1. Viktoria Yevgenyevna Volchkova is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor.
17 Facts About Viktoria Volchkova
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Viktoria Volchkova is a four-time European bronze medalist, the 2002 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2002 Cup of Russia champion, and a seven-time Russian national medalist.
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Viktoria Volchkova is the 1998 JGP Final champion and a two-time World Junior bronze medalist.
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Viktoria Volchkova studied at the Institute for Physical Culture in Moscow.
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Viktoria Volchkova and her husband, Yuri Butsayev, have a son who was born in March 2012.
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Viktoria Volchkova began skating at age six in Leningrad after her parents heard a radio announcement about skating lessons.
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Viktoria Volchkova was interested in pair skating but was too tall.
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Viktoria Volchkova won bronze, her first major medal, at the 1999 European Championships.
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Viktoria Volchkova repeated as bronze medalist at the 2000 European Championships, competing with muscle inflammation on the outside of her right ankle.
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Viktoria Volchkova won bronze twice more at the event, to make it four consecutive European bronze medals from 1999 to 2002.
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Viktoria Volchkova represented Russia at the 2002 Winter Olympics and placed 9th.
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In spring 2002, Viktoria Volchkova switched coaches from Kudriavtsev in Moscow to Oleg Vasiliev in Chicago.
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In December, Viktoria Volchkova withdrew from the 2003 Russian Championships and missed three weeks of training as a result of pneumonia.
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In December 2004, Viktoria Volchkova broke her wrist in a fall during training and consequently missed the 2005 Russian Championships.
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Viktoria Volchkova withdrew from the 2006 Winter Olympics after being hospitalized with a right arm infection.
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Viktoria Volchkova last competed at the 2007 Russian Championships in January 2007.
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Viktoria Volchkova trained at the Moskvich rink in south-east Moscow and, after retiring from competition, remained at the rink as a coach.