Background
Kustarova was born 26 July 1976 in Moscow. She is the daughter of Svetlana Alexeeva.
Kustarova was born 26 July 1976 in Moscow. She is the daughter of Svetlana Alexeeva.
She is a two-time (1990, 1991) World Junior medalist with Sergei Romashkin, a two-time (1993, 1994) Russian national medalist with Oleg Ovsyannikov, and the 1995 Russian silver medalist with Vazgen Azroyan. Competitive
Ahead of the 1991-1992 season, she teamed up with Oleg Ovsyannikov. The partnership ended in 1994.
Kustarova then partnered with Vazgen Azroyan.
As coach and choreographer
Kustarova worked for three years as a choreographer in France and then returned to Russia in 2001. She began coaching alongside Svetlana Alexeeva.
In the summer of 2006, they moved to Blue Bird FSC in Moscow and then to a new rink in Medvedkovo in the summer of 2012. Kustarova works in collaboration with Svetlana Alexeeva and Olga Riabinina.
Her students include (years coached in brackets):
Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin, (2014—present) 2015 Russian national champions.
Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand
Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin, (c 2013 — present) qualified to the 2015-2016 JGP Final. Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov, (2011—present) 2015 World Junior champions. Her former students include:
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev, (2000 — April 2012) 2011-2012 European silver medalists.
Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov
Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, (2009 — February 2012) 2011 World Junior champions.
Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev
Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro, (2006—2009) 2009 World Junior bronze medalists. Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer (?—2006)
Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin, (c 2008 — April 2014) 2012 World Junior champions.
Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov (2009—2011).