Elena Borisovna Batanova () is a former competitive ice dancer for the

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. She is a two-time (1980, 1981) World Junior champion with partner Alexei Soloviev. On the senior level, they won the 1982

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and 1984 Soviet national title. They were coached by

Lyudmila Pakhomova Lyudmila Alekseyevna Pakhomova (; 31 December 1946 – 17 May 1986) was a Russian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her husband Aleksandr Gorshkov, she was the 1976 Olympic champion, one of the oldest female figure skating Olym ...

and later Tatiana Tarasova. Earlier, Batanova competed with Andrei Antonov, with whom she is the 1979 World Junior silver medalist. Batanova is the daughter of football player Boris Batanov. She is married to hockey player

Igor Larionov Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (; born 3 December 1960) is a Russian Coach (ice hockey), ice hockey coach, sports agent and former professional ice hockey player, known as "the Professor". Considered one of the best hockey players of all time, he, a ...

, with whom she has two daughters and a son.

Results

With Soloviev

With Antonov

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