 | Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus Ludwig Minkus Ludwig Minkus a.k.a. Léon Fyodorovich Minkus was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher.Minkus is most noted for the music he composed while serving as Ballet Composer of the St... The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony... |
Liebestraum Liebesträume Liebesträume , is a set of three solo piano works by Franz Liszt, published in 1850. Liszt called each of the three pieces Liebesträume, but often they are referred to incorrectly in the singular as Liebestraum... by Franz Liszt Franz Liszt Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age... |
Somewhere in Your Heart by Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the... War Drums Peasant Dance |
| 1988–1990 | Let's Dance Together | Collection of Jewish folk music | Piano Piece ("The Death Spiral") Peasant Dance Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music... War drums |
Competitive highlights
(with Artur Dmitriev)| Event | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating... |
1st | 2nd | |||||
| World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion... |
3rd | 1st | 1st | ||||
| European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion... |
4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | |
| Russian Championships Russian Figure Skating Championships The Russian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Russia. Skaters compete at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The first Russian national... |
2nd | ||||||
| Soviet Championships Soviet Figure Skating Championships The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union... |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| Skate America Skate America Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. The location changes yearly... |
1st | 1st | |||||
| Nations Cup Bofrost Cup on Ice The Bofrost Cup on Ice was a figure skating competition held in Germany between 1986 and 2004. It was part of the Grand Prix series until 2003, when it was replaced by Cup of China. Following being booted out of the Grand Prix series, a new form of competition was introduced to the Bofrost Cup... |
1st | ||||||
| Trophée Lalique | 1st | 1st | |||||
| NHK Trophy NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.... |
3rd | ||||||
| Prize of Moscow News Prize of Moscow News The Prize of Moscow News , also known as the Moscow Skate, Nouvelles de Moscou, and the Moscow News Trophy, was an international, senior-level figure skating competition held in the former Soviet Union from 1966 to 1990... |
1st | ||||||
| Winter Universiade Figure skating at the Winter Universiade Figure skating is a part of the Winter Universiade. It was first held as part of the Universiade in 1960.-Men's singles:- Ladies singles :- Pair skating :- Ice dancing :-References:* -External links:*... |
1st |
- 1st, 1994 Goodwill Games, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1st, 1993 Piruetten, Hamar, Norway
- 3rd, 1992 World Professional Championships, Landover, Maryland
- 3rd, 1992 World Challenge of Champions, Los Angeles, California
- 1st, 1992 US Open Pro, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 2nd, 1990 Goodwill Games, Seattle, Washington
External links
- Pairs on Ice - Natalia Mishkutionok & Artur Dmitriev
- http://web.archive.org/web/20000914200148/eda.simplenet.com/mishkutyenok/