Ross Lansel, her ex-husband, honored her legacy by referring to her as “one of the best pair girls to skate.” “Just knowing the impact she made to all the skaters and everyone just hurts my soul,”
Lansel said to News4. “I simply wanted to offer my sympathies to all of the children she taught. It’s going to be so difficult without her, therefore I wish them the best life has to offer.”
Another immigrant from the Soviet Union, hockey coach Serguei Kouznetsov, likewise highlighted Volyanskaya’s commitment to her art.
“Very good people, very driven, focused on the particular task of figure skating, and completely dedicated,” he said to FOX 13. “[She] spent the whole day at the rink. Nothing else was important.
