Natalia Pavlova | |
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![]() Pavlova in 2010 withLubov Iliushechkina andNodari Maisuradze | |
Full name | Natalia Yevgenievna Pavlova |
Other names | Natalia Yevgenievna Dongauzer |
Born | (1956-04-09)9 April 1956 (age 68) Leningrad,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Figure skating career | |
Skating club | Blue Bird FSC |
Natalia Yevgenievna Pavlova (Russian:Наталья Евгеньевна Павлова,néeDongauzer, Донгаузер) is a Russianpair skating coach and former competitor for theSoviet Union.
Natalia Yevgenievna Dongauzer (later Pavlova) was born on 8 January 1956 inLeningrad.[1] She is the widow of a basketball player.[2] Their daughter, Anastasia Pavlova, was born on 30 January 1982 and also works as a skating coach.[3]
Pavlova competed in pair skating withVasili Blagov. They were both over 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall.[2] The pair won the silver medal at the 1973Prize of Moscow News.
After retiring from competition, Pavlova turned to coaching. She was based inSaint Petersburg until September 2006, when she moved to Moscow to coach at Blue Bird FSC.[4][5] In 2015, she decided to return to Saint Petersburg.[2]
Her students include: