SKATER

Elena Berezhnaya

1977 - Today

Photo of Elena Berezhnaya

Icon of person Elena Berezhnaya

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 different languages on Wikipedia. Elena Berezhnaya is the 254th most popular skater (down from 233rd in 2019), the 2,942nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,857th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Russian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Elena Berezhnaya by language

Loading...

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Elena Berezhnaya ranks 254 out of 483Before her are Akira Kuroiwa, Jenny Wolf, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Anna Shcherbakova, Rintje Ritsma, and Patrick Chan. After her are Guillaume Cizeron, Jessica Dubé, Leo Visser, Bruno Massot, Francesca Lollobrigida, and Chad Hedrick.

Most Popular Skaters in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Elena Berezhnaya ranks 615Before her are Tobias Angerer, Hayden Foxe, Liliya Shobukhova, Bevan Docherty, Callum Blue, and Mladen Bojinović. After her are Randy Harrison, Volodymir Gustov, Yoshiteru Yamashita, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Roman Týce, and Kateryna Serebrianska.

Others Born in 1977

Go to all Rankings

In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Elena Berezhnaya ranks 2,942 out of 3,761Before her are Dmitri Mironov (1965), Lyubov Galkina (1973), José Ramos (null), Anna Shcherbakova (2004), Svetlana Goncharenko (1971), and Ivan Ukhov (1986). After her are Sergei Shipov (1966), Alena V. Ledeneva (1964), Dmitri Sautin (1974), Denis Golovanov (1979), Olga Medvedtseva (1975), and Larisa Peleshenko (1964).

Among SKATERS In Russia

Among skaters born in Russia, Elena Berezhnaya ranks 36Before her are Alina Zagitova (2002), Ilia Averbukh (1973), Alexandra Trusova (2004), Tatiana Totmianina (1981), Svetlana Zhurova (1972), and Anna Shcherbakova (2004). After her are Denis Petrov (1968), Oksana Kazakova (1975), Evgenia Medvedeva (1999), Maxim Marinin (1977), Adelina Sotnikova (1996), and Olga Graf (1983).