# Natalia Gudina

Natalia Gudina (Ukrainian: Наталія Гудина, Russian: Наталья Гудина, Hebrew: נטליה גודינה, born 11 November 1977) is an Israeli former competitive ice dancer. Representing Israel with husband Alexei Beletski, she placed as high as 14th at the World Championships, as high as 9th at the European Championships, and competed at the Winter Olympics. She represented Ukraine with her previous partner, Vitali Kurkudym, and won the 1996 World Junior bronze medal.

## Career

Gudina began skating at the age of four. Early in her career, she competed with partner Vitali Kurkudym for Ukraine. They were coached by Alexandr Tumanovsky and Maria Tumanovskaya. Gudina/Kurkudym won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships. Their partnership ended in 1998.
Later in 1998, Gudina teamed up with Alexei Beletski. They competed together for Ukraine until the end of 1998/1999 season, after which they switched to competing for Israel. Gudina and Beletski are the 2000–2005 Israeli national silver medalists and placed 19th at the 2002 Winter Olympics. They were coached by Gennadi Karponosov and Natalia Linichuk.

## Personal life

Gudina and Beletski married in 1999.

## Programs
### With Beletski

| Season | Original dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
| 2004–2005 | Charleston Slow Foxtrot Quickstep | Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber | |
| 2003–2004 | Boogie Woogie Blues Rock'n'Roll | Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini | |
| 2002–2003 | Waltz: The Drinking Song (from La traviata) by Giuseppe Verdi Galop: Petersburger Galop by Strauss | Notre-Dame de Paris by Luc Plamondon, Riccardo Cocciante | While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
| 2001–2002 | Tango: El Choclo by Ángel Villoldo performed by Caterina Valente Flamenco | Sirtaki performed by André Rieu Agapi performed by Nana Mouskouri Sirtaki | |
| 2000–2001 | Charleston from Cabaret by John Kander Foxtrot from Cabaret by John Kander Quickstep: Money Makes the World Go Round (from Cabaret) by John Kander | Blues from Blues Brothers 2000 Blues by Prince Boogie from Blues Brothers 2000 | |

### With Kurkudym

| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
| 1996–1997 | | Sway Besame Mucho |

## Competitive highlights
### With Beletski

Results :
| International ||||||||
| Event | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 |
| Olympics | | | | 19th | | | |
| Worlds | | | 25th | | 14th | 15th | 18th |
| Europeans | | | 17th | 15th | 11th | 9th | 13th |
| GP Bofrost Cup | | | | | 5th | | |
| GP Cup of China | | | | | | 6th | |
| GP Cup of Russia | | | | | | | 6th |
| GP Lalique | | | | | 5th | | |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | | | | | 6th |
| GP Skate America | | | | | | 7th | |
| Golden Spin | | 3rd | 6th | 7th | | | |
| Karl Schäfer | | | | | 3rd | | |
| Helena Pajovic | | | | 1st | | | |
| Skate Israel | 6th | 5th | 5th | | | 2nd | |
| National ||||||||
| Israeli Champ. | | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
| Ukrainian Champ. | 4th | | | | | | |
| GP = Grand Prix ||||||||

### With Kurkudym

Results :
| International |||||
| Event | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 |
| European Champ. | | | 18th | |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | | | 4th | |
| PFSA Trophy | | | | 2nd |
| International: Junior |||||
| World Junior Champ. | 12th | 3rd | 4th | |
| Blue Swords | 4th J. | 3rd J. | | |
| EYOF | 5th J. | | | |
| Ukrainian Souvenir | 6th J. | 1st J. | | |
| National |||||
| Ukrainian Champ. | | | 2nd | 3rd |
| J. = Junior level |||||