LADIES
Date of birth:
28.06.1972
Maria BUTYRSKAYA
RUS
Moscow
Place of birth:
Height:
160
cm
Moscow
Home town:
Student
Profession:
Hobbies:
billiards, music, ballet
1977
Start sk. / Club:
/
24
at Moscow
h / week
Practice high season:
18
at Moscow
h / week
Practice low season:
Viktor Kudriavtsev
Former coach:
Elena Tchaikovskaya
Choreographer:
Elena Tchaikovskaya, Vladimir Kotin
Coach:
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of 2001/2002 season  
Tune of the White Nights (soundtrack) by Isaak Shwartz
Tale of Wandering  by Alfred Schnittke
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of 2001/2002 season
2.S
1.
6.
3.S
2.
4.
2.S
2.
3.
National Champ.
World Juniors
European Champ.
World Champ.
Olympic Games
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Maria Butyrskaya became the first Russian lady skater ever to win the World Championships. Winning at the age
of 26, she also was the oldest ladies World Champion in history. The Russian won her first major title when she
became European Champion in 1998.  Butyrskaya is thinking about working in the field of choreography when she
has finished her active skating career. Even now she is doing a lot of her own choreography, and she also takes
part in designing her costumes. The Muscovite usually picks her music herself. Butyrskaya started to skate at her
kindergarden and soon won all the little competitions the kindergarden people set up for the children. She was
then accepted at the famous ZSKA club in Moscow where she trained for years. However, when she was a
teenager a coach didn't believe in her talent anymore and she had to leave the club and to look for another coach.
Trophée Lalique, Paris
NHK Trophy, Asahikawa
Japan Open, Tokyo
ISU Grand Prix Final, Tokyo
2000
2000
2001
2001
1.
2.
1.
4.
Sparkassen Cup on Ice, Gelsenkirchen
Trophee Lalique, Paris
Goodwill Games, Brisbane
ISU Grand Prix Final, Kitchener
2001
2001
2001
2002
1.
1.
6.
4.
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International Competition
Year
Place
International Competition
Year
Place
Four Continents
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last update:
29.07.2007
16:40:11