Natalia Bestemianova
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Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova or Bestemyanova is a Soviet and Russian former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her partner Andrei Bukin, she is the 1988 Olympic Champio
Natalia Bestemianova in 2019
Besti squat
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A Besti squat is a figure skating move. It is similar to the spread eagle in that the skater travels along an edge with both skates on the ice, the toes turned out to the sides and the heels facing ea
Natalia Bestemianova
…and Bukin capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics and that year's World Figure Skating Championships. The Besti Squat was Bestemianova's signature move and is unofficially named for her. They skated in ice shows after their retirement, including in Champions on Ice and…
Wakaba Higuchi performing a Besti squat at the 2024–25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
A full-frontal view of a solo Besti squat (Hana Yoshida)
A pair team perform Besti squats during the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships (Maylin Hausch & Daniel Wende)
A pair team perform Besti squats in close contact (Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara)