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Name
  
Anastasia Grebenkina

Retired
  
2008

Spouse
  
Yuri Goncharov (m. 2009)


Began skating
  
1985

Height
  
1.70 m

Former skating club
  
CSKA Yerevan

Role
  
Ice dancer

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Full name
  
Anastasia Yuryevna Grebenkina

Born
  
18 January 1979 (age 45) (
1979-01-18
)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Comp. dance
  
30.04 2007 Cup of Russia

Former partner
  
Vazgen Azrojan, Vitali Novikov

Former coach
  
Alexander Zhulin, Alexei Gorshkov

Former choreographer
  
Ludmila Vlasova

Combined total
  
162.64 2005 NHK Trophy

Country represented
  
Armenia, Russia, Latvia

Anastasia Yuryevna Grebenkina (Russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Гребёнкина, born 18 January 1979) is a former competitive ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Vazgen Azrojan with whom she represented Armenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2005 NHK Trophy.

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Career

Grebenkina teamed up with Vazgen Azrojan in 1996 and skated with him until 1998, representing Russia. After their partnership ended, she skated with Vitali Novikov, also representing Russia.

Grebenkina and Azrojan reformed their partnership in 2002, this time representing Armenia. They became the first skaters to medal for Armenia at a Grand Prix event, obtaining bronze at the NHK Trophy in 2005. They competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 20th.

In September 2006, Grebenkina / Azrojan changed coaches, moving from Alexei Gorshkov to Alexander Zhulin. At the 2006 Cup of China, Grebenkina cut her leg with her own blade during practice, requiring stitches, but was able to compete and finished 6th with Azrojan. The duo retired from competition in 2008. She coaches at Moscow's Gorky Park.

In 2007, Grebenkina played Maria Feodorovna in a Russian television movie, Звезда Империи.

Personal life

Grebenkina is married to Yuri Goncharov, with whom she has a son, Ivan, who was born on May 25, 2010. Anna Semenovich is the godmother.

Programs

(with Azroyan)

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix

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References

Anastasia Grebenkina Wikipedia