Natalia Valeryevna Annenko (Russian: Наталья Валерьевна Анненко, born April 17, 1964) is a Russian former ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. She won the 1982 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with partner Vadim Karkachev.[1] She later went on to compete with Genrikh Sretenski. With Sretenski, she is the 1988 European silver medalist and three-time (1986, 1987, 1989) European bronze medalist. They placed fourth at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Natalia Annenko
Full nameNatalia Valeryevna Annenko
Other namesNatalia Annenko Deller
Born (1964-04-17) April 17, 1964 (age 60)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union
Skating clubVS Moskva
Retired1989
Medal record
Figure skating
Ice dancing
Representing  Soviet Union
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Birmingham Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1988 Prague Ice dancing
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Tallinn Ice dancing
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Tallinn Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Oberstdorf Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1981 London, ON Ice dancing

Annenko teamed up with Sretenski in 1982. They were coached by Ludmila Pakhomova and Tatiana Tarasova.[2] After leaving eligible skating in 1989, they skated with Stars on Ice for four seasons.

Annenko was married to Peter Tchernyshev but they divorced after seven years.[3] She is remarried and now known as Natalia Deller or Natalia Annenko-Deller. She coaches at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[4]

Competitive highlights

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(ice dance with Genrikh Sretenski)

International
Event 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Olympics 4th
Worlds 7th 4th 4th 4th
Europeans 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd
Skate Canada 3rd 3rd 1st 1st
Moscow News 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd
St. Ivel 2nd 1st
Golden Spin 1st
Karl Schäfer 1st
Universiade 1st
National
Soviet Champ. 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd

(with Karkachev)

Event 1981 1982
World Junior Championships 2nd 1st

References

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  1. ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-30. (11.0 KB)
  2. ^ Фигурному катанию нельзя учить без прикосновений (in Russian). RadioVesti.ru. September 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Veligzhanina, Anna (June 12, 2008). Бывшая жена фигуриста Чернышева: "Заворотнюк очень повезло с Петром!" [Ex-wife of skater Chernyshev: "Zavorotnyuk is very lucky with Peter!"]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 12, 2009.
  4. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (July 27, 2011). "Hubbell, Donohue hope to put a spell on judges". icenetwork. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
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