Oksana Alexandrovna Domnina (Russian: Оксана Александровна Домнина, born 17 August 1984) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. She and partner Maxim Shabalin are the 2010 Olympic bronze medalists, the 2009 World Champions, the 2008 & 2010 European Champions, the 2007 Grand Prix Final champions, and three-time (2005, 2007, 2010) Russian national champions.
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Full name | Oksana Alexandrovna Domnina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kirov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 17 August 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Maxim Shabalin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Odintsovo Ice Skating School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editDomnina began skating at the age of six in Kirov and took up ice dancing two years later due to her height.[1][2] Early in her career, she competed with Ivan Lobanov and Maxim Bolotin.
Partnership with Shabalin
editDomnina was paired with Maxim Shabalin in May 2002 by coach Alexei Gorshkov.[3] In their first season together, they won every junior level competition they entered, including the 2002–03 Junior Grand Prix Final and the 2003 World Junior Championships.[4]
Shabalin sustained a meniscus injury in spring 2007 and had surgery on his right knee in May.[3][5] They initially worked on a free dance to Schindler's List but when they wanted to add a faster section they thought it looked too much like a hodgepodge; after consultation with Tatiana Tarasova, they began working on a new free dance to Masquerade Waltz at the start of August.[5] In September 2007, Shabalin also had surgery due to appendicitis.[3] He then had problems with his left knee and had another operation in December.[3] He returned to win the 2008 Europeans but limped off the ice.[3][5] The pain persisted despite therapy, preventing them from training fully and resulting in their withdrawal from the 2008 World Championships.[3] Shabalin spent five weeks in treatment in Munich, Germany, while Domnina trained on her own in Odintsovo, near Moscow.[3]
In June 2008, Domnina/Shabalin announced they were leaving their longtime coach Alexei Gorshkov and moving from Russia to the United States to train with husband-and-wife coaches Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.[6] Domnina said they had been very comfortable in Odintsovo and it was a difficult decision to make.[3] The move was considered surprising as their rivals Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto had also moved to the same coaches a couple months prior, but Domnina said the competition at the rink was stimulating.[3]
Domnina/Shabalin won the silver medal at the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final, and then took gold at 2009 Worlds. Afterwards, Shabalin returned to Germany for another four months of therapy on his left knee.[7] They missed the 2009–10 Grand Prix series as a result of his knee problems.[7] They resumed training in November 2009. Shabalin decided to use a brace in practice and competition to limit the movement and protect his knee.[7]
Their original dance based on Australian Aboriginal folk dances sparked controversy in early 2010. Australian Aboriginal leaders were offended by the dance. Domnina/Shabalin said they meant no disrespect and would do the dance at the Olympics. When it was first skated at the 2010 Russian Championships, they wore face makeup but removed it for the 2010 European Championships.[8] Domnina/Shabalin won the bronze medal at the 2010 Olympics and withdrew from the World Championships as a result of continued problems with his knee. They decided not to compete during the 2010–11 season to allow Shabalin to fully recover. In July 2010, Domnina announced on the team's official site that she was not ready to retire, despite the insistence of her mother and boyfriend to leave the sport, and that a decision would be made in 2011.[9] She also denied rumors suggesting she would team up with Roman Kostomarov but added "Never say never."[9]
Personal life
editOksana Domnina was born on 17 August 1984 in Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.[10] She studied psychology.[5] In August 2010, it was reported that Domnina was engaged to Russian ice dancer Roman Kostomarov, the 2006 Olympic champion, and expecting their first child together.[11] Their daughter, Anastasia, was born on 2 January 2011.[12][13] They married in April 2014.[14] Their son, Ilya, was born in January 2016.[15]
Programs
editWith Shabalin
editSeason | Original dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2009–2010 [10][16] |
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2008–2009 [17][16][2] |
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2007–2008 [18][16] |
Cossack dance:
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2006–2007 [19][16] |
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2005–2006 [20][16] |
Waltz of the Spirits:
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2004–2005 [21][16] |
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2003–2004 [22][16] |
Brasileiro:
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2002–2003 [23][16] |
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Brasileiro:
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With Bolotin
editSeason | Original dance | Free dance |
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2001–2002 [24] |
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Competitive highlights
editGP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Shabalin
editInternational[25] | ||||||||
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Event | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 |
Olympics | 9th | 3rd | ||||||
Worlds | 15th | 10th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 1st | ||
Europeans | 12th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | WD | 1st |
GP Final | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | ||||
GP Cup of China | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | ||||
GP Cup of Russia | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | ||
GP Skate America | 3rd | |||||||
GP Skate Canada | 6th | |||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 2nd | |||||||
Schäfer Memorial | 1st | |||||||
Skate Israel | 2nd | |||||||
International: Junior[25] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 1st | |||||||
JGP Final | 1st | |||||||
JGP France | 1st | |||||||
JGP Serbia | 1st | |||||||
National[26] | ||||||||
Russian Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
Russian Jr. Champ. | 1st | |||||||
WD: Withdrew |
With Bolotin
editInternational[27] | ||
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Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
World Junior Champ. | 7th | |
JGP Final | 7th | 4th |
JGP Bulgaria | 1st | |
JGP Czech Republic | 2nd | |
JGP Poland | 2nd | |
JGP Ukraine | 3rd | |
National[26] | ||
Russian Jr. Champ. | 3rd | 3rd |
With Lobanov
editNational[26] | |
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Event | 1999–2000 |
Russian Championships | 8th |
Television
editShe appeared in the 4-9 seasons of ice show contest Ice Age.
References
edit- ^ Rosewater, Amy (9 February 2010). "For Domnina, Shabalin, Olympics is all business". icenetwork.com. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Oksana Domnina: ice dancing, Maxim and I". ArtOnIce.it. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Flade, Tatiana (12 October 2008). "Fresh start for Domnina and Shabalin". GoldenSkate.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Interview Oksana Domnina/Maxim Schabalin (Jan 2008/Nov 2007)". figureskating-online. 10 March 2008. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012.
- ^ Hinckley, Todd (20 June 2008). "Domnina, Shabalin Team with Linichuk". Icenetwork.com. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ a b c Flade, Tatiana (2 January 2010). "Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin: On the comeback trail". GoldenSkate.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (23 January 2010). "Australian Aborigines find ice dance performance 'offensive'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ a b Tonkacheeva, Oksana (8 July 2010). "I am not yet ready to say: "That's it, it's over!"". domnina-shabalin.ru. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010.
- ^ Radov, Seba (2 August 2010). Оксана Домнина беременна [Oksana Domnina pregnant] (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Oksana Domnina becomes a mum!". 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
- ^ Bragina, Ekaterina (12 May 2011). Оксана Домнина: Подрастет дочка – буду думать о рождении сына [Oksana Domnina: When my daughter is older, I will think about the birth of a son] (in Russian). Istochnik (kipov.ru). Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Опубликованы фото со свадьбы Оксаны Домниной и Романа Костомарова" [Photo published from the wedding of Oksana Domnina and Roman Kostomarov] (in Russian). rusevik.ru. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Второй ребенок родился у олимпийского чемпиона Костомарова и призера ОИ Домниной" [Second child for Olympic champion Kostomarov and Olympic medalist Domnina]. rsport.ru (in Russian). 15 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Programs". Official website of Domina/Shabalin. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010.
- ^ "Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 May 2009.
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- ^ a b c "Оксана Александровна Домнина" [Oksana Alexandrovna Domnina] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
- ^ "Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim BOLOTIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017.