Larissa Yuryevna Seleznyova

Larissa Seleznyova
Full name	Larissa Yuryevna Seleznyova
nation	Soviet Union
birthday	September 12, 1963
place of birth	Leningrad
size	161 cm
Weight	52 kg
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Oleg Makarov
Trainer	Igor Moskvin
status	resigned
End of career	1990
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 1 × EM medals 2 × 3 × 0 ×
winter Olympics bronze Sarajevo 1984 Couples  World figure skating championships silver Tokyo 1985 Couples bronze Budapest 1988 Couples  European figure skating championships silver Gothenburg 1985 Couples gold Sarajevo 1987 Couples silver Prague 1988 Couples gold Birmingham 1989 Couples silver Leningrad 1990 Couples

Larissa Jurjewna Selesnjowa ( Russian Лариса Юрьевна Селезнёва ; born September 12, 1963 in Leningrad ) is a former Russian figure skater who started in pair skating for the Soviet Union .

Her figure skating partner was Oleg Makarov . They trained with Igor Moskvin . In 1980 and 1981 Selesnyova and Makarov became junior world champions . In 1984 they made their debut at major international senior tournaments. They finished their first world and European championships in fourth place and immediately won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo . In 1985 Seleznyova and Makarov became Soviet champions for the first time. With strong parallel triple jumps they won their first medals with silver at the World Championships in Tokyo and the European Championships in Gothenburg . They narrowly missed the gold medal behind the Olympic champions Jelena Walowa and Oleg Wassiljew .

Seleznyova and Makarov could not continue the upward trend they had experienced since the beginning of their careers. They became less constant in the following years. They made mistakes at the 1986 and 1987 World Championships and at the 1988 Olympic Games , finishing fourth and missing a medal. In 1988 they won their last medal at world championships with bronze behind their compatriots Walowa and Wassiljew as well as Jekaterina Gordejewa and Sergei Grinkow . At the European Championships, however, they were more successful. In 1988 and 1990 they became vice European champions and in 1987 in Sarajevo and in 1989 in Birmingham European champions. At the Soviet championships they won their titles two to four from 1988 to 1990. In 1990 they ended their careers.

Seleznyova and Makarov are married and currently work as a coach at the Ice Time Sports Complex in Newburgh , New York . They have a daughter and a son. Her daughter is the 2010 Russian champion, Xenia Makarova .

Results

Pair skating

(with Oleg Makarov )

Competition / year	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
winter Olympics						3.				4th
World championships						4th	2.	4th	4th	3.		4th
European championships						4th	2.		1.	2.	1.	2.
Junior World Championships	2.	1.	1.
Soviet championships		1.J	1.J				1.			1.	1.	1.

• J = juniors

Web links

• Larissa Jurjewna Selesnjowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Selesnyova & Makarov