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Biography of Yelena Berezhnaya - Figure Skater
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Elena Berezhnaya (born October 11 1977 in Nevinnomirsk, Russia) is a Russian figure skating|figure skater. Berezhnaya has competed in three Winter Olympics: in 1994 Winter Olympics|1994, representing Latvia with Oleg Shliahov and, in 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics|2002, representing Russia with Anton Sikharulidze. She won the silver medal in 1998 and the gold medal in 2002, in the pairs competition, skating with Anton Sikharulidze. The decision to award the gold medal in 2002 was the subject of a hugely-publicised Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|controversy, which was finally resolved by the awarding of an additional gold to the Canada|Canadian pair that had originally been given the silver. ==External link== *http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3451/b erez.html Yelena Berezhnaya sportbio-stub
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