Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...
) is an
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
i former competitive
ice dancer
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
. His partnership with Olesya Pronina lasted at least five seasons, until 1999. He then competed for three seasons with Julia Klochko (1999–2002), training under Galina Churilova in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.ISU Championships – two Four Continents and two Junior Worlds. In the 2002–03 season, he competed with
Olga Akimova
Olga Akimova (born 28 May 1983 in Tashkent) is a former competitive ice dancer for Uzbekistan. With former partner Alexander Shakalov, she is the 2004-2005 Uzbek national champion. She previously competed with Andrei Driganov and Ramil Sarkulo ...
, coached by Churilova. Sarkulov then had a brief partnership with Ashley Taylor but the two never competed together. In 2007, he teamed up with Sun-hye Yu. Coached by
Genrikh Sretenski
Genrikh Genrikhovich Sretenski (russian: Генрих Генрихович Сретенский, born July 23, 1962) is convicted sex felon and a former Russian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With partner Natalia Annenko, Sretenski ...
Maryland
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(2016 World Junior silver medalists) and
Eliana Gropman
Eliana Gropman (born February 5, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Ian Somerville, she is the 2019 U.S. national junior bronze medalist and the 2018 JGP Slovakia bronze medalist. They placed in the top twelve at ...