Halyna Vladyslavivna Kukhar or Hrzhybovska (Ukrainian: Галина Владиславівна Кухар (Гржибовська)), née Galina Vladislavovna Grzhibovskaya (Russian: Галина Владиславовна Гржибовская; born 12 July 1951) is a Ukrainian figure skating coach and former competitive skater who represented the Soviet Union. She is the 1968 Soviet champion and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
| Halyna Kukhar Galina Kukhar | |
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 Kukhar at the 2004 European Championships with Galina Efremenko | |
| Full name | Halyna Vladyslavivna Kukhar (Hrzhybovska) |
| Born | 12 July 1951 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Retired | 1969 |
Personal life edit
Kukhar was born on 12 July 1951 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, as Galina Vladislavovna Grzhibovskaya (Ukrainian: Halyna Vladyslavivna Hrzhybovska).[1][2] She married the chief engineer of the Kiev Ballet on Ice, Heorhiy Kukhar, and settled in Kyiv, Ukraine.[1]
Career edit
Grzhibovskaya was taught by Svetlana Mozer (mother of Nina Mozer) in a large children's group in Moscow until Tatiana Tolmacheva took the young skater in her own group.[1]
In the 1967–68 season, Grzhibovskaya won the Soviet national ladies' title and placed 12th at the 1968 European Championships. She was then sent to the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, where she finished 16th. She then joined Stanislav Zhuk.[1]
The following season, Grzhibovskaya placed 14th at both the 1969 European Championships and 1969 World Championships. Unable to adapt to his authoritarian style, she left Zhuk's group and joined the Kiev Ballet on Ice, where she skated for 23 years.[1]
In the early 1990s, Kukhar began a coaching career in Kyiv. Her former students include:
Competitive highlights edit
| International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1965–66 | 1966–67 | 1967–68 | 1968–69 |
| Winter Olympics | 16th | |||
| World Championships | 14th | |||
| European Championships | 12th | 14th | ||
| Prague Skate | 8th | |||
| Prize of Moscow News | 2nd | |||
| National | ||||
| Soviet Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Goncharuk, Svetlana (18 April 2011). Галина КУХАР: «Ученик никогда не становится бывшим» [Galina Kukhar: "A student never becomes an ex"] (in Russian). sport.ua. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Halyna Hrzhybovska". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ a b c d Savchik, Anna (10 April 2012). Галина КУХАР: "Когда-нибудь Волосожар напишет книгу "Как приручить партнера" [Galina Kukhar: "Someday Volosozhar may write a book 'How to tame your partner'"]. Sport Express (Ukraine edition) (in Russian).
- ^ a b Holtz, Peter (15 August 2001). "Is it the altitude, or is it the hospitality?". Idaho Mountain Express.
- ^ "Tripping the ice fantastic". Kyiv Post. 14 February 2002. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014.
- ^ Nikolayenko, Olga (1 April 2012). Станислав Морозов: «На первом турнире своих фигуристов думал, что упаду в обморок» [Stanislav Morozov: "At the first competition of my figure skaters, I thought I would pass out"]. Glavred (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
External links edit
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