Nelli Zhiganshina

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nelli Zhiganshina
Occupation	Figure Skater
Date Of Birth	Mar 31, 1987(1987-03-31)
Age	37
Birthplace	Moscow
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Pisces

Nelli Zhiganshina Biography

Nelli Zhiganshina is one of the most popular and richest Figure Skater who was born on March 31, 1987 in Moscow, Russia. Nelli Zhiganshina, a Russian girl, was born in Moscow on 31 March 1987. Ruslan Zhiganshin is her elder brother and a Russian competitive ice dancer. Their mother is a coach in children’s skating.

Zhiganshina/Gazsi won bronze in their first German Championships 2006, which was their only competition. They won their first national title the next season, placing 16th at Europeans 2007 and 18th at Worlds 2007.

During the 2008–09 season, Zhiganshina/Gazsi did not compete on the Grand Prix circuit. Zhiganshina continued to visit Germany on a three-month tourist visa because the low income from the sport meant she did not qualify for residency and Germany did not have as high caliber ice dancers as Moscow to train alongside. Although favored to win 2009 German Nationals, they placed second and missed the European and World teams. They considered leaving competition to focus on show skating and worked with circus acrobats in Moscow but decided to continue their competitive career and moved to Oberstdorf, Germany in spring 2009 to work with coaches Rostislav Sinicyn and Martin Skotnicky. During the 2009–10 season, they placed third at German Nationals and were not sent to the European or World Championships. They were not eligible for the 2010 Winter Olympics due to Zhiganshina not having German citizenship.

During the 2010–11 season, Zhiganshina/Gazsi again received no Grand Prix invitations but won three medals at senior B events. They won their second national title and were selected to compete at the European Championships for the first time in three years. At Europeans, they were 8th in the short dance, then edged past Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin by 0.39 points into 7th place overall after the free dance. This was the first top-ten result for German ice dancers since 2003 (Kati Winkler / Rene Lohse). The result gave Germany two berths to the 2012 European ice dancing event. Zhiganshina/Gazsi finished 11th at the 2011 World Championships, earning invitations to two Grand Prix events the following season.

Zhiganshina tried out Alexander Gazsi in Moscow in June 2005 and decided to go skating with him for Germany. They trained in Moscow with Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexandreeva, and in summers in Berlin and Chemnitz because Gazsi was serving his army service. Later, they changed their coaches to Alexander Zhulin (also in Moscow) and Oleg Volkov (also in Moscow).

Nelli Zhiganshina Net Worth

Nelli Zhiganshina is one of the richest Figure Skater from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nelli Zhiganshina 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Nelli Nailevna Zhiganshina, Russian-born German ice dancing star; born 31 March 1987. She is six-time German national champion (2007-2011-2015) and has won 12 international medals. They placed as high at 6th at European Championships as well as 10th at World Championships.

Zhiganshina started skating at three years old in 1990. At the age of 12, she began ice dancing. Zhiganshina was a competitor with Denis Bazdirev from Russia, and she appeared four times on ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

During the 2007–08 season, they made their debut on the Grand Prix circuit, placing 7th at Skate Canada and 8th at Cup of Russia. They won silver at German Nationals and again finished 18th at Worlds.

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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Facts & Trivia

Nelli Ranked on the list of most popular Figure Skater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Nelli Zhiganshina celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.