Angela Nikodinov
Angela Nikodinov (born May 9, 1980 in Spartanburg, South Carolina), is an American figure skater. She is the 2000 Four Continents Champion.
Biography
[change | change source]Nikodinov is the daughter of Bulgarian immigrants. She speaks Bulgarian fluently.[1][2] She was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her family moved to southern California when she was very young.[2] She was raised in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California.
Nikodinov trained at Lake Arrowhead, California. She also trained in Detroit for one season (1999-2000) but moved back to California in fall 2000.[1] Her coaches included John Nicks, Peter Oppegard, Frank Carroll, Elena Tcherkasskaia, Richard Callaghan, Igor Pashkevich. Her coach Tcherkasskaia, with whom she was very close, died of cancer in November 2001.[3]
Nikodinov missed the 2002-2003 season. She injured her shoulder in February 2002 and again in September. She also had a virus.[3] She had shoulder surgery in February 2003 and was off the ice for seven months.[1] After missing two seasons, Nikodinov returned to win the 2004 Skate America.[4]
While in Portland, Oregon, for the 2005 U.S. National Championships, she and her family were in a car accident that killed her mother.[2][5] Nikodinov did not return to competition after the accident.
Nikodinov coached Bulgarian figure skater Ivan Dinev in the 2005-2006 season. They are now coaching together in the Los Angeles area. Nikodinov and Dinev were married in July 2008.[6] Along with her coaching duties, she skates in shows and was a guest skater on the Stars on Ice tour. The pairs team of Bianca Butler & Joseph Jacobsen and Tenile Victorsen are among her and Dinev's former students that have qualified for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the Senior level.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Angela Nikodinov at the International Skating Union".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Elliott, Helene (January 13, 2005). "Nikodinov's Mother Is Killed in Auto Accident". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Skater's mother killed in car accident". usatoday. Associated Press. January 13, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ↑ Klimovich Harrop, JoAnne (October 24, 2004). "Skater injured at Skate America". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved November 27, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Angela Nikodinov's Mother Dies in Car Accident". U.S. Figure Skating. January 12, 2005. Archived from the original on November 9, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ↑ Skating April 2010, page 8
Other websites
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- Figure-Skating.com Archived 2006-01-12 at the Wayback Machine - Official Site
- International skating union biography Archived 2005-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Stars on Ice profile Archived 2007-07-26 at the Wayback Machine