Galina Zmievskaya
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Galina Zmievskaya is a figure skating coach, formerly based in Ukraine. Her students have included Olympic champions Viktor Petrenko and Oksana Baiul, 1986 World Junior champion Vladimir Petrenko, American skater Scott Davis, and Italian champion Silvia Fontana. She also worked with Viacheslav Zagorodniuk and Takeshi Honda early in their careers.
In addition to coaching Oksana Baiul, Zmievskaya acted as her guardian following the death of her mother. Zmievskaya's own daughter, Nina, is married to Viktor Petrenko and has choreographed for many of Zmievskaya's students.
Following Baiul's win at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Zmievskaya moved to Simsbury, Connecticut, where she coached for several years. She is currently based in Wayne, New Jersey at Ice Vault Arena.
