Profile: Irina Slutskaya RUS


Twice European Champion


The Picture is courtesy ofJB. Mittan
    Stats on Irina Slutskaya RUS
  • Represents: Russia
  • Born: 9th of February 1979
  • Hometown: Moscow
  • Residence: Moscow
  • Height: 5´4" (165cm)
  • Weight: 108lbs (49kg)
  • Coach: Jana Gromova
  • Choreographer: Elena Tchaikovskaya
  • Trains in: Moscow
  • Skating Club: Sokolniki Moscow
  • Began Skating: 4 years
  • Competitive Status: Amateur
  • Interests: Stuffed Pets, Travelling, Music




Best Results
Events19981997199619951994
Olympics5thOlympics=Every 4yearsDNS
Worlds2nd4th3rd7thDNS
Europeans3rd1st1xDNS
Worlds JnrNot AvailableDNS1stx
Nationals4th3rd2nd3rdx
Goodwill Games5thGG=Every 4years6th
ISU Finals4th3rd2ndISU Finals=No Comp.
Skate AmericaxDNSDNS3rd3rd
Skate CanadaxDNS1stDNSDNS
Cup of Russiax1st1stDNSDNS
Trophée Lalique/FrancexDNSDNS4thDNS
NHK TrophyNo entry
Nations cupx2nd1stDNSDNS
Nebelhorn TrophyxDNSDNSDNS1st
Note! Irina Slutskaya is the most successfull female skater in Russia until now. She is twice European Champion and is now surely going for more.
She has up until this point been unable to defeat the two Americans(Kwan, Lipinski), but with a little more work done on the artistic side, she might have a chance in the following years.
She has also had the problem of growing in the last few years which has influenced her jumping in a negative derection(chance in point of gravity).
Her most dredded jump in the past two seasons surely has to be the tripple-lutz.There is no doubt that her spins are the best in the world among the contenders for the world crown, however.
Strong Points: Tripple-Loop, Spins
Weaknesses: Tripple-Lutz, Choreography.
Trademarks: "The "Biellmann" Spin, she does it on both feet!!!

Cast of Skaters
Men
[Alexander Abt] [Sebastien Britten] [Philippe Candeloro] [Dmitri Dmitrienko] [Todd Eldregde] [Ilia Kulik] [Evgeni Pliushenko] [Elvis Stojko] [Alexei Urmanov] [Michael Weiss] [Alexei Yagudin] [Viacheslav Zagorodniuk]
Ladies
[Nicole Bobek] [Surya Bonaly] [Maria Butyrskaya] [Vanessa Gusmeroli] [Laetitia Hubert] [Michelle Kwan] [Tara Lipinski] [Tonia Kwiatkovski] [Anna Rechnio] [Irina Slutskaya] [Yulia Soldatova] [Elena Sokolova] [Tanja Szewczenko]
Pairs
[Abitbol/Bernadis] [Bereznaya/Sikharulidze] [Savard-Gagnon/Bradet] [Kazakova/Dmitriev] [Meno/Sand] [Schwarz/Müller] [Shen/Zhao] [Stiegler/Stiegler] [Wötzel/Steuer] [Zagorska/Siudek]
Dance
[Anissina/Peizerat] Bourne/Kraatz [Joseph/Butler] [Krylova/Ovsiannikov] [Lobacheva/Averbukh] [Semenovich/Fedorov] [Winkler/Lohse]

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