Biography

ICE DANCE


Date of birth:	25.04.1994	Elena ILINYKH RUS
Place of birth:	Shevchenko KAZ
Height:	164 cm
Home town:	Moscow
Profession:	student
Hobbies:	literature, arts, fashion, motorcycle, cars
Start sk. / Club:	1998 / Moskvitch
Former Partners	Ivan Bukin


Date of birth:	10.07.1991	Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS
Place of birth:	Moscow
Height:	180 cm
Home town:	Moscow
Profession:	student
Hobbies:	art, music, cars, sports, fashion
Start sk. / Club:	1995 / Moskvitch
Former Partners	Angelina Kabysheva

Coach:	Nikolai Morozov
Choreographer:	Nikolai Morozov, Liudmila Vlasova
Former Coach:	Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov
Practice low season:	20 h / week at Hackensack/USA, Novogorsk
Practice high season:	20 h / week at Novogorsk, Moscow

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2011/2012

Samba: HipHip ChinChin performed by Club des Belugas
Rhumba: Mas que nada by Sergio Mendes
Samba: Mujer Latina by Kike Satander

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2011/2012

Ave Maria performed by Thomas Spencer-Wortley

Personal Best Total Score	154.50	30.04.2011	World Championships 2011
Personal Best Score Short Dance	65.51	29.04.2011	World Championships 2011
Personal Best Score Free Dance	93.63	27.01.2012	European Championships 2012

04/05

05/06

06/07

07/08

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

2.J

3.S

2.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU JGP Budapest 2009 Budapest	2009	1. J
ISU JGP Torun Cup 2009 Torun	2009	1. J
ISU JGP Final 2009/2010 Tokyo	2009	2. J
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2010 Nagoya	2010	4.

Internation Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP Cup of Russia 2010 Moscow	2010	3.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2011 Sapporo	2011	3.
ISU GP Trophee E. Bompard 2011 Paris	2011	4.

Ilinykh/Katsalapov had skated together and trained under Zhulin while he was still working in the USA, but they split up in 2005. He then skated with Angelina Kabysheva. Ilinykh/Katsalapov reunited in spring 2008 in Moscow and right away placed 4th at Russian Junior Nationals. They switched coaches in May 2011.

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