At the 1988 Prize of Moscow News, who was the Soviet who lost against an American figure skater later banned from the U.S. Figure Skating Association?
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1988 Prize of Moscow News The 1988 Prize of Moscow News was the 23rd edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Leningrad, Soviet Union. It was held November 2–6, 1988. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Soviet skaters swept the men's podium, led by Vladimir Petrenko. American Tonya Harding won the ladies' title ahead of Natalia Lebedeva from the Soviet Union. Soviets Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev, who would medal at the European Championships later in the season, took the pairs' title ahead of their compatriots, Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov, who would end their season with the world bronze medal. Olympic silver medalists Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko won the ice dancing title for the third consecutive year.
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Tonya Harding Tonya Maxene Harding (born November 12, 1970) is a former American figure skater. She was a two-time Olympian and a two-time Skate America Champion. In 1991, she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Championships. Harding was the second woman (and the first American woman) to complete a triple axel jump in competition. In 1994, she was banned for life from the U.S. Figure Skating Association after pleading guilty to hindering the prosecution following the attack on fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan.
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1990 World Figure Skating Championships The 1990 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Halifax, Canada on March. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
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1968 Prize of Moscow News The 1968 Prize of Moscow News was the third edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 12–15, 1968. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Soviet skaters Sergei Chetverukhin and Elena Shcheglova won the singles categories. The Soviet Union swept the pairs' podium, led by Tamara Moskvina / Alexei Mishin, who defeated Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov. East Germany's national champions, Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger, took the ice dancing title.
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Viktor Kosichkin Viktor Ivanovich Kosichkin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Косичкин ; 25 February 1938 – 30 March 2012) was a speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.
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1988 U.S. Figure Skating Championships The 1988 United States Figure Skating Championships was an event organized by U.S. Figure Skating to determine the U.S. national champions. The event was one of the criteria used to select the U.S. teams for the 1988 Winter Olympics, as well as the 1988 World Championships. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. The 1988 Championships took place between January 4 and 10, 1988 in Denver, Colorado.
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Angelo D'Agostino Angelo D'Agostino (February 26, 1963 – May 26, 2016) was an American figure skater. He was the 1986 NHK Trophy champion, 1985 Danubius Thermal Trophy champion, 1987 Grand Prix International de Paris silver medalist, and 1988 Skate Canada International bronze medalist.
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Randy Gardner (figure skater) Randy Gardner (born December 2, 1958) is an American former pair skater. Together with Tai Babilonia, he won the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships and five U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1976–1980). The pair qualified for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.
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Svetlana Serkeli Svetlana Serkeli (Russian: Светлана Серкели ) is a former ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union. With partner Andrei Zharkov, she is the 1986 World Junior silver medalist.
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1992 U.S. Figure Skating Championships The 1992 United States Figure Skating Championships was an event organized by U.S. Figure Skating to determine the U.S. national champions and the U.S. teams for the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1992 World Championships.
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1968 Blue Swords The 1968 Blue Swords (German: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter ) was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. East Germany's Günter Zöller won his third consecutive title by defeating the Soviet Union's Valeri Meshkov and Vladimir Kurenbin. His teammate, Sonja Morgenstern, won her first Blue Swords title, outscoring Austria's Eva Kriegelstein. The Soviet Union's Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov won the ice dancing title for the second year in a row.
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Ronald Kauffman Ronald Lee "Ronnie" Kauffman (born December 25, 1946 in Seattle, Washington) is an American pair skater. With sister Cynthia Kauffman, he a four-time (1966–1969) U.S. national champion and a three-time (1966–1968) World bronze medalist. They represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics, placing 8th in 1964 and 6th in 1968.
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2008 Cup of Russia The 2008 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 20–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.
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1988 World Figure Skating Championships The 1988 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary on March. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
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Elena Alexandrova Yelena Anatolyevna Alexandrova (Russian: Еле́на Анато́льевна Алекса́ндрова ) is a former Soviet figure skater.
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Marina Leonidova Marina Leonidova (Russian: Марина Леонидова ; born 17 August 1958) is a Russian former pair skater who represented the Soviet Union with Vladimir Bogolyubov. Coached by Tamara Moskvina and Tatiana Tarasova, they were three-time Prize of Moscow News bronze medalists and two-time Soviet national bronze medalists. The pair placed fourth at the 1975 European Championships in Copenhagen and fifth at the 1975 World Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and finished ninth.
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1971 Prize of Moscow News The 1971 Prize of Moscow News was the sixth edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held November 25–28, 1971. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Soviets swept the men's podium, led by Sergei Chetverukhin. The ladies' category was won by Marina Titova, who took the title for the second consecutive year. Olympic champions Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov won the pairs' title, defeating two pairs who had beaten them a year earlier. World champions Lyudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov took gold in the ice dancing event for the third consecutive year.
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1928 World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
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Katy Keeley Kathryn "Katy" Keeley (born 1966) is an American former pair skater. With her skating partner, Joseph Mero, she won silver at the 1984 St. Ivel International, gold at the 1986 Skate America, bronze at the 1987 Skate Canada International, bronze at the 1987 NHK Trophy, and bronze at the 1988 Grand Prix International de Paris. They are four-time U.S. national medalists, having won bronze in 1987 and 1989, and pewter in 1986 and 1988.
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Calla Urbanski Calla Vita Urbanski-Petka (born June 26, 1960) is an American former pair skater. With Rocky Marval, she is the 1991 Skate America champion, the 1992 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion (1992–1993). They represented the United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics and finished tenth.
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Viktor Mednov Viktor Ivanovich Mednov (Russian: Виктор Иванович Меднов , 27 November 1927 – 22 June 2009) was a Russian amateur boxer from the Soviet Union who won a silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1952 Olympics. He had a difficult second bout with Francisc Ambrus of Romania, with Mednov prevailing when the referee stopped the bout due to bad cuts sustained by both opponents. Mednov had a break in the semifinal, as Erkki Mallenius withdrew with a hand injury. In the final he was defeated by Chuck Adkins in a 2–1 decision. This was the first boxing match between boxers from the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Irina Zhuk Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk (Russian: Ирина Владимировна Жук ; born 3 December 1966) is a Russian ice dancing coach and a former competitor for the Soviet Union. With Oleg Petrov, she is the 1985 Skate America silver medalist.