High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (Russian: Елена Викторовна Бережная, born 11 October 1977 in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic champion.