Igor Leonidovich Zavozin (; 3 August 1955 – 29 May 2019) was a Russian

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

ice dancer 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. A ...

. With his former wife Elena Garanina, he represented the Soviet Union in international competition, winning the 1978

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the German Ice Skating Union () and held in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition debuted in 1969 and is na ...

and 1981

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, although they never made it to the

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...

due to the depth of the Soviet dance field. After turning pro, Garanina and Zavozin toured with

Jayne Torvill Jayne Torvill, OBE (born 7 October 1957) is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor. She and her partner Christopher Dean are considered amongst the greatest ice dancers of all time. The pair won a gold medal at the 1984 Wint ...

and

Christopher Dean Christopher Colin Dean, OBE (born 27 July 1958) is a British ice dancer considered, with his skating partner Jayne Torvill, amongst the greatest ice dancers of all time. The pair won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal ...

. They were the parents of American ice dancer Maxim Zavozin and have since divorced. Igor Zavozin was also an international ISU judge for

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Competitive highlights

(with Elena Garanina)

References

External links

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1955 births 2019 deaths Figure skating judges Soviet male ice dancers Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1981 Winter Universiade {{USSR-figure-skating-bio-stub