PAIRS
Date of birth:
29.11.1977
Maria PETROVA
RUS
Leningrad
Place of birth:
Height:
152
cm
St. Petersburg
Home town:
Student
Profession:
Hobbies:
reading, alpine skiing
1982
Yubileini Sport Club
Start sk. / Club:
/
Former Partners:
Anton Sikharulidze, Teimuraz Pulin
Student
Profession:
St. Petersburg
Home town:
cm
187
Height:
RUS
Samara
Place of birth:
Alexei TIKHONOV
01.11.1971
Date of birth:
pool, bowling, skiing, reading
Hobbies:
1975
Yubileini Sport Club
Start sk. / Club:
/
Former Partners:
Irina Saifutdinova (URS), Yukiko Kawasaki (JPN)
at St. Petersburg
h / week
Practice high season:
at St. Petersburg
h / week
Practice low season:
Former coach:
Alexander Stiopin
Choreographer:
Ludmila Velikova
Coach:
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of 2006/2007 season  
Sarabande by G. F. Haendel (modern arrangement)
Moonlight Sonata by L. v. Beethoven
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of 2006/2007 season
188.21
World Championships 2005
16.03.2005
67.42
123.18
ISU Grand Prix Final 2005
World Championships 2006
17.12.2004
22.03.2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating
Personal Best Score Short Program
Personal Best Total Score
2.
1.S
3.
3.
5.
2.S
3.
2.
2.S
2.
4.
2.S
3.
3.
3.S
3.
4.
6.
2.S
4.
4.
2.S
1.
1.
National Champ.
World Juniors
European Champ.
World Champ.
Olympic Games
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Petrova/Tikhonov are the 1999 European Champions. Petrova was the former partner of 2002 Olympic Champion
Anton Sikharulidze and won with him Junior Worlds in 1994 and 1995. When he left her to skate with Berezhnaya
in 1996, she continued her career with Pulin. Petrova teamed up with Tikhonov in the summer of 1998. Tikhonov
was World Junior Bronze medalist (1989 with Irina Saifutdinova) and has also competed for Japan. After the 1994
season he stopped his competitive career to skate in shows. He came back to competitive skating because he
missed it. They name Olympic Champions Gordeeva/Grinkov and Mishkutionok/Dmitriev as their idols in skating.
The couple missed the 2007 National Championships due to illness (Petrova).
Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris
ISU Grand Prix Final, Beijing
MasterCard Skate Canada Int., St John's, NF
Cup of China, Beijing
2004
2005
2005
2005
2.
2.
2.
1.
ISU Grand Prix Final, Tokyo
Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris
Cup of Russia - Bosco Sport, Moscow
ISU Grand Prix Final, St. Petersburg
2006
2006
2006
2007
4.
1.
2.
6.
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
18:53:16