Natalia Dubova

Natalia Ilinichna Dubova is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer.

Career

Competing as Natalia Bakh with partner Vladimir Pavlikhin, she won the bronze medal at the 1965 Soviet Championships. In 1969, she began coaching at the Sokolniki Arena in Moscow. In September 1992, she moved to Lake Placid, New York. She has coached the following ice dance teams:

Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko
Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin
Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov
Tatiana Navka / Samuel Gezalian
Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming
Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga
Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski
Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Alexander Shakalov
Jenette Maitz / Alper Ucar

Dubova was also a consultant for Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat during the 2001–02 season.
She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour and the Medal "For Distinguished Labour". She was also granted the title of Honored Artist of Russian Federation.

Personal life

Dubova is Jewish. She met her husband, Semyon Belits-Geiman, a former Olympic swimming medalist, when he came to one of her competitions as a sportswriter. In 1999, they moved to Stamford, Connecticut.