Oksana Grishuk

Oksana Vladimirovna Grishuk (Russian: Оксана Владимировна Грищук; born 17 March 1972) is a Russian retired ice dancer. She and her partner, Evgeny Platov, won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships.

Oksana Grishuk
Grishuk and Platov 1994 Europeans.jpg
Grishuk and Platov in 1944
Personal information
Full nameOksana Vladimirovna Grishuk
Born17 March 1972 (aged 54)
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height5 ft 6 in
Weight110 lb
Sport
ClubSportsclub Dinamo
Former partner(s)Evgeni Platov
Alexandr Chichkov
RetiredMarch 1998

Early life

Grishuk began training in skating at the age of four.[1] She moved to Moscow in 1986, and studied at the Sport University from 1988 to 1992.

Career

After they won the gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan,[2] Platov decided to skate as a professional with a different partner, Maya Usova, so Grishuk began skating professionally by herself.

Amateur competitions

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pasha GRISCHUK. www.olympics.com. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  2. Longman, Jere (2 January 1998). "Dancing on the Sharp Edge of Her Skates". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/02/sports/skating-dancing-on-the-sharp-edge-of-her-skates.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2012-07-21. 

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