Israeli ice dancer
| Natalia Gudina |
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 Gudina in 2004 |
| Born | (1977-11-11) 11 November 1977 (age 46)
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR |
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| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
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| Country | Israel |
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| Partner | Alexei Beletski |
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| Skating club | Canada Centre Metulla |
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| Began skating | 1981 |
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| Retired | 2005 |
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Natalia Gudina (Ukrainian: Наталія Гудина, Russian: Наталья Гудина, Hebrew: נטליה גודינה, born 11 November 1977) is an Israeli former competitive ice dancer. Representing Israel with husband Alexei Beletski, she placed as high as 14th at the World Championships, as high as 9th at the European Championships, and competed at the Winter Olympics. She represented Ukraine with her previous partner, Vitali Kurkudym, and won the 1996 World Junior bronze medal.
Career
Gudina began skating at the age of four. Early in her career, she competed with partner Vitali Kurkudym for Ukraine. They were coached by Alexandr Tumanovsky and Olga Markush.[1] Gudina/Kurkudym won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships.[2] Their partnership ended in 1998.
Later in 1998, Gudina teamed up with Alexei Beletski. They competed together for Ukraine until the end of 1998/1999 season, after which they switched to competing for Israel. Gudina and Beletski are the 2000–2005 Israeli national silver medalists and placed 19th at the 2002 Winter Olympics. They were coached by Gennadi Karponosov and Natalia Linichuk.
Personal life
Gudina and Beletski married in 1999.[3]
