Elena Batanova Explained

Elena Batanova
Fullname:	Elena Borisovna Batanova
Country:	Soviet Union
Birth Date:	24 July 1964
Birth Place:	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Formerpartner:	Alexei Soloviev Andrei Antonov

Elena Borisovna Batanova (Russian: Елена Борисовна Батанова) is a former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. She is a two-time (1980, 1981) World Junior champion with partner Alexei Soloviev. On the senior level, they won the 1982 NHK Trophy and 1984 Soviet national title. They were coached by Lyudmila Pakhomova and later Tatiana Tarasova. Earlier, Batanova competed with Andrei Antonov, with whom she is the 1979 World Junior silver medalist.

Batanova is the daughter of football player Boris Batanov. She is married to hockey player Igor Larionov, with whom she has two daughters and a son.

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