1. Oksana Vladimirovna Grishuk is a Russian former competitive ice dancer.
14 Facts About Oksana Grishuk
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Oksana Grishuk is best known for her partnership with Evgeni Platov from 1989 to 1998.
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Oksana Grishuk's father abandoned the family before she was one.
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Oksana Grishuk studied at the Sport University of Moscow from 1988 to 1992.
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Oksana Grishuk moved from Moscow to Newark, Delaware in 1994 and then to Marlborough, Massachusetts in 1996.
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Oksana Grishuk began training under Natalia Linichuk at the age of 12.
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Oksana Grishuk initially competed with Alexandr Chichkov for the Soviet Union.
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Oksana Grishuk retired in the summer of 1989 due to injury.
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Oksana Grishuk was invited to join Natalia Dubova's group where she was partnered with Evgeni Platov.
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Dubova found a new partner for Platov while Oksana Grishuk briefly searched for a new partner in Germany before returning to Moscow and her previous coach, Natalia Linichuk.
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Oksana Grishuk teamed up with Alexander Zhulin with whom she skated one year.
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Oksana Grishuk appeared in Cinderella and Nutcracker shows as a solo skater and with partners.
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In 2006, Oksana Grishuk was a celebrity judge on the WE tv series Skating's Next Star, created and produced by Major League Figure Skating and hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi.
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Also in 2006, Oksana Grishuk won Dance on Ice, a Russian celebrity skating show in Moscow, and was third in 2007.