Kira Valentinovna Ivanova
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Full name | Kira Valentinovna Ivanova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | January 10, 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 159 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
date of death | December 18, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Single run | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Irina Anikanowa, Jelena Tschaikowskaja, Wladimir Kovalev |
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choreographer | Alla Kapranova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kira Walentinowna Iwanowa ( Russian Кира Валентиновна Иванова ; born January 10, 1963 in Moscow ; † December 18, 2001 there ) was a Russian figure skater who competed for the Soviet Union in a single run .
biography
Kira Ivanova won her first Soviet championship title in 1979. In the same year she played her first world and European championships and the following year her first Olympic Games . In 1981 she became Soviet champion for the second time. After that she was banned from the Soviet Union for two years. One reason for this was the heated relationship with her trainer, Vladimir Kovalev , both on and off the ice, the associated inconsistent training, alcohol abuse and unpredictable public outbursts. She was also considered to be very vulnerable to fleeing to the West. Despite all these problems, after her suspension expired in 1984, Ivanova was still one of the best Soviet figure skaters and better than ever. At the European Championships as well as at the World Championships , she was fourth. At her second Olympic Games in Sarajevo in 1984 she won her first major international medal with bronze behind Katarina Witt and Rosalynn Sumners . It was the first and only Olympic medal in history for a figure skater from the Soviet Union. 1985 began its most successful year. In Budapest she became Vice European Champion and in Tokyo Vice World Champion behind Katarina Witt. She also won the silver medal behind Witt at the following European Championships in 1986 , 1987 and 1988 . There she was always placed one place ahead of her compatriot Anna Kondraschowa , behind whom she had only finished second at the national championships from 1985 to 1987. Iwanowa should not win a World Cup medal, however. In 1986 she finished fourth, as in 1984, and in her last world championship in 1987 she finished fifth. In 1988 she won the Soviet championship for the third and last time. After her third and final Olympic Games, in 1988 in Calgary , in which she was only seventh despite a win in duty , she ended her competitive career.
At the beginning of her career, Ivanova was known as a good free skater, with good ballet training and capable of strong triple jumps. So she was one of the few runners who could show a clean triple-triple combination. Later in her career, after a two-year ban in 1984, she earned the reputation of a compulsory figure queen who had become inconsistent in her freestyle performance. This prevented her from ever winning a major international title.
After the end of her amateur career, she switched to the professionals and appeared in some ice revues, later she worked as a trainer. In 1989, her grandmother, who had taken great care of her and accompanied her to the ice ring, died in 1989 because her parents were divorced. Ivanova was pregnant in 1992 but had the child aborted because her contract did not allow her. In 1993, her half-sister took her own life. Ivanova suffered from alcohol problems. Several attempts at treatment were unsuccessful.
On December 20th, 2001, Ivanova's lifeless body was found in her home by neighbors. Investigations revealed that she had died from stab wounds inflicted with a butcher's knife three days before it was found. Your killer was never caught.
Results
Competition / year | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
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winter Olympics | 16. | 3. | 7th | |||||||
World championships | 18th | 12. | 4th | 2. | 4th | 5. | ||||
European championships | 10. | 11. | 7th | 4th | 2. | 2. | 2. | 2. | ||
Soviet championships | 1. | 1. | 2. | 2. | 2. | 1. |
Web links
- Kira Walentinowna Iwanowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Fan page in memory of Iwanowa, with detailed biography and pictures (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://kiraivanova.my1.ru/bio_eng.html
- ↑ http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/12/22/spt_kira_ivanova_soviet.html
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SURNAME | Ivanova, Kira Valentinovna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Иванова, Кира Валентиновна (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2001 |
Place of death | Moscow |