What is Irina Slutskaya?
[[Image:Rus-nat-Slutskaya2.jpg|thumb|180px|Irina Slutskaya skating]] '''Irina Slutskaya''' ([[Russian language|ru]]: '''Ирина Слуцкая''') (born February 9, 1979 in [[Moscow]]), is a [[Russia]]n [[figure skating|figure skater]]. She has won two world championships and six [[Europe]]an championships. Irina began skating when she was four years old. She has had the same coach, [[Zhanna Gromova]], since she was six years old. By 1996, she was European champion and came third in the world championships (at age 17). She went to school at the [[Moscow Academy of Physical Culture]], graduating in the year 2000. * World Championships: first place in 2002 and 2005 * [[Olympic Games|Olympics]]: 2002 - silver * European Championships: first place in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 * Russian Championships: first place in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 == Other websites == {{commonscat|Irina Slutskaya}} *{{flagicon|Russia}}[http://www.sem40.ru/rest/sport/14460/ Gold and tears] *[http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00000256.htm ISU Biography Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603122955/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00000256.htm |date=2004-06-03 }} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Slutskaya, Irina}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Russian figure skaters|Slutskaya, Irina]]