Oļegs Šļahovs

Oļegs Šļahovs
Other names	Oleg Shliakhov
Born	(1973-09-08) 8 September 1973 (age 51) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Latvia

Oļegs Šļahovs or Oleg Shliakhov (born 8 September 1973) is a Latvian pair skater. After having seven partners in three years, to at least some of them he was abusive, he competed with Elena Berezhnaya from 1992 to 1996.^[1] They enjoyed some success, placing eighth at the 1994 Winter Olympics.^[2] Their partnership ended after a side-by-side camel spin went bad and Shliakhov's blade cut into Berezhnaya's head. After that, Šļahovs teamed up with Elena Sirokhvatova, with whom he placed 20th at the 1997 World Championships.

Results

With Berezhnaya

International
Event	1992–1993	1993–1994	1994–1995	1995–1996
Olympics		8th
Worlds	14th	7th	7th
Europeans	8th	8th	5th
Skate America			4th	3rd
Skate Canada		4th	2nd
Trophée de France			2nd	1st
Nations Cup				3rd
NHK Trophy			4th
Goodwill Games		4th
Nebelhorn Trophy		2nd
Piruetten	2nd	4th
Skate Israel				2nd

With Sirokhvatova

Event	1996–97
World Championships	20th
Trophy of the Polish FSA	7th

References

1. "Elena Berezhnaya & Oleg Shliakhov". Archived from the original on 7 October 2007.
2. "Oļegs Šļahovs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. (archived)