Marina Vladimirovna Klimova
Marina Klimowa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Marina Vladimirovna Klimova |
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Soviet Union United Team |
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birthday | July 28, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Sverdlovsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 165 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 47 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Sergei Ponomarenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Spartak Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Natalja Dubowa, Tatiana Tarasowa |
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status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marina Vladimirovna Klimowa ( Russian Марина Владимировна Климова ; born July 28, 1966 in Sverdlovsk ) is a former Russian figure skater who competed in ice dancing for the Soviet Union and the United Team .
Marina Klimowa's ice dance partner was Sergei Ponomarenko . With him, she was fourth straight away at the first start at the European Championships in 1983 . In the following year, the couple achieved their final breakthrough by winning the bronze medal at the European Championships and the Olympic Games . In the years that followed, the couple won medals at ISU championships every year without exception until the end of their amateur career in 1992.
At the beginning of their international amateur career , Marina Klimowa and Sergei Ponomarenko stood in the shadow of their compatriots Natalja Bestemjanowa and Andrei Bukin . They always won silver behind them in the period from 1985 to 1988, including at the Olympic Games in Calgary . Only when Bestemjanowa / Bukin ended their amateur career in 1988, Klimowa / Ponomarenko were able to win titles. Her winning streak from 1989 to 1992 was only broken at the 1991 World Championships by Isabelle Duchesnay and Paul Duchesnay . Marina Klimowa and Sergei Ponomarenko appeared in 1992 with an innovative freestyle to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and were thus able to assert themselves in all important competitions in 1992, so they became Olympic champions in Albertville at their third Olympic Games and thus completed their collection of medals.
Marina Klimowa and Sergei Ponomarenko were trained by Natalja Dubova and later by Tatiana Tarasova and started for the Spartak Moscow club . In 1986 they already stood out for their very elegant freestyle “Golden Waltz”. The “Golden Waltz” is a compulsory dance today.
Marina Klimowa and Sergei Ponomarenko married in 1984, the couple have two sons. Following their amateur careers , they became professionals . The couple currently resides in Morgan Hill , California and works as a figure skating coach at Sharks Ice in San Jose , California.
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko were inducted into the Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000 .
Results
Ice dance
(with Sergei Ponomarenko )
Competition / year | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
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winter Olympics | 3. | 2. | 1. | |||||||
World championships | 4th | 2. | 2. | 2. | 2. | 1. | 1. | 2. | 1. | |
European championships | 4th | 3. | 2. | 2. | 2. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | |
Soviet championships | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
Web links
- Klimova & Ponomarenko Official Website
- Marina Vladimirovna Klimowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Marina Klimova in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Klimova, Marina Vladimirovna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Климова, Марина Владимировна (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sverdlovsk |