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Marina Anissina ( Cyrillic ''Марина Анисина'') (born August 30 1975 in Moscow , Russia ) is a French figure skater and the 2002 Olympic champion in Ice Dance . Her last name is spelled with a double "s", as opposed to the literal translation "Anisina", to facilitate correct pronunciation outside Slavic Language areas. BIOGRAPHY Marina Anissina's mother, Irina Cherniaeva, is a former pairs skater who participated in the 1972 Winter Olympic Games and finished in sixth place with her partner Vasili Blagov. She is now a pairs figure skating coach. She followed her daughter to France and worked as a coach in Paris but moved later with her daughter to Lyon . Marina Anissina's father is Wiatscheslaw Michailowitsch Anissin (born July 11 1951). He was World and European champion in ice hockey and works as an ice hockey coach in Moscow in Russia. He was also a member of the Soviet team that participated in the 1972 Summit Series against Canada . Before her partnership with Gwendal Peizerat , Marina Anissina teamed up with other skating partners, first with Sergei Sakhnovski and later with Ilia Averbukh Anissina's partnership with Sergei Sakhnovski did not last long. He left her to skate with Galit Chait for Israel . The pair of Marina Anissina & Ilia Averbukh, representing Russia, became Junior World Champions in 1990 and 1992. Ilia Averbukh fell in love with Irina Lobacheva and left Marina Anissina to skate with Lobacheva. Marina Anissina wrote several letters to find a new skating partner. She searched internationally. Finally, she teamed up with Gwendal Peizerat from France in 1993. Since then, her coach has been Murielle Boucher-Zazoui. They skated for the club Lyon TSC and also represented France at the Olympic Winter Games. Marina Anissina has taken French citizenship. In 2002 Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat became the first French Olympic Champions in Ice dancing. Their signature move, a "reverse lift," happens when, in her arms, he lifts both blades off the ice and both of ''her'' blades are still ''on'' it. After winning the Olympic gold medal they finished their amateur skating career, turned pro and now appear in shows. RESULTS WITH GWENDAL PEIZERAT Olympic Winter Games World championships
European Championship
French National Championship
RESULTS WITH ILIA AVERBUKH Junior World Championship SEE ALSO
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