Anjelika Krylova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexeyevna and the family name is Krylova.

Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova (Russian: Анжелика Алексеевна Крылова; born 4 July 1973) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time (1998, 1999) World champion. She currently works as a coach and choreographer in Moscow, Russia.

Anjelika Krylova
Krylova in 2010
Full name	Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova
Other names	Anzhelika Alekseyevna Krylova
Born	(1973-07-04) 4 July 1973 (age 51) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Retired	1999
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Representing  Russia Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Ice dancing World Championships 1999 Helsinki Ice dancing 1998 Minneapolis Ice dancing 1997 Lausanne Ice dancing 1996 Edmonton Ice dancing 1993 Prague Ice dancing European Championships 1999 Prague Ice dancing 1998 Milan Ice dancing 1997 Paris Ice dancing 1996 Sofia Ice dancing 1995 Dortmund Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 1998-1999 St. Petersburg Ice dancing 1996-1997 Hamilton Ice dancing 1995-1996 Paris Ice dancing

Competitive career

In her early career, Anjelika Krylova skated with Vladimir Leliukh and Vladimir Fedorov. With Fedorov, she won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships and was sixth at the 1994 Olympics.

In mid-1994, Krylova teamed up with Oleg Ovsyannikov. That same year they moved with their coaches Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov to Newark, Delaware.^[1] Krylova injured her back in training shortly before they were set to leave for 1994 Skate America. The rink workers had forgot to close the gate and she stumbled as she skated backward. Aggravated by intense training, the injury would plague her throughout her career.^[2]

In their first season together, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won the Russian national title and took bronze at the European Championship. They were fifth at the World Championships.

During the 1995–96 season, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won silver at Skate America and gold at Nations Cup to qualify for the Champions Series Final (later renamed the Grand Prix Final) where they took silver. They also won silver at the Russian, European and World Championships. They were second at these events to Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov.

During the 1996–97 season, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won three gold medals on the Champions Series at Skate America, Nations Cup and Cup of Russia. They qualified for the Champions Series Final in Canada where they were placed second to Canadians Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz. Krylova and Ovsyannikov won the silver medal at the European and World Championships, second at both events to Grishuk and Platov.

During the 1997–98 season, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won gold medals at Nations Cup and Cup of Russia but did not compete at the Champions Series Final. They won silver at the European Championships and followed it up with silver at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. They were second at both events to Grishuk and Platov who retired after the Olympics. At the 1998 World Championships, they won their first World title ahead of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat.^{[citation needed]} They used music from the opera Carmen for their free skate. Figure skating writer and historian Ellyn Kestnbaum called it "a dramatic interpretation" and said that it included many hunched-over and distorted angled positions, as well as "over-the-top" facial expressions, especially from Ovsianmikov. Kestnbaum stated that the program "seemed to depict a struggle or sexual encounter in which she retained the upper hand".^[3] Kestnbaum also reported that one reporter called the program "an updated, playful version of Carmen".^[3]

During the 1998–99 season, Krylova and Ovsyannikov won gold at Sparkassen Cup (formerly Nations Cup) and Cup of Russia to qualify for the Grand Prix Final. They won the title ahead of Anissina and Peizerat. They won their first European title and then capped off their career with their second World title.

Krylova and Ovsyannikov were planning to compete the following season and had prepared programs and costumes, however, doctors advised her to retire due to a risk of paralysis stemming from her back problem.^[4][2] She suggested that he team up with another skater but he declined.^[2] After a year, she felt more confident and they began performing in the less demanding world of professional skating.^[2] They won the 2001 World Professional title.

Coaching career

After ending her career, Krylova became a figure skating coach and choreographer alongside Pasquale Camerlengo. They worked for a year in Berlin, Germany, and in 2006, moved to work at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In 2018, Krylova moved to Moscow, Russia, to coach with Albena Denkova, Maxim Staviski, and her former partner Oleg Ovsyannikov. She currently works with the following teams:

• Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Maxim Nekrasov

Krylova has previously coached:

• Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton^[5]
• Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali^[6]
• Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron
• Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker^[7]
• Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue^[8]
• Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell^[9]
• Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd
• Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck
• Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman^[10]
• Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam^[11]
• Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat (May 2011 to May 2013)^[12]
• Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov
• Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje^[13][14]
• Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol

Krylova, along with Giuseppe Arena, choreographed Johnny Weir's Doctor Zhivago program.

Personal life

From 1994, Krylova resided mainly in Delaware, with some time also in Europe, before moving to Detroit, Michigan in 2006.^[4] She is a quarter Uzbek through her grandmother.^[15] She and Pasquale Camerlengo have two children, Stella, born in July 2005, and Anthony, born in September 2007.^[4][1] Stella and Anthony have been living in Metro Detroit since 2021 with Pasquale, while Krylova comes to visit the kids every so often.

Programs

Eligible career with Ovsyannikov:

Season	Original dance	Free dance	Exhibition
1998–1999 [16]	Waltz: Brindisi (from La traviata) by Giuseppe Verdi vocals by Luciano Pavarotti	Tabalat and Bastem by Bellu Dance With Amany	Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore
1997–1998 [16]	Jive: Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days by Louis Prima & the Witnesses	Carmen by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona
1996–1997 [16]	Tango: Black Eyes by Feodor Chaliapin	Masquerade Waltz by Aram Khachaturian	Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
1995–1996 [16]	Paso doble: España cañí performed by Sergei Shushko	Unknown Russian folk music
1994–1995 [16]	Quickstep: Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman	Fiesta Flamenca by Salvador Bacarisse and Kelly

Show/professional career with Ovsyannikov:

Season	Programs
2002–2004 [16]	Cleopatra & Caesar Ave Maria
2001–2002 [16]	Doctor Zhivago by Maurice Jarre The Last of the Mohicans by Trevor Jones, Randy Edelman
2000–2001 [16]	Ave Maria Gladiator by Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard Carmina Burana by Carl Orff performed by the London Symphony Orchestra

Competitive highlights

With Ovsyannikov

International
Event	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99
Winter Olympics				2nd
World Championships	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
European Championships	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st
Champions Series/Grand Prix Final		2nd	2nd		1st
GP Cup of Russia			1st	1st	1st
GP Nations Cup/Sparkassen Cup		1st	1st	1st	1st
GP Skate America		2nd	1st
Goodwill Games					1st
Centennial On Ice		2nd
National
Russian Championships	1st	2nd		1st	1st
GP = Part of Champions Series from 1995; renamed Grand Prix in 1998

With Fedorov

International
Event	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94
Winter Olympics			6th
World Championships		3rd	WD
European Championships		4th	6th
International de Paris	1st
Nations Cup		1st
NHK Trophy		2nd
National
Russian Championships		3rd	1st
Soviet Championships	2nd
WD = Withdrew

With Leliukh

International
Event	1989–90	1990–91
International de Paris	1st	3rd
Skate Electric	1st
Danse sur Glace de Grenoble	3rd

References

1. Paramygina, Svetlana (April 2, 2012). Анжелика Крылова: хочется красоты! [Anjelika Krylova: I want beauty] (in Russian). pressball.by.
2. Yermolina, Olga (December 6, 2010). Анжелика Крылова: Работать тренером безумно интересно [Anjelika Krylova: Working as a coach is very interesting] (in Russian). vremya.ru. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012.
3. Kestnbaum, Ellyn (2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning. Middleton, Connecticut: Wesleyan Publishing Press. p. 244. ISBN 0-8195-6641-1.
4. Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (November 30, 2011). "Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo: A Magnetic Attraction". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
5. "Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011.
6. Ainsworth, Alexa (March 16, 2010). "Italian champions Faiella, Scali retire". Universal Sports. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012.
7. "Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014.
8. Rutherford, Lynn (July 27, 2011). "Hubbell, Donohue hope to put a spell on judges". icenetwork. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
9. "Hubbells make coaching change". icenetwork. November 2, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
10. "Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014.
11. "Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014.
12. Peret, Paul (July 4, 2011). "Nathalie Péchalat, Fabian Bourzat and Florent Amodio Leave Russia". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011.
13. Russell, Susan D. (November 29, 2011). "Kaitlyn Weaver, Andrew Poje and the Detroit Dynasty". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012.
14. Elfman, Lois (July 6, 2011). "Training ramps up for Weaver, Poje". Icenetwork. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
15. Srebnitskaya, Daria (July 6, 2002). Анжелика Крылова: Любовные страсти по-итальянски [Love in Italian] (in Russian). sovsport.ru. Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
16. "Krylova & Ovsyannikov: Official website". ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anzhelika Krylova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Official website: Krylova & Ovsyannikov