Igor Bobrin
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Full name | Igor Anatolyevich Bobrin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1953-11-14) 14 November 1953 (age 70) Leningrad, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Igor Anatolyevich Bobrin (Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Бобрин) (born 14 November 1953[1] in Leningrad) is a Russian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. He is the 1981 European champion, the 1981 World bronze medalist, and a four-time (1978, 1980–1982) Soviet national champion. Bobrin placed 6th at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Career
During his competitive career, Bobrin was known for being a particularly creative free skater. He invented an unusual horizontal-twisting jump sometimes called a "log jump" or "Bobrinover". At one of his first international competitions, the 1972 Winter Universiade, a contemporary review noted that even the pros were puzzled by the jump, which was described as "somewhat like an Arabian cartwheel, only performed going straight ahead".[2] He was coached by Igor Moskvin and since 1980 by Yuri Ovchinnikov.[3]
Following his competitive career, Bobrin created his own ice theater. He currently skates with Moscow Stars On Ice and works as a coach and choreographer.[4] He choreographed Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze's competitive Chaplin program.[4]
In 2011–2012, Bobrin appeared on the panel of judges for the television show "Cup of Professionals"[5] on Russian television Channel One.
Personal life
Bobrin was first married to Natalia Ovchinnikova, with whom he has a son, Maxim, born in 1977. In 1983 he married the future Olympic champion in ice dancing, Natalia Bestemianova.
Results
International | ||||||||||||
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Event | 71–72 | 72–73 | 73–74 | 74–75 | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 |
Olympics | 6th | |||||||||||
Worlds | 8th | 5th | 10th | 7th | 3rd | 7th | ||||||
Europeans | 4th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | |||||||
Moscow News | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |||
Prague Skate | 8th | |||||||||||
Universiade | 10th | |||||||||||
National | ||||||||||||
Soviet Champ. | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
References
- ^ СПИСОК кандидатов в спортивные сборные команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2011–2012 гг. [2011–2012 list] (PDF). Russian Figure Skating Federation (in Russian). Russian Sports Ministry. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2012.
- ^ "FISU", Skating magazine, Apr 1972
- ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (August 25, 2009). "Igor Moskvin: I have never thought that my wife and I are rivals" (in Russian). Sport Express. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ^ a b Torchio, Chiara (November 25, 2007). "Bestemianova, Bukin & Bobrin land in Italy". ArtOnIce.it. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ "Cup of Professionals" Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Skatabase: 1980s Olympics
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