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Andrei Minenkov
Andrei Olegovich Minenkov (russian: Андрей Олегович Миненков; born 6 December 1954) is a Russian retired ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Irina Moiseeva, he is the 1976 Olympic silver medalist, 1980 Olympic bronze medalist, and two-time world champion (1975 and 1977). Career Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov met at the rink when they were six years old and began skating together in 1967. They had their breakthrough during the 1974–1975 season. They were third at the Soviet Championships, behind Lyudmila Pakhomova/ Aleksandr Gorshkov and Natalia Linichuk/ Gennadi Karponosov, and placed just off the podium at the 1975 European Championships. However, they then went on to capture their first World title at the World Championships, in the absence of Pakhomova/Gorshkov but moving ahead of a few teams ranked higher than them earlier in the season, including Linichuk/Karpanosov. The next season, Moiseeva and Minenkov were agai ...
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a Federation, federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, fifteen national republics; in practice, both Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, its economy were highly Soviet-type economic planning, centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Saint Petersburg, Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kyiv, Kiev (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR), Tas ...
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1980 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1980 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany from March 11 to 16. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič. Medal tables Medalists Medals by country Results Men Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: * Benjamin T. Wright Judges: * Geoffrey Yates * Tatiana Danilenko * Jane Sullivan * David Dore * Walburga Grimm * Eva von Gamm * Monique Georgelin * Tsukasa Kimura * Marie-Louise von Friedrichs * Václav Skála Ladies *: better placed due to the majority of the better placings Referee: * Elemér Terták Assistant Referee: * Donald H. Gilchrist Judges: * Yvonne Tutt * Ludwig Gassner * Liudmila Kubashevskaia * Giorgio Siniscalco * Jürg Wilhelm * Ingrid Linke * Junko Hiramatsu * Elsbeth Bon * G ...
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1976 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1976 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Geneva, Switzerland on January 13–18. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976 .... Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links results {{European Figure Skating Championships European Figure Skating Championships, 1976 Figure European Figure Skating Championships International figure skating competitions hosted by Switzerland Sports competitions in Geneva 20th century in Geneva January 1976 sports events in Europe ...
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1977 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1977 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Helsinki, Finland. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ..., and ice dancing. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links results {{European Figure Skating Championships European Figure Skating Championships, 1977 European Figure Skating Championships, 1977 European Figure Skating Championships International figure skating competitions hosted by Finland International sports competitions in Helsinki 1970s in Helsinki ...
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1978 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1978 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Strasbourg, France from January 31 to February 5. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Competition notes 15-year-old Denise Biellmann Denise Biellmann (born 11 December 1962) is a Swiss professional figure skater. She was the European and World Champion in 1981 and won the Swiss Championships three times. Career Amateur career Born in Zurich, Biellmann won her first inter ... became the first female skater to land the triple lutz in competition. She underrotated it, with two-foot landing.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine At the same event, she became the first woman to receive a 6.0 in technical merit, receiving the score from British judge Pauline Borrajo. She was 12th in figures, first in the free sk ...
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1979 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1979 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia from January 30 to February 4. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European International Skating Union, ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of Single skating, men's singles, Single skating, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links results
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1980 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1980 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden on 22–27 January. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac .... Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links results {{European Figure Skating Championships European Figure Skating Championships, 1980 European Figure Skating Championships, 1980 European Figure Skating Championships International figure skating competitions hosted by Sweden International sports competitions in Gothenburg 1980s in Gothenburg J ...
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1981 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1981 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held at the Olympia Hall in Innsbruck, Austria from February 3 to 8, 1981. Figure skaters competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Panel of judges: * Mary Groombridge * Tatiana Danilenko * Walburga Grimm * Gerhardt Bubnik * Walter Hüttner * Marianne Huguenin * Alain Calmat * Maria Zuchowicz * Björn Elwin Substitute judge: * Heinz Müllenbach Ladies * Referee: Sonia Bianchetti * Assistant Referee: Elemér Terták Panel of judges: * Pamela Davis * Ludwig Gassner * Ingrid Linke * Liudmila Kubashevskaia * Elsbeth Bon * Eva von Gamm * Radovan Lipovšćak * Giovanni De Mori * Leena Vainio Substitute judge: * Jürg Wilhelm Pairs Panel of judges: * Monique Petis * Jürg Wilhelm * Pamela Davis * Günter Teichmann * Eva von Gamm * Władysł ...
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1982 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1982 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Lyon, France, from February 2 to 7, 1982. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976 .... Results Men Ladies Witt was 6th in the compulsory figures and first in the technical program and free skating. Kristofics-Binder won the figures and was third in the technical and the free, with Leistner second in the free. Pairs This was the first Europeans in 17 years that was not won by a pair from the Soviet Union. Vorobieva & Lisovsky won the short program over Baess & Thierbach. Ice dancing References External links results {{European ...
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European Figure Skating Championships
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The event is sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and is the sport's oldest competition. The first European Championships was held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany and featured one segment, compulsory figures, with seven competitors, all men from Germany and Austria. It has been, other than five periods, held continuously since 1891, and has been sanctioned by the ISU since 1893. Women were allowed to compete for the first time in 1930, which is also the first time pairs skating was added to the competition. Ice dance was added in 1954. Only eligible skaters from ISU member countries in Europe can compete, and skaters must have reached at least the age of 15 before July 1 preceding the competition. ISU member count ...
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1975 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1975 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA from March 4 to 8. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France and the ISU Technical Delegate was Hermann Schiechtl of West Germany. Men's compulsory figures were performed on March 4 at 8 am and ladies' figures took place the next day. The number of figures executed by each skater had been reduced from six to three. Medal table Results Men Referee: * Benjamin Wright Assistant Referee: * Donald H. Gilchrist Judges: * Evgenia Bogdanova * Éva György * Ardelle K. Sanderson * Kinuko Ueno * Günter Teichmann * Ralph S. McCreath * Monique Georgelin * Mary Groombridge Substitute judge: * Sydney R. Croll Ladies Referee: * Josef Dědič Assistant Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Judges: * Walburga Grimm * János ...
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1976 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1976 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Scandinavium in Göteborg, Sweden from 2 to 7 March. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker of the United States and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia. Medal tables Medalists Medals by country Results Men Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: * Benjamin Wright Judges: * Pamela Peat * Charles U. Foster * Sergei Kononykhin * Elof Niklasson * Joan Maclagan * Monique Georgelin * Kinuko Ueno * Walburga Grimm * Tadeusz Malinowski Substitute judge: * Inkeri Soininen Ladies Referee: * Elemér Terták Assistant Referee: * Oskar Madl Judges: * Irina Absaliamova * Oskar Urban * Erika Schiechtl * Toshio Suzuki * Yvonne S. McGowan * David Dore * Paul Engelfriet * Helga von Wiecki * Pamela D ...
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