Nina Ulanova
Nina Ulanova with Matt Evers Dancing on Ice in 2011
Other names	Nina Oulanova
Born	( 1978-05-31 ) 31 May 1978 (age 46) Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) [1]
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Began skating	1982
Medal record Representing   Russia Figure skating : Ice dancing Winter Universiade 1997 Muju Ice dancing 1999 ?ilina Ice dancing World Junior Championships 1997 Seoul Ice dancing

Nina Ulanova ( Russian : Нина Уланова ; occasionally romanised French-style as Oulanova ; ^[2] born 31 May 1978) is a Russian ice dancer . With former partner Michail Stifunin , she is the 1997 World Junior champion and 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.

Personal life [ edit ]

Nina Ulanova was born in 1978 in Moscow. ^[3] She is the niece of Alexei Ulanov . ^[1]

Career [ edit ]

Competitive career [ edit ]

Having started skating when she was four, Ulanova trained in single skating under Rafael Arutyunyan until age 11 and then began ice dancing in Andrei Filippov's group. ^[1]

Ulanova and her partner, Michail Stifunin , placed fifth at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane , Australia. In the 1996?97 season, they won gold at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul , South Korea. ^[2] After the event, Filippov moved to Australia and Ulanova/Stifunin joined Alla Belyaeva. ^[1] They skated together until 1999, placing as high as fifth at the senior Russian Championships.

During the 1999?2000 season, Ulanova competed with Alexander Pavlov . They placed fourth at the 2000 Russian Championships . Their partnership ended around 2001.

Professional career [ edit ]

After joining Holiday on Ice , Ulanova performed with Martin ?ime?ek for seven years and then with Michał Zych for three years. ^[1] In 2011, Ulanova appeared on series 6 of ITV 's Dancing on Ice , partnered with Steven Arnold . They were voted off in episode 4. She took part in the 2011 Dancing on Ice Tour and partnered with professional skater Matt Evers . In 2012, she appeared on series 7 partnered with Matthew Wolfenden and won the series. ^{[4] [5]}

Ulanova did not appear in series 8 due to her pregnancy. She was partnered with Kyran Bracken for the 2014 series of Dancing on Ice.

Competitive highlights [ edit ]

GP: Grand Prix

With Pavlov [ edit ]

With Stifunin [ edit ]

References [ edit ]