Roman Skorniakov (russian: Роман Скорняков; born 17 February 1976, in Sverdlovsk) is a

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

n-born

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

who mainly represented

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

. He represented Russia early in his career before switching to Uzbekistan in 1996. Skorniakov is the 1997–2003 Uzbekistani national champion. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, twice placing 19th. His highest placement at an ISU Championship was 7th at the 2000 and 2002

Four Continents Championships The Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) is an annual figure skating competition. The International Skating Union established it in 1999 to provide skaters representing non-African and non-European countries with a similar competit ...

. Skorniakov married

Tatiana Malinina Tatiana Valeryevna Malinina (russian: Татьяна Валерьевна Малинина; born 28 January 1973) is a Russian-Uzbekistani retired figure skater who competed for Uzbekistan. She is the 1999 Grand Prix Final champion, the 1999 F ...

in January 2000. Their son,

Ilia Malinin Ilia Malinin (born December 2, 2004) is an American figure skater. He is the 2022 Skate America champion, the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo champion, the 2022-23 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2022 CS U.S. Classic champion, 2021 CS Cup of ...

(born in 2004), is a competitive figure skater for the United States. Their daughter was born in 2014. Skorniakov and Malinina coached each other during the later part of their careers after the death of former coach

Igor Ksenofontov Igor Borisovich Ksenofontov (russian: Игорь Борисович Ксенофонтов; 19 January 1939 – 13 June 1999) was a Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, founder of the Yekaterinburg figure skating school, president of the Sver ...

. Skorniakov works as a skating coach in

Reston, Virginia Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia and a principal city of the Washington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, Reston's population was 63,226. Founded in 1964, Reston was influenced by the Garden City move ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skorniakov, Roman Russian male single skaters Uzbekistani male single skaters Olympic figure skaters of Uzbekistan Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Asian Games medalists in figure skating Figure skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan People from Dale City, Virginia