Povilas Vanagas
Povilas Vanagas | ||||||||||||||||
nation | Lithuania | |||||||||||||||
birthday | July 23, 1970 | |||||||||||||||
place of birth | Šiauliai | |||||||||||||||
size | 180 cm | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg | |||||||||||||||
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discipline | Ice dance | |||||||||||||||
Partner | Margarita Drobiazko | |||||||||||||||
Trainer | E. Maslennikowa, Igor Schpilband , Rostislaw Sinitsyn , Jelena Tchaikovskaya |
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status | resigned | |||||||||||||||
End of career | 2002, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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Povilas Vanagas (born July 23, 1970 in Šiauliai , Lithuanian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Lithuanian figure skater who started in ice dancing .
With his ice dance partner Margarita Drobiazko he was Lithuanian champion from 1992 to 2006. During the same period Drobiazko and Vanagas took part in twelve World and European Championships and five Olympic Games . You are the first and so far only figure skater to contest five Olympic Games. In 2000 they won bronze medals at both the World Championship and the European Championship . It was the first medals for Lithuania at world and European championships. At their last European Championship in 2006 they won another bronze medal. Their best result at the Olympics was fifth place, which they achieved in Salt Lake City in 2002 .
Drobiazko and Vanagas have been married since June 2000.
Results
Ice dance
(with Margarita Drobiazko )
Competition / year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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winter Olympics | 16. | 12. | 8th. | 5. | 7th | ||||||||||
World championships | 17th | 13. | 9. | 12. | 8th. | 10. | 8th. | 6th | 3. | 5. | 4th | 4th | |||
European championships | 15th | 11. | 11. | 11. | 6th | 8th. | 6th | 5. | 3. | 4th | 4th | 3. | |||
Lithuanian championships | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | ||
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Grand Prix competition / season | 91/92 | 92/93 | 93/94 | 94/95 | 95/96 | 96/97 | 97/98 | 98/99 | 99/00 | 00/01 | 01/02 | 02/03 | 03/04 | 04/05 | 05/06 |
Grand Prix Final | 4th | 3. | 3. | 3. | |||||||||||
Skate America | 2. | 3. | |||||||||||||
Skate Canada | 2. | 8th. | 4th | 4th | 2. | 1. | |||||||||
Trophée Lalique | 4th | 3. | 3. | 3. | |||||||||||
NHK Trophy | 6th | 5. | 4th | 2. | 3. | 2. | 2. | ||||||||
Bofrost Cup | 2. | 5. | 5. | 2. |
Web links
- Drobiazko & Vanagas in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
- Povilas Vanagas in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official website of the ice dancing couple
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SURNAME | Vanagas, povilas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Šiauliai , Lithuanian SSR , Soviet Union |