Alla Shekhovtsova

Alla Viktorovna Shekhovtsova (; born 2 November 1964 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian figure skating judge and ISU Technical Specialist and a former ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee member. They have a son, Stanislav (born 1989).

Biography Shekhovtsova started skating at age 5. Her father was a hockey player.

Shekhovtsova first competed as an ice dancer. When she realized that she could never compete at the highest level, she left skating. She graduated from the Ural State University of Economics and later from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (ice choreography faculty), where she studied in the same class with Zhanna Gromova. Shekhovtsova has been called "the First Lady" and "grey eminence" due to her influence on Piseev, and therefore on the Figure Skating Federation of Russia. A figure skating coach Elena Tchaikovskaia stated that Piseev only listened "to one adviser", which was his wife. She later criticised Shekhovtsova for becoming an ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee member despite "knowing nothing about ice dancing". When asked about the relationship with her husband in the interview, Shekhovtsova stated that "the talks about my influence are greatly exaggerated" and Piseev "is the one who always makes all the decisions". She judged the ladies' single skating competition and was photographed hugging Russian skater Adelina Sotnikova in the arena after competition. Sotnikova won the gold medal. The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) filed an official complaint against Shekhovtsova, citing the hug and her marriage to Valentin Piseev as reasons for a conflict of interest. The complaint was, however, dismissed by ISU.