Igor Olegowitsch Lissowski

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Igor Lissowski figure skating
Lisovsky and Vorobyova in October 1979
Full name Igor Olegowitsch Lissowski
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
birthday 1954
Career
discipline Pair skating
Partner Irina Vorobyova
Trainer Tamara Moskvina
status resigned
End of career 1982
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
EM medals 1 × gold 2 × silver 2 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Gothenburg 1976 Couples
silver Tokyo 1977 Couples
gold Hartford 1981 Couples
ISU European figure skating championships
bronze Geneva 1976 Couples
silver Helsinki 1977 Couples
silver Zagreb 1979 Couples
gold Innsbruck 1981 Couples
bronze Lyon 1982 Couples
 

Igor Olegowitsch Lissowski ( Russian Игорь Олегович Лисовский , * 1954 ) is a former Russian figure skater who started in pair skating for the Soviet Union .

Lissowski started pair skating with his wife Irina Vorobyova in 1979 . The couple were trained by Tamara Moskvina . Lissowski and Vorobjowa were runner-up European champions straight away in Zagreb behind their compatriots Marina Tscherkassowa and Sergei Shachrai . At the world championship they just barely missed a medal against Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach from the GDR as fourth . In 1980 the couple did not take part in any international tournament. On their return, Lissowski and Vorobjowa became European champions in Innsbruck in 1981 and world champions in Hartford . 1982 was the last year of the couple's careers. It was enough to win a bronze medal at the European Championships in Lyon , and they finished fifth at the World Championships .

Today Lissowski works as a trainer in Missouri , USA .

Results

Pair skating

(with Irina Vorobjowa )

Competition / year 1979 1980 1981 1982
World championships 4th 1. 5.
European championships 2. 1. 3.
Soviet championships 3. 2. 2. 3.