page_title: Elena Ilinykh
section_title: 2011–12 season
hierarchical_section_title: Elena Ilinykh / Renewed partnership with Katsalapov / 2011–12 season
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Елена Ильиных и Никита Кацалапов на чемпионате Европы по фигурному катанию 2012
context_page_description: Elena Ruslanovna Ilinykh is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2015 Russian national champion.
  With former partner Nikita Katsalapov, she is a 2014 Olympic champion in the team event, a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in ice dancing, a three-time European medalist, and the 2010 World Junior champion. Also along with former partner Nikita Katsalapov, she is the second-youngest Olympic Ice Dance medalist in history and the junior world record holder for the Original Dance.
context_section_description: For the 2011–12 Grand Prix season, Ilinykh/Katsalapov were assigned to 2011 NHK Trophy and 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard. At NHK Trophy, they placed first in the short dance but in the warm-up before the free dance Ilinykh crashed into the boards and injured her knee. The couple finished the competition, winning the bronze medal, but withdrew from the exhibitions. Ilinykh/Katsalapov then finished fourth at the 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard. They won the silver medal at the 2012 Russian Championships. At the 2012 European Championships, Ilinykh/Katsalapov were seventh in the short dance but set a personal best in their free dance, resulting in an overall total of 153.12 points. They won the bronze medal at the event and then performed with Art on Ice. Ilinykh/Katsalapov finished 5th—the highest of the three Russian teams—at the 2012 World Championships. Their final event of the season was the 2012 World Team Trophy.
caption: Elena Ilinykh at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships
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