Oleg Ovsyannikov
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Oleg Vladimirovich Ovsyannikov ' onMouseout='HidePop("37742")' href="/topics/Moscow">Moscow
Moscow
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) is a Russia
Russia
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n ice dancer
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. With partner Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Alexeevna Krylova is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion. She currently works as a coach and choreographer in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan....

, he is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist
Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Medal table:-Medalists:-Men:The favourites and top two after the short program were Ilia Kulik and Elvis Stojko, who would skate first and last, respectively. Medal contenders Alexei Yagudin, Todd Eldredge and Philippe Candeloro went in between...

 and two-time (1998, 1999) World champion
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...

.

Career

As a four-year-old, Ovsyannikov fell ill with pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

. After he recovered, doctors recommended to his parents that he enroll in some kind of sport, preferably in a fresh air environment. Initially a singles skater, he switched to ice dance at the age of 10.

With Maria Orlova, he won the bronze medal at the 1988 World Junior Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

. He later formed a partnership with Elena Kustarova and won bronze at the 1994 Russian Nationals
1994 Russian Figure Skating Championships
The 1994 Russian Figure Skating Championships is held annually to determine the Russian national champions. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...

.

In mid-1994 he teamed up with Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Alexeevna Krylova is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion. She currently works as a coach and choreographer in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan....

. They trained with Natalia Linichuk
Natalia Linichuk
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 and Gennadi Karponossov
Gennadi Karponossov
Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov is a Russian former competitive ice dancer and current ice dancing coach. Along with his partner, Natalia Linichuk, he was the 1980 Olympic gold medalist and a two-time World Champion.- Competitive career :...

 in Newark, Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :...

. Krylova injured her back in training shortly before they were set to leave for 1994 Skate America
1994 Skate America
The 1994 Skate America was the Skate America competition of the 1994–1995 figure skating season. The event was organized by the United States Figure Skating Association...

. Aggravated by intense training, the injury would plague her throughout their career.

In their first season together, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won the Russian national title
1995 Russian Figure Skating Championships
The 1995 Russian Figure Skating Championships is held annually to determine the Russian national champions. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...

 and took bronze at the European Championship
1995 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1995 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1995-1996 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion...

. They were fifth at the World Championships
1995 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1995 World Figure Skating Championships were the World Figure Skating Championships of the 1994-1995 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from ISU Member Nations competed for the title of World Champion...

.

During the 1995–96 season, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won silver at Skate America
1995 Skate America
The 1995 Skate America was the Skate America Grand Prix competition of the 1995–1996 figure skating season. It was the first event of five in the 1995–1996 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the 1995–1996...

 and gold at Nations Cup
1995 Nations Cup
The 1995 Nations Cup was the Nations Cup Grand Prix competition of the 1995–1996 figure skating season. It was the fourth event of six in the 1995–1996 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the...

 to qualify for the Champions Series Final
1995–1996 Champions Series Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an elite figure skating competition. Its name is often abbreviated "Grand Prix Final". Skaters compete in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

 (later renamed the Grand Prix Final) where they took silver. They also won silver at the Russian
1996 Russian Figure Skating Championships
The 1996 Russian Figure Skating Championships is held annually to determine the Russian national champions. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...

, European
1996 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1996 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1995-1996 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion...

 and World Championships
1996 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1996 World Figure Skating Championships were the World Figure Skating Championships of the 1995-1996 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from ISU Member Nations competed for the title of World Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating,...

. They were second at these events to Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov.

During the 1996–97 season, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won three gold medals on the Champions Series at Skate America
1996 Skate America
The 1996 Skate America was the Skate America Grand Prix competition of the 1996–1997 figure skating season. It was the first event of six in the 1996–1997 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the...

, Nations Cup
1996 Nations Cup
The 1996 Nations Cup was the Nations Cup Grand Prix competition of the 1996–1997 figure skating season. It was the fourth event of six in the 1996–1997 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the...

 and Cup of Russia
1996 Cup of Russia
The 1996 Cup of Russia was the Cup of Russia competition of the 1996/1997 season. It was the sixth event of six of the 1996–1997 Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Elite senior-level figure skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.In 1996, the...

. They qualified for the Champions Series Final
1996–1997 Champions Series Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an elite figure skating competition. Its name is often abbreviated "Grand Prix Final". Skaters compete in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

 in Canada
Canada
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 where they were placed second to Canadians Shae-Lynn Bourne
Shae-Lynn Bourne
Shae-Lynn Bourne, MSC is a Canadian ice dancer. She and partner Victor Kraatz became the first North American ice dancing world champions in 2003. They competed at three Winter Olympic Games, placing 10th at the 1994 Winter Olympics, 4th at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and 4th at the 2002 Winter...

 and Victor Kraatz
Victor Kraatz
Victor Kraatz, MSC is a Canadian figure skater. He and his partner, Shae-Lynn Bourne became the first North American team to win a World Championship in ice dancing in 2003.- Career :...

. Krylova and Ovsyannikov won the silver medal at the European
1997 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1997 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1996-1997 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion...

 and World Championships
1997 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships were the World Figure Skating Championships of the 1996-1997 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from ISU Member Nations competed for the title of World Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating,...

, second at both events to Grishuk and Platov.

During the 1997–98 season, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won gold medals at Nations Cup
1997 Nations Cup
The 1997 Nations Cup was the Nations Cup Grand Prix competition of the 1997–1998 figure skating season. It was the fourth event of six in the 1997–1998 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the...

 and Cup of Russia
1997 Cup of Russia
The 1997 Cup of Russia was the Cup of Russia competition of the 1997/1998 season. It was the sixth event of six of the 1997–1998 Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Elite senior-level figure skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.In 1997, the...

 but did not compete at the Champions Series Final
1997–1998 Champions Series Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an elite figure skating competition. Its name is often abbreviated "Grand Prix Final". Skaters compete in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

. They won silver at the European Championships
1998 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1998 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1997-1998 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion...

 and followed it up with silver at the 1998 Olympics
Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Medal table:-Medalists:-Men:The favourites and top two after the short program were Ilia Kulik and Elvis Stojko, who would skate first and last, respectively. Medal contenders Alexei Yagudin, Todd Eldredge and Philippe Candeloro went in between...

 in Nagano, Japan
Japan
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. They were second at both events to Grishuk and Platov who retired after the Olympics. At the 1998 World Championships
1998 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1998 World Figure Skating Championships were the World Figure Skating Championships of the 1997-1998 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from ISU Member Nations competed for the title of World Champion...

, they won their first World title ahead of Marina Anissina
Marina Anissina
Marina Vyacheslavovna Anissina is a French-Russian ice dancer. With partner Gwendal Peizerat, she is the 2002 Olympic champion.- Career :...

 and Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat is a French ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World Champion, and a six-time French National Champion.-Biography:...

.

During the 1998–99 season, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won gold at Sparkassen Cup
1998 Sparkassen Cup on Ice
The 1998 Sparkassen Cup on Ice was the Sparkassen Cup on Ice Grand Prix competition of the 1998-1999 figure skating season. It was the third event of six in the 1998-1999 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Skaters earned points towards...

 (formerly Nations Cup) and Cup of Russia
1998 Cup of Russia
The 1998 Cup of Russia was the Cup of Russia competition of the 1998/1999 season. It was the fifth event of six of the 1998–1999 Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Elite senior-level figure skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.In 1998, the...

 to qualify for the Grand Prix Final. They won the title ahead of Anissina and Peizerat. They won their first European
1999 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1998-1999 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's...

 title and then capped off their career with their second World
1999 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 World Figure Skating Championships were the World Figure Skating Championships of the 1998-1999 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from ISU Member Nations competed for the title of World Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating,...

 title.

Krylova and Ovsyannikov were planning to compete the following season and had prepared programs and costumes, however, doctors advised her to retire due to a risk of paralysis stemming from her back problem. She suggested that he team up with another skater but he declined. After a year, she felt more confident and they began performing in the less demanding world of professional skating. They won the 2001 World Professional title.

Personal life

Ovsyannikov formerly coached in Newark, Delaware with his wife Angelika Kirkhmaier
Angelika Kirkhmaier
Angelika Kirkhmaier is a former Soviet ice dancer. She won the 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with partner Dmitri Lagutin. She is married to Oleg Ovsyannikov, with whom she has a daughter.-Navigation:...

, an ice dancer from Russia who won the 1989 World Junior Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

. Their daughter Michelle was born in 2006. In 2007, Ovsyannikov was appointed the chief coach of the Russian national synchronized skating
Synchronized skating
Synchronized skating or synchronised skating, a large and fast-growing discipline, consists of 8—20 athletes skating on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit at high speeds...

 team.

Programs

(Eligible career with Krylova)
Season Original dance
Original dance
The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

Free dance
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

Exhibition
1998–1999 Waltz:
Brindisi from La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...

 
vocals by Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
right|thumb|Luciano Pavarotti performing at the opening of the Constantine Palace in [[Strelna]], 31 May 2003. The concert was part of the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of [[St...

Tabalat and Bastem
Bellu Dance With Amany
Still Got the Blues
Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

1997–1998 Jive:
Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days
Louis Prima & the Witnesses
Carmen
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...

 
by Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...

 and Rodion Shchedrin
Rodion Shchedrin
Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin is a Russian composer. He was one оf the leading Soviet composers, and was the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers from 1973 until 1990.-Life and Works:...

Malaguena
Ernesto Lecuona
Ernesto Lecuona
Ernesto Lecuona y Casado was a Cuban composer and pianist of Canarian father and Cuban mother, and worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of exceptional quality....

1996–1997 Tango:
Black Eyes
by Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin was a Russian opera singer. The possessor of a large and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form.During the first phase...

Masquerade Waltz
by Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music...

Tosca
Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...

 
by Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...

1995–1996 Paso Doble: España Cañí
España Cañí
España Cañí is a famous instrumental Spanish piece of pasodoble music by Pascual Marquina Narro . The song was written around 1925...

 
performed by Sergei Shushko
Unknown Russian folk music Tosca
Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...

 
by Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...

1994–1995 Quickstep:
Sing Sing Sing
by Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader; widely known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America...

Fiesta Flamenca
by Salvador Bacarisse
Salvador Bacarisse
Salvador Bacarisse Chinoria was a Spanish composer.Bacarisse was born in Madrid and studied music at the Real Conservatorio de Música there, as a student of Manuel Fernández Alberdi and Conrado del Campo...

 and Kelly
Tosca
Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...

 
by Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...



(Show/professional career with Krylova)
Season Programs
2002–2004 Cleopatra & Caesar
Ave Maria
2001–2002 Doctor Zhivago 
by Maurice Jarre
Maurice Jarre
Maurice-Alexis Jarre was a French composer and conductor.Although he composed several concert works, he is best known for his film scores, and is particularly known for his collaborations with film director David Lean. Jarre composed the scores to all of Lean's films since Lawrence of Arabia...


---- The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)
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2000–2001 Ave Maria
Gladiator
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana , Latin for "Songs from Beuern" , is the name given to a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces were written principally in Medieval Latin; a few in Middle High German, and some with traces...

 
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra

With Krylova

Event 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
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...

 
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...

 
5th 2nd 2nd 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...

 
3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st
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...

 
1st 2nd 1st 1st
Grand Prix Final  2nd 2nd 1st
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...

 
2nd 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 1st 1st 1st
Cup of Russia
Cup of Russia
The Cup of Russia 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. It was held as the Rostelecom Cup in 2009 after...

 
1st 1st 1st

With Kustarova

Event 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
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 3rd
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...

 
4th
Trophée Lalique
Trophée Eric Bompard
The Trophée Eric Bompard is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The Trophée Eric Bompard was formerly known as the Trophée Lalique...

 
3rd
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...

 
3rd

With Stekolnikova

Event 1989–90
Golden Spin of Zagreb
Golden Spin of Zagreb
The Golden Spin of Zagreb is an annual senior-level figure skating competition, held yearly in Zagreb, Croatia. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, although, in some years, not every discipline was included in the program.The 2001...

 
1st

With Orlova

Event 1987–88
World Junior Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

 
3rd

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