Zhanna Gromova

Who is Zhanna Gromova?

Zhanna Feodorovna Gromova is a Russian figure skating coach. Among her former and current students are Nikolai Morozov, Ilia Averbukh, Sergei Dobrin, Abzal Rakimgaliev and most notably Irina Slutskaya, who had worked with Gromova for her entire career.

Zhanna Gromova, née Krivtsun, started skating in 1960 on the local "Trud" rink. At the beginning, she was coached by Elena Kudryashova, then entered a sports school. After graduation in 1966 Gromova participated in Vologda oblast figure skating competitions. In 1971 she graduated from the Lesgeft School of Sports Science and Physical Education in Leningrad. By distribution she took a job of figure skating coach in Norilsk. Until early 1970s professional figure skating in Norilsk did not exist, as the first artificial ice rink called "Arctic" was opened in 1971. Gromova was among those coaches, who established figure skating in that city. In Norilsk she met her future husband and moved in Moscow with him. In Moscow she worked as a coach. In 1990 Gromova graduated from ice choreography faculty of GITIS.

In 2007 Vologda's skating club was renamed after her.