Ilia Averbukh

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Ilia Averbukh
Personal information
Country represented Russia
Born (1973-12-18) 18 December 1973 (age 51)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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Former partner Irina Lobacheva
Marina Anissina
Former coach Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponosov
Natalia Dybinskaya
Oleg Epstein
Skating club Dynamo Moscow
Former training locations Newark, Delaware
Moscow
Began skating 1979
Retired 2003

Ilia Izyaslavovich Averbukh (Russian: Илья Изяславович Авербух, correctly spelled "Ilya"; born 18 December 1973) is a Russian ice dancer. With former wife Irina Lobacheva, he is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist,[1][2] the 2002 World champion and the 2003 European champion.

With Marina Anissina, he is the 1990 and 1992 World Junior champion.[3]

Early life

Averbukh is Jewish, and was born in Moscow.[4][5][6]

Career

Averbukh started skating at the age of 5. He initially competed with Marina Anissina. They won two World Junior Championships (1990 and 1992).[3] Averbukh teamed up with Irina Lobacheva in 1992.[7] After the Goodwill Games in the summer of 1994 their coaches moved with many of their students to the United States to train at the University of Delaware. Lobacheva and Averbukh joined them the next year.[7]

In September 2001, Lobacheva injured her knee in training, causing them to miss the Grand Prix season.[7] They won the silver medal at the 2002 Olympics behind Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat.

Lobacheva / Averbukh won gold at the 2002 World Championships and at the 2003 European Championships. They retired from competition at the end of the 2002–2003 season.

Following his retirement from competitive skating, Averbukh became a producer of skating shows and tours.[8] Among his projects are Ice Symphony/Ice Age; City Lights; Bolero (a television show pairing skaters with prima ballerinas);[9][10] and Small Stories of a Big City, an ice show during the 2012 Olympics in London.[11] In January 2013, Averbukh was named an ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[12]

Programs

(with Lobacheva)

Season Original dance Free dance Exhibition
2002–2003
[7][13]
2001–2002
[13][14]
  • Tanguera
    by M. Mores
  • Bulerias Magna Mafa
    by Thomas Espanner
2000–2001
[13][15]
  • Foxtrot: Come into my house
  • Quickstep: Dancing Fool

1999–2000
[13]
  • Ritmo de Bom Bom
    by Vimi
  • Rhumba de le more

1998–1999
[13]
  • Diablo
1997–1998
[13]
1996–1997
[13]
  • Argentine Tango:
  • This Business of Love
    (from The Mask)
    by Domino
1995–1996
[13]
  • Malagueña
1994–1995
[13]
1993–1994
[13]

Results

With Lobacheva

Results[7][14][15]
International
Event 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Olympics 5th 2nd
Worlds 13th 15th 6th 7th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 1st 2nd
Europeans 9th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 1st
Grand Prix Final 5th 4th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st
GP Cup of Russia 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st
GP Int. Paris/Lalique 1st 2nd
GP Nations Cup 3rd 4th
GP NHK Trophy 8th 2nd 2nd 1st
GP Skate America 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd
GP Skate Canada 4th 3rd
Goodwill Games 2nd 2nd
National
Russian Champ. 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st
GP = Became part of Champions Series in 1995–96, Grand Prix from 1998–99

With Anissina

Results[3]
International
Event 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992
World Junior Championships 1st 4th 1st

Hall of Fame

Averbukh was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame's induction class of 2015.[16]

Other sports

Averbukh will play a role in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Bandy World Championship.[2][3]

Personal life

Lobacheva and Averbukh married in 1995.[7] Their son, Martin, was born in 2004. They divorced in 2007.

See also

References

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