Coaching Team
Meet the WISA Coaches
![Alexei Kiliakov coaching. Alexei Kiliakov coaching figure skaters.](https://wisa.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Screen-Shot-2019-05-19-at-3.47.41-PM.png)
Head Coaches
![Alexei Kiliakov](https://wisa.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/alexei_kiliakov_lg.jpg)
Teaching Experience 2003 – present WISA Director 2002 – present Figure Skating Coach , Maryland, USA 1998 – 2002 “Disney On Ice”, Trained cast members in pair lifts and…
![Elena Novak](https://wisa.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/elena-novak.jpg)
Teaching Experience 2003 – present WISA Co-Director 2002 – present Figure Skating Coach , Maryland, USA 2000 – 2002 Disney On Ice, “Line captain.” Teaching current show choreography to…
Specialists
Dance Professionals
![Meredith Johns](https://wisa.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wheaton-ice-skating-academy-logo-600x492.jpg)
ALL About Dance
![Jimmie Manners](https://wisa.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wheaton-ice-skating-academy-logo-600x492.jpg)
ALL About Dance
Spin Specialists
![Marina Akbarov](https://wisa.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/marina-akbarov.gif)
Competitive Skating 1968 Began skating in “Spartak” Skating Club Yekaterinburg, Russia with coach Igor Ksenofontov 1974 Began to skate with partner Stanislav Leonovich 1976 Moved to Moscow to train with…
![Marat Akbarov](https://wisa.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/marat-akbarov.gif)
Competitive Skating Feb 3, 1961 Born in Yekaterinburg (old Sverdlovsk), Russia 1968 Began skating in “Lokomotiv” Skating Club Sverdlovsk, Russia with coach Alexander Rogin 1975 Teamed up with skating partner…