CBC Sports Online : 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah : Figure Skating

Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Birthdate:
October 26, 1976

Hometown:
Leningrad, Russia
Residence:
St. Petersburg, Russia

Silver medallist with partner Elena Berezhnaya at 2001 ISU Grand Prix Final in Kitchener, Ont.

Gold medallist at the Cup of Russia Grand Prix meet in St. Petersburg and Trophée Lalique Grand Prix meet in Paris.

Russian champion in 2001.

Gold medallist at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane.

Short Program: "Lady Calif" (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone; Long Program: "Charlie Chaplin Medley"; "Terry's Theme" by Charlie Chaplin or "Meditation from Thais" by Jules Massenet - Nigel Kennedy and Orchestra

Silver medallist at the 2001 world championships in Vancouver.

Two-time European champions (1998, 2001).

Forced to withdraw from 2000 world championships and relinquish 2000 European Championship after Berezhnaya tested positive for banned stimulant pseudoephedrine.

Two-time world champion (1998, 1999).

Silver medallist at the 1998 Olympics.

Has skated with Berezhnaya since 1997 after she recovered from brain surgery underwent after she suffered a serious head injury in practice with then-partner Oleg Sliakhov in 1996.

Won two world junior championships with then-partner Maria Petrova.

	COUNTRY	G	S	B
1	GER	12	16	7
2	NOR	11	7	6
3	USA	10	13	11
4	RUS	6	6	4
5	CAN	6	3	8
6	FRA	4	5	2
7	ITA	4	4	4
8	FIN	4	4	4
9	NED	3	5	0
10	SUI	3	2	6

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