Natalya Vladimirovna Linichuk (Russian: Наталья Владимировна Линичук(help·info); born 6 February 1956) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With partner and husband Gennadi Karponosov, she is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion.
Russian ice dancer and coach
Natalya Linichuk
Personal information
Full name
Natalya Vladimirovna Linichuk
Country represented
Soviet Union
Born
(1956-02-06) 6 February 1956 (age66) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Linichuk began skating due to her mother who enjoyed figure skating.[1] She had a dozen coaches before ending up in the group of Elena Tchaikovskaia, who Linichuk soon sensed was the right coach for her.[1]
Linichuk and Karponosov trained at Dynamo in Moscow. They won the World Universiade in 1972, and were bronze medalists at the 1974 and 1977 World Championships. They also finished 4th at the 1976 Winter Olympics, the year ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic sport.
Linichuk and Karponosov became World champions in 1978 and 1979. They won the European Championships in 1979 and 1980, after winning a silver medal in 1978, and bronze medals from 1974 through 1977.
Linichuk and Karponosov won the 1980 Olympics, but failed to defend their World title, making them the only team ever to unsuccessfully defend a World title after winning the Olympics.[2] In 1981, Linichuk and Karponosov retired from competition.
Coaching career
Linichuk (far right) in the Kiss and cry with Karponosov and students Domnina / Shabalin
After coaching in Moscow, Linichuk and Karponosov accepted an offer to coach in the U.S.[1] They moved with their students in June 1994 and coached at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.[3][4] In September 2007, they moved to the Ice Works Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.[4]
Their current and former senior-level students include:
Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (coached from mid-2008 to 2010).[5] 2009 World silver medalists for the U.S.
Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovsky (World bronze medalists)
Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski (coached from mid-2005 to 2007).[6] 2006, 2007 World Champions for Bulgaria.
Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (coached from mid-2008 to 2010).[7] 2010 Olympic bronze medalists for Russia.
Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov (Olympic and World champions). Coached Grishuk from the age of 11[1] until 1989 and then from 1992 to 1996.
Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh[8] (World champions, Olympic silver medalists)
Their current and former junior-level students include:
Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager (from May 2010)[9] 2011 U.S. Junior silver medalists
Ekaterina Pushkash and Jonathan Guerreiro (coached from mid-2010 to 2014).[10] 2011 World Junior silver medalists for Russia.
Personal life
Linichuk accepted Karponosov's proposal after they retired from competition.[1] She had one prior marriage.[1] Linichuk and Karponosov were married on 31 July 1981. Their very talented daughter, Anastasiya Karponosova, was born in February 1985. The couple initially lived in Moscow and then moved to the United States in the early '90s.[4]
Competitive highlights
International
Event
72–73
73–74
74–75
75–76
76–77
77–78
78–79
79–80
80–81
Olympics
4th
1st
Worlds
3rd
4th
5th
3rd
1st
1st
2nd
Europeans
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
2nd
1st
1st
3rd
Skate Canada
1st
1st
Moscow News
3rd
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd
1st
1st
National
Soviet Champ.
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
1st
References
Raush, Vladimir (April 2, 2012). Ее конек. Itogi (in Russian). Retrieved April 3, 2012.
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