Elena Vodorezova

Elena Germanovna Buianova (Елена Германовна Буянова, née Vodorezova, Водорезова; born 21 May 1963) is a Russian figure skating coach and retired competitive skater who represented the Soviet Union. She is the 1983 World bronze medalist and three-time European medalist.

Career
Vodorezova was coached by Stanislav Zhuk at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. A gifted free-skater, she represented her country at the 1976 Winter Olympics aged just 12. She was the first skater to complete a double flip-triple toe loop combination. She was noted for a spectacularly high double Axel and fast spins. She won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships; it was the first time a Soviet ladies' single skater had won a medal at the event. She missed the 1979–1981 seasons completely due to severe juvenile arthritis, which prevented her from even walking for months in 1979.

She won a second bronze medal at the 1982 Europeans and silver at the 1983 event. She also won bronze at the 1983 World Championships – the first World medal for a Soviet female single skater. Vodorezova placed 8th at the 1984 Winter Olympics. She retired from competition in 1984. That year, she married a former skater, Sergey Buianov, and in 1987 gave birth to a son, Ivan.

She began coaching at the CSKK Club in Moscow. Irina Tagaeva often choreographs for her students. Her former pupils include:
 * Adelina Sotnikova
 * Maxim Kovtun
 * Elene Gedevanishvili
 * Olga Markova
 * Andrei Griazev
 * Artem Borodulin
 * Artur Dmitriev Jr
 * Denis Ten
 * Alexander Samarin
 * Adian Pitkeev
 * Alexandra Proklova
 * Maria Sotskova
 * Anastasiia Gubanova
 * Polina Tsurskaya
 * Elena Radionova
 * Egor Rukhin
 * Brendan Kerry

Buianova's current students include:


 * Artur Danielian
 * Alena Kostornaia