Stanislaw Viktorovich Leonovich
Stanislaw Leonovich 
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| Full name | Stanislaw Viktorovich Leonovich | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Soviet Union
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| birthday | July 22, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Sverdlovsk | ||||||||||||||||||
| size | 178 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Pair skating | ||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Marina Pestova | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Stanislav Schuk, Igor Ksenofontov |
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| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stanislaw Wiktorowitsch Leonowitsch ( Russian Станислав Викторович Леонович ; born July 22, 1958 in Sverdlovsk ) is a former Russian figure skater who started in pair skating for the Soviet Union .
Leonovich's figure skating partner was Marina Pestowa . The pair was trained by Stanislaw Alexejewitsch Schuk and Igor Ksenofontow .
Leonovich and Pestowa became Soviet champions in pair skating in 1980, 1982 and 1983. They made their debut at world and European championships in 1978 with seventh place. In 1980 they won their first medals. They won the bronze medal at both the European Championships in Gothenburg and the World Championships in Dortmund . They finished their only Olympic Games in Lake Placid in 1980 in fourth place. The couple's most successful year was 1982. First they became vice European champion in Lyon and then vice world champion in Copenhagen , both times behind Sabine Baeß and Tassilo Thierbach from the GDR . Leonowitsch and Pestowa had their last international appearance at the 1983 World Cup . There they took sixth place. Then they ended their careers.
Stanislaw Leonowitsch married the former ice dancer Olga Makarowa and has two children with her. At times he trained in Grenoble.
Results
Pair skating
(with Marina Pestowa )
| Competition / year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
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| winter Olympics | 4th | |||||
| World championships | 7th | 5. | 3. | 2. | 6th | |
| European championships | 7th | 4th | 3. | 2. | ||
| Soviet championships | 2. | 2. | 1. | 4th | 1. | 1. |
Web links
- Stanislaw Wiktorowitsch Leonowitsch in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Leonowitsch, Stanislaw Wiktorowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Леонович, Станислав Викторович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Soviet figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sverdlovsk |