Nina Ulanova – Ice Skater
Nina Ulanova is a Russian ice dancer. With former partner Michail Stifunin, she is the 1997 World Junior champion and 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.
Nina Ulanova was born in 1978 in Moscow. She is the niece of Alexei Ulanov, who together with famous Irina Rodnina won Olympic Gold in pair skating in 1972.
After joining Holiday on Ice, Nina performed with Martin Šimeček for seven years and then with Michał Zych for three years. In 2011, Ulanova appeared on series 6 of ITV’s Dancing on Ice, partnered with Steven Arnold. She took part in the 2011 Dancing on Ice Tour and partnered with professional skater Matt Evers. In 2012, she appeared on series 7 partnerering with Matthew Wolfenden and won the series. She was partnered with Kyran Bracken for the 2014 series of Dancing on Ice.
Nina and her 6-year-old daughter Kinzy started collaborating with Olga Maloney and Balbir Singh in 2019 when she appeared in The Creative Spirit of John Curry on ice. Her daughter Kinzy appeared in Scheherazade part of the ice show, skating with BSDC dancer Abirami Eswar and Gary Beacom.
Images by Doug Moody