Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva

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Andrei Olegovich Minenkov (Russian: Андрей Олегович Миненков; born 6 December 1954 in Moscow) and Irina Valentinovna Moiseeva (Russian: Ирина Валентиновна Моисеева; born 3 July 1955 in Moscow) are Russian retired ice dancers who represented the Soviet Union. They were the 1976 Olympic silver medalist, 1980 Olympic bronze medalist, and two-time world champions (1975 and 1977).

Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva
Minenkov and Moiseeva in 1976
Full nameAndrei Olegovich Minenkov
Other namesAndrey Minenkov
BornMoscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
PartnerIrina Moiseeva
Skating clubVSS Trud (Moscow)
Retired1983
Medal record
Figure skating
Ice dancing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Lake Placid Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1976 Innsbruck Ice dancing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Copenhagen Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1981 Hartford Ice dancing
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Dortmund Ice dancing
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Vienna Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1978 Ottawa Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1977 Tokyo Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1976 Gothenburg Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1975 Colorado Springs Ice dancing
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Lyon Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1981 Innsbruck Ice dancing
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Gothenburg Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1979 Zagreb Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1978 Strasbourg Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1977 Helsinki Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1976 Geneva Ice dancing

Career

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Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov met at the rink when they were six years old and began skating together in 1967.[1][2] 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 again ranked behind Linichuk/Karponosov at the Soviet Championships but edged past them in international competition to be second only to Pakhomova/Gorshkov. They won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics, the first Games to include ice dancing. They also won silver at the World and European Championships.

The 1976–1977 season was the most successful for Moiseeva and Minenkov. They won World, European and national titles. Their dominance began to wane over the following years, however, they won a total of eight consecutive World medals and seven European medals (including another gold in 1978). They also won the bronze at the 1980 Olympics.

The couple trained at VSS Trud in Moscow. They were coached by Tatiana Tarasova, Lyudmila Pakhomova, and Natalia Dubova. Tarasova coached them for ten years, beginning in 1969. They retired in 1983 because Moiseeva was expecting their daughter.[2]

Olympic champions Torvill and Dean considered them one of their greatest influences.

Personal life

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Moiseeva and Minenkov married in 1977 and had a daughter in 1983.[2] In 1989, Minenkov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Radiotechnics, Electronics and Automation and founded a company, Kholod, in 1993.[1]

Results

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with Moiseeva

International
Event 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Olympics 2nd 3rd
Worlds 7th 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd
Europeans 7th 5th 4th 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd
Skate Canada 3rd 1st
NHK Trophy 1st
Moscow News 6th 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd
National
Soviet Champ. 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd

References

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  1. ^ a b "Andrei Minenkov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Badina, Marina (18 January 2005). Среда обитания – холод [Habitat – cold]. business-magazine.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 February 2012.
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