Halyna Kukhar
| Halyna Kukhar Galina Kukhar | |
|---|---|
 Kukhar at the 2004 European Championships with Galina Efremenko | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Halyna Vladyslavivna Kukhar (Hrzhybovska) |
| Country represented | Soviet Union |
| Born |
12 July 1951 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Residence | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Former coach | Svetlana Mozer, Tatiana Tolmacheva, Stanislav Zhuk |
| Former training locations | Moscow |
| Retired | 1969 |
Halyna Vladyslavivna Kukhar, née Hrzhybovska (Ukrainian: Галина Владиславівна Кухар (Гржибовська); Russian: Галина Владиславовна Кухар (Гржибовская): Galina Vladislavovna Kukhar (née Grzhibovskaya); born 12 July 1951) is a Ukrainian figure skating coach and former competitive skater who represented the Soviet Union. She is the 1968 Soviet champion and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Personal life
Kukhar was born on 12 July 1951 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, as Galina Vladislavovna Grzhibovskaya (Ukrainian: Halyna Vladyslavivna Hrzhybovska).[1][2] She married the chief engineer of the Kiev Ballet on Ice, Heorhiy Kukhar, and settled in Kiev, Ukraine.[1]
Career
Grzhibovskaya was taught by Svetlana Mozer (mother of Nina Mozer) in a large children's group in Moscow until Tatiana Tolmacheva took the young skater in her own group.[1]
In the 1967–68 season, Grzhibovskaya won the Soviet national ladies' title and placed 12th at the 1968 European Championships. She was then sent to the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, where she finished 16th. She then joined Stanislav Zhuk.[1]
The following season, Grzhibovskaya placed 14th at both the 1969 European Championships and 1969 World Championships. Unable to adapt to his authoritarian style, she left Zhuk's group and joined the Kiev Ballet on Ice, where she skated for 23 years.[1]
In the early 1990s, Kukhar began a coaching career in Kiev. Her former students include:
- Aliona Savchenko (from age 7)[3][4]
- Tatiana Volosozhar[3]
- Galina Efremenko (Maniachenko)[3]
- Dmitri Dmitrenko[5]
- Anton Kovalevski
- Stanislav Morozov (from 1996)[4][6]
- Andrei Deputat[3]
Competitive highlights
| International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1965–66 | 1966–67 | 1967–68 | 1968–69 |
| Winter Olympics | 16th | |||
| World Championships | 14th | |||
| European Championships | 12th | 14th | ||
| Prize of Moscow News | 2nd | |||
| National | ||||
| Soviet Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Goncharuk, Svetlana (18 April 2011). Галина КУХАР: «Ученик никогда не становится бывшим» [Galina Kukhar: "A student never becomes an ex"] (in Russian). sport.ua. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011.
- ↑ "Halyna Hrzhybovska". sports-reference.com.
- 1 2 3 4 Savchik, Anna (10 April 2012). Галина КУХАР: "Когда-нибудь Волосожар напишет книгу "Как приручить партнера" [Galina Kukhar: "Someday Volosozhar may write a book 'How to tame your partner'"]. Sport Express (Ukraine edition) (in Russian).
- 1 2 Holtz, Peter (15 August 2001). "Is it the altitude, or is it the hospitality?". Idaho Mountain Express.
- ↑ "Tripping the ice fantastic". Kyiv Post. 14 February 2002. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014.
- ↑ Nikolayenko, Olga (1 April 2012). Станислав Морозов: «На первом турнире своих фигуристов думал, что упаду в обморок» [Stanislav Morozov: "At the first competition of my figure skaters, I thought I would pass out"]. Glavred (in Russian).
External links
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