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Aleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov (Russian: Александр Георгиевич Горшков, born 8 October 1946)[1] is a former ice dancer who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his wife Lyudmila Pakhomova, he is the 1976 Olympic champion.

Aleksandr Gorshkov
Gorshkov in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1946-10-08) 8 October 1946 (age 75) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Former partner	Lyudmila Pakhomova
Former coach	Elena Tchaikovskaya
Retired	1976
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing  Soviet Union Winter Olympics 1976 Innsbruck Ice dancing World Championships 1976 Gothenburg Ice dancing 1974 Munich Ice dancing 1973 Bratislava Ice dancing 1972 Calgary Ice dancing 1971 Lyon Ice dancing 1970 Ljubljana Ice dancing 1969 Colorado Springs Ice dancing European Championships 1976 Geneva Ice dancing 1975 Copenhagen Ice dancing 1974 Zagreb Ice dancing 1973 Cologne Ice dancing 1972 Gothenburg Ice dancing 1971 Zürich Ice dancing 1970 Leningrad Ice dancing 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ice dancing

They are six-time World Champions (1970-74, 1976), as well as six-time European champions (1970-71, 1973-76), which makes them the most decorated of all-time at both events in the pair discipline.

Since 2010, Gorshkov is the president of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR).

Life and career

Gorshkov began skating at age six after his mother heard that the Sokolniki skating school was taking new students.[2] He was moved to the weakest group after a year but his mother brought him to a stronger one when a new coach took over.[2]

In 1966 while at CSKA Moscow, he received an invitation from Lyudmila Pakhomova to skate with her.[2] Since he had much less experience, some experts were skeptical of her choice.[3] Despite the initial experience gap, Gorshkov said that Pakhomova was a strong personality who was determined they would become champions.[2]

Pakhomova/Gorshkov began training in May 1966, under coach Elena Tchaikovskaya, and made their international debut in December of the same year.[2] They competed for Dynamo.[4] After teaming up, a personal relationship developed between the duo and Gorshkov proposed marriage; Pakhomova responded that they would marry only if they became World champions.[2]

Pakhomova/Gorshkov performed in the ice dancing demonstration event at the 1968 Winter Olympics – the event determined if ice dancing would be added as an official Olympic sport and was successful.[5] They won their first World title in 1970 and married later that year.[2] The duo repeated as World champions in 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974. In 1974, Pakhomova/Gorshkov and Tchaikovskaya created the Tango Romantica, which the ISU would later adopt as a compulsory dance.[5]

Following the 1975 European Championships, Gorshkov began feeling ill and underwent a lung operation, with their coach Elena Tchaikovskaya donating blood.[2][3] They flew to Colorado Springs, Colorado for the 1975 World Championships, unsure about their participation.[2] During the first practice session, Gorshkov had trouble breathing and needed to be given oxygen – they withdrew from the event.[2][5] In the Soviet Union, rumors circulated that Gorshkov had died on the flight to the United States and the chairman of the Soviet Sports Committee called him to check if he was still alive.[2]

Pakhomova/Gorshkov returned to competition the following season. Ice dancing debuted as an official Olympic sport at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and Pakhomova/Gorshkov became the first Olympic champions in the discipline. They won their sixth World title in 1976 in Goteburg, Sweden. They retired from competition later that year.[2] In 1977, they had a daughter, Yulia Gorshkova.[2]

Pakhomova died of leukemia on 17 May 1986.[2][6] Gorshkov and his late wife were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1988.

Gorshkov later served as the chairman of the International Skating Union's ice dance technical committee.[5] At an election conference held in Novogorsk on 4 June 2010, he was unanimously elected president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation.[7] He is president of a Regional Public Charitable Foundation for the Arts and Sports named after Pakhomova.[3]

Gorshkov later married Irina Ivanovna Gorshkova, with whom he has a stepson, Stanislav Belyaev.[2]

Results

(with Pakhomova)

International
Event	66–67	67–68	68–69	69–70	70–71	71–72	72–73	73–74	74–75	75–76
Olympics										1st
Worlds	13th	6th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st		1st
Europeans	10th	5th	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Moscow News				1st	1st	1st	1st		1st	1st
National
Soviet Champ.	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st		1st	1st	1st

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aleksandr Gorshkov.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandr Gorshkov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• "Aleksandr Gorshkov at databaseOlympics.com". Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2007.

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[fr] Aleksandr Gorchkov (patinage artistique)

Aleksandr Gueorguievitch Gorchkov (en russe : Александр Георгиевич Горшков), né le 8 octobre 1946 à Moscou en RSFS de Russie, est un patineur artistique soviétique de danse sur glace, devenu par la suite juge puis dirigeant de ce sport. Avec sa partenaire Lioudmila Pakhomova, il est champion olympique en 1976 à Innsbruck.

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[it] Aleksandr Gorškov

Aleksandr Georgievič Gorškov (in russo: Александр Георгиевич Горшков?; Mosca, 8 ottobre 1946) è un ex danzatore su ghiaccio sovietico, dal 1993 russo.

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[ru] Горшков, Александр Георгиевич

Алекса́ндр Гео́ргиевич Горшко́в (род. 8 октября 1946, Москва, СССР) — советский фигурист, олимпийский чемпион, шестикратный чемпион мира и Европы. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1970). С июня 2010 года — президент Федерации фигурного катания России[1]. Выступал за «Динамо» Москва.

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