Nina Ulanova (; occasionally romanised French-style as Oulanova; born 31 May 1978) is a Russian ice dancer. With former partner Michail Stifunin, she is the 1997 World Junior champion and 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.
Personal life Nina Ulanova was born in 1978 in Moscow. She is the niece of Alexei Ulanov.
Career
Competitive career Having started skating when she was four, Ulanova trained in single skating under Rafael Arutyunyan until age 11 and then began ice dancing in Andrei Filippov's group.
Ulanova and her partner, Michail Stifunin, placed fifth at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia. In the 1996–97 season, they won gold at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea. After the event, Filippov moved to Australia and Ulanova/Stifunin joined Alla Belyaeva. They skated together until 1999, placing as high as fifth at the senior Russian Championships.
During the 1999–2000 season, Ulanova competed with Alexander Pavlov. They placed fourth at the 2000 Russian Championships. Their partnership ended around 2001.
Professional career After joining Holiday on Ice, Ulanova performed with Martin Šimeček for seven years and then with Michał Zych for three years. In 2011, Ulanova appeared on series 6 of ITV's Dancing on Ice, partnered with Steven Arnold. They were voted off in episode 4. She took part in the 2011 Dancing on Ice Tour and partnered with professional skater Matt Evers. In 2012, she appeared on series 7 partnered with Matthew Wolfenden and won the series.
Ulanova did not appear in series 8 due to her pregnancy. She was partnered with Kyran Bracken for the 2014 series of Dancing on Ice.
Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix
With Pavlov International Event 2000–01 Skate America 11th Nebelhorn Trophy 10th Tallinn Cup 2nd National Russian Championships 4th
With Stifunin International Event 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd 1st Golden Spin 2nd Skate Israel 3rd 2nd St. Gervais 1st Winter Universiade 2nd 2nd International: Junior Junior Worlds 5th 1st Blue Swords 1st National Russian Champ. 5th 6th Russian Jr. Champ. 2nd 1st
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