- Lyudmila Pakhomova
Lyudmila Alekseyevna Pakhomova (Russian: Людмила Алексеевна Пахомова;
December 31 ,1946 inMoscow –May 17 1986 in Moscow) was afigure skating champion from the formerSoviet Union .Pakhomova began figure skating at age seven, when her grandmother brought her to
Children and Youth Sports School by theYoung Pioneers Stadium . [ [http://www.rodgaz.ru/index.php?action=Articles&dirid=148&tek=21719&issue=298 Пндмюъ Цюгерю - Cонпр - Оюунлнбю Гюпюгхкю Цнпьйнбю Тюмюрхглнл ] ] [ [http://www.goldskate.ru/history/index.shtml Федерация фигурного катания на коньках России ] ] Since 1966 she and her partner, Alexandr Gorshkov competed for Dynamo. [ [http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol21/ol2-0437.htm Pakhomova's profile at the Great Olympic Encyclopedia] ] A personal relationship between Pakhomova and Gorshkov developed, which led to their marriage in1970 . They were world champions from1970 to1974 and again in1976 , when they won their fifth world championship. At the1976 Winter Olympics , Pakhomova and Gorshkov won the first gold medal awarded forice dancing .Pakhomova died of cancer in 1986 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE6DD1031F93BA25756C0A960948260] and was interred in the
Vagankovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. Pakhomova was posthumously inducted into theWorld Figure Skating Hall of Fame in1988 , along with Gorshkov.A
minor planet 3231 Mila , discovered by Soviet astronomerLyudmila Zhuravlyova in 1972 is named after her. [ [http://books.google.com/books?q=3232+Brest+1974+SU Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p. 269] ]References
External links
* [http://www.caretoicedance.com/pakgor.html Care to Ice Dance? - Pakhomova & Gorshkov]
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