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Elena Khalyavina

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Former partner
  
Maxim Shabalin

Height
  
1.67 m


Name
  
Elena Khalyavina

Retired
  
2002

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Full name
  
Elena Lvovna Dostatni (since 2009)

Alternative names
  
Elena Lvovna Khalyavina (competitive)

Born
  
December 8, 1983 (age 40) (
1983-12-08
)
Kirov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Former coach
  
Oleg Sudakov, Boris Rublev, Irina Fedorovyh

Skating club
  
Kirov FSC, Samara CSKVVS FSC

Former country(ies) represented
  
Russia

Former choreographer
  
Sergei Petukhov

Elena Dostatni, née Khalyavina (Russian: Елена Достатни (Халявина), born December 8, 1983) is a former competitive ice dancer. Competing for Russia as Elena Khalyavina with partner Maxim Shabalin, she is three times Russian Junior National Championship medalist (bronze in 1999,silver in 2000 and gold in 2001) she won two medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final (silver in 2000 and gold in 2001) and two medals at the World Junior Championships (bronze in 2001, silver in 2002).

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Career

Elena Khalyavina began skating when she was six years old in Kirov. She skated with Alexandr Glyhih for seven years through the senior level. In 1999, she moved to Samara and teamed up with Maxim Shabalin. In the 2001–02 season, Khalyavina/Shabalin won gold at the JGP Final, gold at the Russian Junior Championships, and silver at the World Junior Championships before parting ways. In 2002, she began her coaching career in her home town in Russia.

In 2011, Elena Dostatni became the director of ice dancing at the Colorado Springs World Arena Ice Hall.

Personal life

Elena Khalyavina moved to the United States in 2003 and is now known as Elena Dostatni. She married Polish former ice dancer and ISU Technical Specialist Andrzej Dostatni in September 2009. The couple have two sons.

Programs

(with Shabalin)

Results

(with Shabalin)

References

Elena Khalyavina Wikipedia