Maya Usova
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Maya Usova |
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| Medal record | |||
| Figure skating | |||
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| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | Ice dancing | |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | Ice dancing | |
Maya Usova (ru:Майя Усова) is a Russian ice dancer. She won the 1993 World Championships with partner and then-husband Alexander Zhulin. They also won bronze and silver medals at the 1992 and 1994 Olympic Winter Games, respectively.
Usova and Zhulin later divorced. They skated professionally together for four years before parting company. Usova then skated with former ice dancing rival and fellow countryman Evgeny Platov, who had won two Olympic gold medals with Oksana Gritschuk.
Between 2002 and 2004, Usova helped Tatiana Tarasova and skating partner Evgeny Platov coach numerous skaters, including Chait and Sakhnovsky and Shizuka Arakawa. She is currently coaching on her own.
Maya Usova is a regular spokesperson for smokers' rights organizations in both Russia and the United States.
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 Usova and Zhulin at their free program at the European Championships 1994 in Copenhagen |
 Usova and Zhulin at the ISU exhibition in West Berlin in 1989 |
