Irina Viktorovna Lobacheva (russian: Ирина Викторовна Лобачёва; born 18 February 1973) is a Russian former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With partner and former husband

Ilia Averbukh Ilia Izyaslavich Averbukh (russian: Илья Изяславич Авербух, correctly spelled "Ilya"; born 18 December 1973) is a Russian ice dancer. With his then-wife Irina Lobacheva, he is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002 World ...

, she is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002

World champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

and the 2003 European champion.

Career

Lobacheva and Averbukh teamed up in 1992 after falling in love while skating in the same group but with different partners. After the Goodwill Games in the summer of 1994 their coaches moved to Delaware, USA, with many of their students to train at the

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 mas ...

. A year later, Lobacheva / Averbukh joined them. In September 2001, Lobacheva injured her left knee in training, causing them to miss the Grand Prix season. They won the silver medal at the 2002 Olympics behind

Marina Anissina Marina Vyacheslavovna Anissina (russian: Марина Вячеславовна Анисина; born 30 August 1975) is a Franco-Russian ice dancer. Competing with Gwendal Peizerat for France, she is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic ...

Gwendal Peizerat Gwendal Peizerat (born 21 April 1972) is a French former competitive ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World champion, and a six-time French national champion. Pers ...

. Lobacheva / Averbukh won gold at the 2002

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and at the 2003

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. They retired from competition at the end of the 2002–2003 season.

Personal life

Lobacheva and Averbukh married in 1995. Their son, Martin, was born in 2004. They divorced in 2007.

Programs

(with Averbukh)

Results

With Averbukh

With Pospelov

References

External links

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Official website of Lobacheva and Averbukh
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lobacheva, Irina 1973 births Living people Russian female ice dancers Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Figure skaters from Moscow Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in figure skating Goodwill Games medalists in figure skating Season-end world number one figure skaters Universiade gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 1995 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games