Elena Sokolova
Sokolova at the 2004 European Championships
Full nameElena Sergeyevna Sokolova
Native nameЕлена Соколова
Born (1980-02-15) 15 February 1980
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
Skating clubSport Club Moskvitch
Began skating1984
Retired2007
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2003 WashingtonLadies' singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2003 MalmöLadies' singles
Silver medal – second place2006 LyonLadies' singles
Bronze medal – third place2004 BudapestLadies' singles
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place1999 ŽilinaLadies' singles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place1997 SeoulLadies' singles

Elena Sergeyevna Sokolova (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Соколова; born 15 February 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2003 World silver medalist, a three-time European medalist (2003–2004, 2006), and a three-time Russian national champion (2003–2004, 2006).

Personal life

Elena Sokolova was born on 15 February 1980 in Moscow.[1] She studied at the Institute for Physical Culture in Moscow.[2]

Career

Sokolova at the 2004 NHK Trophy

Sokolova began skating at age four — following bronchitis and generally poor health, doctors told her parents that she should take up a physical activity.[2]

Early in her career, Sokolova was coached by V. Tumanov. In 1997, she switched to Marina Kudriavtseva and Viktor Kudriavtsev and was coached by them in Moscow until 2000 when she moved to Alexei Mishin in Saint Petersburg.[1] Sokolova sustained a concussion in the summer of 2002.[1] She returned to Kudriavtsev in autumn 2002.[1]

Sokolova won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships and three European medals. She finished 14th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the 2006 World Championships, Sokolova finished 4th with a personal best total score of 177.85 points. She retired from competition after finishing 13th at the 2007 Worlds.

Sokolova skated with the Champions on Ice tour every spring from 2003 to 2006.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2006–2007
[1]
2005–2006
[3]
  • Turandot
    by Giacomo Puccini
  • Roméo et Juliette
    (musical soundtrack)
    by Gerard Presgurvic
2004–2005
[4]
2003–2004
[5][6]
  • Strange Paradise
    performed by Bond
  • Polovtsian Dances
    (from Prince Igor)
    by Alexander Borodin
Notre-Dame de Paris
by Riccardo Cocciante:
  • Le Temps des Cathedrales
  • Belle
  • Ave Maria Paien
  • Danse, mon Esmeralda
2002–2003
[7]
  • Notre-Dame de Paris
    by Riccardo Cocciante
2001–2002
[8]
  • Samson and Delilah
    by Camille Saint-Saëns
1999–2000
  • La Parole du Soleil
1997–1998
[2]
  • Russian folk
  • Stepping Out
1995–1997

Results

GP = Champions Series / Grand Prix

International[9]
Event 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07
Olympics7th14th
Worlds8th2nd10th7th4th13th
Europeans2nd3rd5th2nd7th
GP Final5th4th6th5th
GP Bompard6th
GP Cup of China7th
GP Cup of Russia4th2nd1st3rd2nd4th9th4th4th
GP NHK Trophy6th3rd
GP Skate America6th3rd2nd3rd3rd10th1st
GP Skate Canada9th
GP Sparkassen1st
Nebelhorn Trophy1st
Finlandia Trophy1st1st1st4th
Golden SpinWD
Universiade1st
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds2nd
National[10]
Russian Champ.6th5th3rd5th6th4th4th1st1st2nd1st3rd
WD = Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Mittan, J. Barry (1998). "An All-American Girl: You'd Think So But It's Really Russia's Elena Sokolova". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ↑ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ↑ "Elena SOKOLOVA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. 1 2 "Elena SOKOLOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Соколова Елена Сергеевна". fskate.ru (in Russian).

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