Anjelika Krylova

Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova (Анжелика Алексеевна Крылова; born 4 July 1973) is a Russian retired ice dancer.

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.

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.

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.

From 1994, Krylova resided mainly in Delaware, with some time also in Europe, before moving to Detroit, Michigan in 2006.

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.

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.

In her early career, Anjelika Krylova skated with Vladimir Leliukh and Vladimir Fedorov.

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.

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".

Kestnbaum also reported that one reporter called the program "an updated, playful version of Carmen".

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.

She suggested that he team up with another skater but he declined.

After a year, she felt more confident and they began performing in the less demanding world of professional skating.

They won the 2001 World Professional title.

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:

Krylova has previously coached:

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