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{{Short description|Russian pair skater (born 1968)}}
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| formercoach = [[Tamara Moskvina]]
| formerchoreographer = Alexander Matveev<br>Valeri Pecherski
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'''Denis Alekseyevich Petrov''' ({{lang-ru|Денис Алексеевич Петров}}; born March 3, 1968) is a Russian [[Pair skating|pair skater]] who competed for the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], and the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]]. With partner [[Elena Bechke]], he is the [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Olympic silver medalist]], 1992 Soviet National Champion, the 1989 [[World Figure Skating Championships|World bronze medalist]], and the 1991 & 1992 [[European Figure Skating Championships|European silver medalist]].
'''Denis Alekseyevich Petrov''' ({{langx|ru|Денис Алексеевич Петров}}; born 3 March 1968) is a Russian former [[pair skater]] who competed for the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], and the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]]. With his then-wife [[Elena Bechke]], he is the [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Olympic silver medalist]], the 1989 [[World Figure Skating Championships|World bronze medalist]], a two-time [[European Figure Skating Championships|European silver medalist]] (1991–92), 1992 Soviet national champion.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Petrov began skating with Elena Bechke, two years his senior, in 1987. They trained with [[Tamara Moskvina]]<ref name=nyt920212/> at the [[Yubileyny Sports Palace]] in St. Petersburg. They won their first international title at the [[1988 Grand Prix International de Paris]], although they missed the 1988 Olympic team as they finished fourth at the [[Soviet Figure Skating Championships]]. Their first appearance at the Worlds was at the [[1989 World Figure Skating Championships|1989 World Championships]]. Again, Bechke and Petrov had finished fourth and initially did not qualify for the Soviet Worlds team, but they won a skate-off to replace an injured team. They captured the bronze medal at their first Worlds showing, but they again placed fourth at the Soviet Nationals in 1990, missing the World Championships. In 1991, they placed third at the Nationals and fourth at the Worlds. In 1992, they won the Soviet Nationals over the teams of [[Evgenia Shishkova]] and [[Vadim Naumov]] and [[Marina Eltsova]] and [[Andrei Bushkov]] (Bechke and Petrov's training partners and chief rivals, [[Natalia Mishkutenok]] and [[Artur Dmitriev]], missed the Nationals but qualified for the Olympics as they were the reigning World Champions). Bechke and Petrov also won silver medals at the [[1991 European Figure Skating Championships|1991]] and [[1992 European Figure Skating Championships|1992 European Championships]], and the silver medal at the [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]] behind Mishkutenok and Dmitriev.<ref name=spref/> Their choreographer was Alexander Matveev.<ref name=nyt920212/> They retired from amateur competition after the 1992 Worlds.
Petrov began skating with Elena Bechke, two years his senior, in 1987. They trained with [[Tamara Moskvina]]{{r|NYT920212}} at the [[Yubileyny Sports Palace]] in St. Petersburg. They won their first international title at the [[1988 Grand Prix International de Paris]], although they missed the 1988 Olympic team as they finished fourth at the [[Soviet Figure Skating Championships]]. Their first appearance at the Worlds was at the [[1989 World Figure Skating Championships|1989 World Championships]]. Again, Bechke/Petrov had finished fourth and initially did not qualify for the Soviet Worlds team, but they won a skate-off to replace an injured team. They captured the bronze medal at their first Worlds showing, but they again placed fourth at the Soviet Nationals in 1990, missing the World Championships. In 1991, they placed third at the Nationals and fourth at the Worlds. In 1992, they won the Soviet Nationals over the teams of [[Evgenia Shishkova]] / [[Vadim Naumov]] and [[Marina Eltsova]] / [[Andrei Bushkov]] (Bechke/Petrov's training partners and chief rivals, [[Natalia Mishkutenok]] / [[Artur Dmitriev]], missed the Nationals but qualified for the Olympics as they were the reigning World Champions). Bechke/Petrov also won silver medals at the [[1991 European Figure Skating Championships|1991]] and [[1992 European Figure Skating Championships|1992 European Championships]], and the silver medal at the [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Winter Olympics]] behind Mishkutenok/Dmitriev.{{r|SR-DP}} Their choreographer was Alexander Matveev.{{r|NYT920212}} They retired from amateur competition after the 1992 Worlds.


After turning professional in 1992, the pair steadily improved as competitors and performers. They won every single competition they entered in 1996, including the World Professional Championships. They placed second at their last World Professional Championships, in 1999. The pair toured with [[Stars on Ice]] for seven years (1994–2000).{{r|POI-EBDP}} They resided and trained as professionals in [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], [[New York (state)|New York]], before relocating to [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]], in 1997 to train and coach there. Bechke retired from skating after the 1999–2000 season, while Petrov continued to skate with Stars on Ice for another two seasons.
Bechke and Petrov's moderate success as amateurs stemmed from Bechke's inconsistency in competition due to her nerves, as well as many uninspiring (and some downright questionable) competitive programs, such as the infamous "Dialogue of Cats," created by their coach that did little to showcase their talents. After turning professional in 1992, the pair steadily improved as competitors and performers, and were regarded by many as one of the best professional pairs teams of their time. They won every single competition they entered in 1996, including the World Professional Championships. They placed second at their last World Professional Championships, in 1999.


Bechke/Petrov were known for their great posture and lines, inventive moves (such as the "Impossible" death spiral), great unison and proximity on their jumps and side-by-side spins, as well as many difficult and intricate lift sequences. [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]] once joked that Petrov is such a strong and consistent skater that he only falls once a year. Hamilton has also said that the [[Stars on Ice]] cast nicknamed him "Conan" for getting bigger after every tour, while [[Kristi Yamaguchi]] has said that he is also nicknamed "the human crane" because he has lifted just about everybody in the show, including performing a two-hand detroiter with Scott Hamilton in the 2000–01 group number, "Tunnel Vision."
They toured with [[Stars on Ice]] for seven years (1994–2000).<ref name=poibp/> They resided and trained as professionals in [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], [[New York]], before relocating to [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]], in 1997 to train and coach there. Bechke retired from skating after the 1999–2000 season, while Petrov continued to skate with Stars on Ice for another two seasons.


Petrov and his wife work at the World Ice Arena in [[Shenzhen]], she as the manager and he as the head coach of the skating academy.{{r|family}}{{r|SE150329}}
As both amateurs and professionals, Bechke and Petrov were known for their great posture and lines, inventive moves (such as the "Impossible" death spiral), great unison and proximity on their jumps and side-by-side spins, as well as many difficult and intricate lift sequences. Petrov is widely regarded as one of the best male pairs skaters in the sport's history due to his consistency, strength and control, his exquisite lines and lift technique. [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]] once joked that Petrov is such a strong and consistent skater that he only falls once a year. Hamilton has also said that the [[Stars on Ice]] cast nicknamed him "Conan" for getting bigger after every tour, while [[Kristi Yamaguchi]] has said that he is also nicknamed "the human crane" because he has lifted just about everybody in the show, including performing a two-hand detroiter with Scott Hamilton in the 2000-2001 group number, "Tunnel Vision."


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Petrov was born on 3 March 1968, in [[Leningrad]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]. He began dating [[Elena Bechke]] in 1988 and the two married in 1990. They said that their friendship and skating improved after their divorce in 1995.
Bechke and Petrov began dating in 1988, were married in 1990, but divorced in 1995. They remain best friends and both say that their skating and friendship improved, and they even continued to vacation together after their divorce.


On July 8, 2005, Petrov married Chinese figure skater, [[Chen Lu]]. They had met on the 1998/1999 Stars on Ice tour.<ref name=family/> They live in [[Shenzhen]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], where Chen manages the World Ice Arena and Petrov is the head coach of its skating academy.<ref name=family/> Their son, Nikita, was born on June 27, 2006,<ref name=family/> and their daughter, Anastasia, on July 8, 2009, both in Shenzhen.
On 8 July 2005, Petrov married Chinese figure skater [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]], who he met on the 1998–99 Stars on Ice tour.{{r|family}} They lived in [[Hong Kong]] before moving to [[Shenzhen]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].{{r|SE150329}} Their son, Nikita, was born on 27 June 2006,{{r|family}} and their daughter, Anastasia, on 8 July 2009, both in Shenzhen.


== Programs ==
== Programs ==
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[[On the Beautiful Blue Danube]]/[[Radetzky March]] <br> <small>by [[Josef Strauss]]</small><br>
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You Don’t Bring Me Flowers<br> <small> by [[Barbra Streisand]] and [[Neil Diamond]]</small><br>
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[[I Masnadieri]] <br> <small> by [[Giuseppe Verdi]]</small>
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* Once Upon a Dream <br>{{small| (from [[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]) <br> by [[Frank Wildhorn]] }}
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[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]] <br> <small> by [[The Beatles]] (instrumental) </small><br>
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[[I Masnadieri]] <br> <small> by [[Giuseppe Verdi]]</small>
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | '''International'''
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | '''International'''
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! 1991–92
! 1991–92
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| align=left | [[Winter Olympic Games|Olympics]] || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Olympics]] || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
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| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || 4th || 4th
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || 4th || 4th
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| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
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| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]] || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]] || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
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| align=left | [[Trophée Eric Bompard|Int. de Paris]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
| align=left | [[Trophée Éric Bompard|{{tooltip|Int. de Paris|Grand Prix International de Paris}}]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
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| align=left | [[Prize of Moscow News|Moscow News]] || 6th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
| align=left | [[Prize of Moscow News|{{tooltip|Moscow News|Prize of Moscow News}}]] || 6th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
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| align=left | [[Bofrost Cup on Ice|Nations Cup]] || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || ||
| align=left | [[Bofrost Cup on Ice|Nations Cup]] || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || ||
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| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
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| align=left | [[St. Ivel International|St. Ivel]] || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
| align=left | [[St. Ivel International|St. Ivel]] || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | '''National'''
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | '''National'''
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| align=left | [[Soviet Figure Skating Championships|Soviet Champ.]] || 4th || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st
| align=left | [[Soviet Figure Skating Championships|Soviet Champ.]] || 4th || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| align=left | [[USSR Cup]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || ||
| align=left | USSR Cup || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || ||
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! 1999
! 1999
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| align=left | [[World Professional Figure Skating Championships|World Pros]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| align=left | [[World Professional Figure Skating Championships|World Pros]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
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| align=left | US Open Pro || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || | || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || |
| align=left | US Open Pro || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || ||
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| align=left | Challenge of Champions || | 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || |
| align=left | Challenge of Champions || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || ||
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| align=left | ESPN Pro || | || | || | || | || | || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
| align=left | ESPN Pro || || || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| align=left | Jefferson Pilot Pro || | || | || | || | || | || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| align=left | Jefferson Pilot Pro || || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
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| align=left | Canadian Professional Championships || | || | || | || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || |
| align=left | Canadian Pro. Champ. || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || ||
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| align=left | Miko Masters || | || bgcolor=gold | 1st || | || | || | || || || |
| align=left | Miko Masters || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || ||
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| align=left | Metropolitan Open || | || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || | || | || || |
| align=left | Metropolitan Open || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || ||
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| align=left | North American Open || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || ||
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<ref name=nyt920212>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/12/sports/albertville-no-longer-soviet-skaters-but-they-are-still-the-best.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm | title = ALBERTVILLE; No Longer Soviet Skaters, But They Are Still the Best | first = Michael | last = Janofsky | work = The New York Times | date = February 12, 1992 }}</ref>
<ref name=NYT920212>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/12/sports/albertville-no-longer-soviet-skaters-but-they-are-still-the-best.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm |title= ALBERTVILLE; No Longer Soviet Skaters, But They Are Still the Best |first= Michael |last= Janofsky |work= The New York Times |date= 12 February 1992 }}</ref>


<ref name=poibp>{{cite web | url = http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=3 | title = Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov | publisher = Pairs on Ice | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070927190705/http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=3 | archivedate = September 27, 2007 | deadurl = yes }}</ref>
<ref name=POI-EBDP>{{cite web |url= http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=3 |title= Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov |publisher= Pairs on Ice |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190705/http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=3 |archive-date= 27 September 2007 |url-status= dead }}</ref>


<ref name=family>{{cite news | url = http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/271-chen-petrov-family-to-expand | title = Chen-Petrov Family to Expand | work = IFS Magazine | date = April 29, 2009 }}</ref>
<ref name=family>{{cite news|url=http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/271-chen-petrov-family-to-expand |title=Chen-Petrov Family to Expand |work=IFS Magazine |date=29 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302231914/http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/271-chen-petrov-family-to-expand |archive-date=2 March 2012 }}</ref>


<ref name=spref>{{SR-Olympic-Ref|Denis Petrov|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/denis-petrov-1.html|28 January 2010}}</ref>
<ref name=SR-DP>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Denis Petrov |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/denis-petrov-1.html |access-date=28 January 2010}}</ref>

<ref name=SE150329>{{cite news |url= http://www.sport-express.ru/se-velena/reviews/859833/ |title= Денис Петров: "В Китае работаю на свою жену" |language= ru |trans-title=Denis Petrov: "In China I'm working for my wife" |first= Elena |last= Vaytsekhovskaya |author-link= Elena Vaytsekhovskaya |work= [[Sport Express]] |date= 29 March 2015 }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 05:13, 28 October 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alekseyevich and the family name is Petrov.
Denis Petrov
Petrov at the Chen Lu International Skating Club
Full nameDenis Alekseyevich Petrov
Born (1968-03-03) 3 March 1968 (age 56)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country Unified Team
 CIS
 Soviet Union
Retired1992
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing  CIS ( Unified Team)
Winter Olympics
Silver medal – second place 1992 Albertville Pairs
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1992 Lausanne Pairs
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Paris Pairs
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Sofia Pairs

Denis Alekseyevich Petrov (Russian: Денис Алексеевич Петров; born 3 March 1968) is a Russian former pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Unified Team. With his then-wife Elena Bechke, he is the 1992 Olympic silver medalist, the 1989 World bronze medalist, a two-time European silver medalist (1991–92), 1992 Soviet national champion.

Career

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Petrov began skating with Elena Bechke, two years his senior, in 1987. They trained with Tamara Moskvina[1] at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg. They won their first international title at the 1988 Grand Prix International de Paris, although they missed the 1988 Olympic team as they finished fourth at the Soviet Figure Skating Championships. Their first appearance at the Worlds was at the 1989 World Championships. Again, Bechke/Petrov had finished fourth and initially did not qualify for the Soviet Worlds team, but they won a skate-off to replace an injured team. They captured the bronze medal at their first Worlds showing, but they again placed fourth at the Soviet Nationals in 1990, missing the World Championships. In 1991, they placed third at the Nationals and fourth at the Worlds. In 1992, they won the Soviet Nationals over the teams of Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov and Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov (Bechke/Petrov's training partners and chief rivals, Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev, missed the Nationals but qualified for the Olympics as they were the reigning World Champions). Bechke/Petrov also won silver medals at the 1991 and 1992 European Championships, and the silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics behind Mishkutenok/Dmitriev.[2] Their choreographer was Alexander Matveev.[1] They retired from amateur competition after the 1992 Worlds.

After turning professional in 1992, the pair steadily improved as competitors and performers. They won every single competition they entered in 1996, including the World Professional Championships. They placed second at their last World Professional Championships, in 1999. The pair toured with Stars on Ice for seven years (1994–2000).[3] They resided and trained as professionals in Lake Placid, New York, before relocating to Richmond, Virginia, in 1997 to train and coach there. Bechke retired from skating after the 1999–2000 season, while Petrov continued to skate with Stars on Ice for another two seasons.

Bechke/Petrov were known for their great posture and lines, inventive moves (such as the "Impossible" death spiral), great unison and proximity on their jumps and side-by-side spins, as well as many difficult and intricate lift sequences. Scott Hamilton once joked that Petrov is such a strong and consistent skater that he only falls once a year. Hamilton has also said that the Stars on Ice cast nicknamed him "Conan" for getting bigger after every tour, while Kristi Yamaguchi has said that he is also nicknamed "the human crane" because he has lifted just about everybody in the show, including performing a two-hand detroiter with Scott Hamilton in the 2000–01 group number, "Tunnel Vision."

Petrov and his wife work at the World Ice Arena in Shenzhen, she as the manager and he as the head coach of the skating academy.[4][5]

Personal life

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Petrov was born on 3 March 1968, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He began dating Elena Bechke in 1988 and the two married in 1990. They said that their friendship and skating improved after their divorce in 1995.

On 8 July 2005, Petrov married Chinese figure skater Chen Lu, who he met on the 1998–99 Stars on Ice tour.[4] They lived in Hong Kong before moving to Shenzhen, China.[5] Their son, Nikita, was born on 27 June 2006,[4] and their daughter, Anastasia, on 8 July 2009, both in Shenzhen.

Programs

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(with Bechke)

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
1999–2000
1998–1999
1997–1998
  • Joue Jusqu’au Matin
    by Yoska Nemeth
  • Liebesträume
    by Franz Liszt
1996–1997
1995–1996
1994–1995
  • Kalinka
    performed by the Red Army Choir
1993–1994
1992–1993
  • Grand Pas de Deux
    (from The Nutcracker)
    by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Wabash Blues
    by Isham Jones
  • Once Upon a Dream
    by Frank Wildhorn
  • I Masnadieri
    by Giuseppe Verdi
1991–1992
  • I Masnadieri
    by Giuseppe Verdi
1990–1991
1989–1990
1988–1989
  • 8½
    by Nino Rota

Competitive highlights

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(with Bechke)

International
Event 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Olympics 2nd
Worlds 3rd 4th 4th
Europeans 2nd 2nd
Goodwill Games 3rd
Int. de Paris 1st 1st 3rd
Moscow News 6th 2nd
Nations Cup 1st
NHK Trophy 2nd 1st 1st
St. Ivel 2nd
National
Soviet Champ. 4th 4th 4th 3rd 1st
USSR Cup 2nd 1st
Event 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
World Pros 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd
US Open Pro 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Challenge of Champions 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st
ESPN Pro 1st
Jefferson Pilot Pro 2nd
Canadian Pro. Champ. 1st
Miko Masters 1st
Metropolitan Open 3rd
North American Open 3rd

References

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  1. ^ a b Janofsky, Michael (12 February 1992). "ALBERTVILLE; No Longer Soviet Skaters, But They Are Still the Best". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denis Petrov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov". Pairs on Ice. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
  4. ^ a b c "Chen-Petrov Family to Expand". IFS Magazine. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (29 March 2015). "Денис Петров: "В Китае работаю на свою жену"" [Denis Petrov: "In China I'm working for my wife"]. Sport Express (in Russian).
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