Background
Volchkova was born in Leningrad (now Saint St. Petersburg) to an engineer mother.
Volchkova was born in Leningrad (now Saint St. Petersburg) to an engineer mother.
She studied at the Institute for Physical Culture in Moscow.
She was interested in pair skating but was too tall. After a few years, she moved to train in Moscow under coach Viktor Kudriavtsev. She repeated as bronze medalist at the 2000 European Championships, competing with muscle inflammation on the outside of her right ankle.
She represented Russia at the 2002 Winter Olympics and placed 9th.
In spring 2002, Volchkova switched coaches from Kudriavtsev in Moscow to Oleg Vasiliev in Chicago. In December, Volchkova withdrew from the 2003 Russian Championships and missed three weeks of training as a result of pneumonia.
Marina Kudriavtseva became her coach in January 2004 at the 2004 Russian Championships. In December 2004, Volchkova broke her wrist in a fall during training and consequently missed the 2005 Russian Championships.
In September 2005, she underwent meniscus surgery and returned to competition at the 2006 Russian Championships.
Volchkova withdrew from the 2006 Winter Olympics after being hospitalized with a right arm infection. She last competed at the 2007 Russian Championships in January 2007. Volchkova trained at the Moskvich rink in south-east Moscow and, after retiring from competition, remained at the rink as a coach.
Butsaeva"s students include:
Sofia Biryukova
Polina Korobeynikova (since mid-2007)
Anna Shershak
Murad Kurbanov.