Career
The pair competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics, placing fourth. Pestova began skating in 1968 at the Spartak Skating Club in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) with coach Igor Ksenofontov. She teamed up with Stanislav Leonovich in 1974.
The pair moved to Moscow in 1976 to train with Stanislav Zhuk.
They began the next season by winning gold at the Prize of Moscow News. They placed fourth at Europeans and 5th at Worlds in 1979.
The pair was sent to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and finished fourth. They were bronze medalists at their final event of the season, the 1980 World Championships.
The following season, Pestova/Leonovich placed fourth at the Soviet Championships and did not receive any assignments.
They rebounded in 1981-1982, taking their second national title and then winning silver at both the 1982 European Championships and 1982 World Championships. After retiring from competition, Pestova performed with the Russian All Stars under the direction of Tatiana Tarasova. She now coaches at the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in Wheaton, Maryland.
