Elena Bechke
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| Full name | Elena Yurievna Betchke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Yelena Bechke Elena Betchke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1966 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Unified Team CIS Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena Yurievna Bechke (Russian: Елена Юрьевна Бечке; born 7 January 1966) is a Russian former pair skater. She competed for the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Unified Team. With her then-husband Denis Petrov, she is the 1992 Olympic silver medalist, the 1989 World bronze medalist, and the 1991 and 1992 European silver medalist.