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Elena Berezhnaya

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Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (Russian: Елена Викторовна Бережная, Latvian: Jeļena Berežnaja, born 11 October 1977) is a Russian former pair skater. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic champion. Berezhnaya first competed with Oleg Shliakhov for Latvia and won gold at the 1995 Trophée de France. While training together in January 1996, she suffered a serious injury, leaving her partly paralyzed and unable to speak. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Elena Berezhnaya is the 259th most popular skater (down from 233rd in 2024), the 2,994th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,856th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Russian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Elena Berezhnaya ranks 259 out of 483. Before her are Jenny Wolf, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Anna Shcherbakova, Rintje Ritsma, Patrick Chan, and Elena Valova. After her are Guillaume Cizeron, Jessica Dubé, Leo Visser, Bruno Massot, Francesca Lollobrigida, and Chad Hedrick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Elena Berezhnaya ranks 647. Before her are Liliya Shobukhova, Dani Martín, Taismary Agüero, Bevan Docherty, Callum Blue, and Mladen Bojinović. After her are Randy Harrison, Volodymir Gustov, Yoshiteru Yamashita, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Roman Týce, and Kateryna Serebrianska.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Elena Berezhnaya ranks 2,994 out of 3,761. Before her are Lyubov Galkina (1973), José Ramos (null), Anna Shcherbakova (2004), Svetlana Goncharenko (1971), Ivan Ukhov (1986), and Elena Valova (1963). After her are Sergei Shipov (1966), Alena V. Ledeneva (1964), Dmitri Sautin (1974), Denis Golovanov (1979), Olga Medvedtseva (1975), and Larisa Peleshenko (1964).

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Among SKATERS In Russia

Among skaters born in Russia, Elena Berezhnaya ranks 38. Before her are Alexandra Trusova (2004), Evgenia Shishkova (1972), Tatiana Totmianina (1981), Svetlana Zhurova (1972), Anna Shcherbakova (2004), and Elena Valova (1963). After her are Oleg Makarov (1962), Denis Petrov (1968), Sergey Fokichev (1963), Oksana Kazakova (1975), Evgenia Medvedeva (1999), and Maxim Marinin (1977).

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