- Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov
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Oleg Makarov Personal information Full name Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov Country represented Soviet Union
Born October 22, 1962
LeningradPartner Larisa Selezneva Coach Igor Moskvin Retired 1990 Medal recordCompetitor for Soviet Union
Olympic Games Bronze 1988 Calgary Pairs World Championships Bronze 1988 Budapest Pairs Silver 1985 Tokyo Pairs Bronze 1990 Halifax Pairs European Championships Silver 1990 Leningrad Pairs Gold 1989 Birmingham Pairs Silver 1988 Prague Pairs Gold 1987 Sarajevo Pairs Silver 1985 Gothenburg Pairs World Junior Championships Gold 1981 London, ON Pairs Gold 1980 Megève Pairs Silver 1979 Augsburg Pairs Olympic medal record Figure skating Bronze 1984 Sarajevo Pairs Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov (Russian: Оле́г Вита́льевич Мака́ров; born October 22, 1962 in Leningrad) is a former Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner Larisa Selezneva, he is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 1985 World silver medalist, 1988 World bronze medalist, and two-time European Champion (1987, 1989). They were coached by Igor Moskvin.
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Career
Makarov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad. With Selezneva, he won the World Junior Championships in 1980 and 1981. They then rapidly progressed in the senior ranks. In 1984, they won the bronze medal at the Sarajevo Olympics, which was the first major international competition for the pair. Makarov, along with Selezneva, was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Labor (1984).[1]
Armed with strong pairs skills and difficult side-by-side triple jumps, they won the silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1985 in Tokyo, almost defeating the then-reigning world and Olympic champion team, Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev, also from the Soviet Union. Many in the skating community felt that Selezneva and her partner would become the top team toward the 1988 Olympics; however, their performances became less consistent over the seasons that followed. The pair's career record was tainted by disastrous and uncharacteristic errors at some major competitions, such as the World Championships in 1986 and 1987 as well as the Olympics in 1988. However, they won the European Championships in 1987 and 1989, and also won a bronze medal at the 1988 World Championships. They retired from competition in 1990.
Personal life
Selezneva and Makarov are married and have two children, daughter Ksenia Makarova and a younger son.[2] Their daughter is the 2010 Russian national champion. They currently coach at the Ice Time Sports Complex in Newburgh, New York.
Competitive highlights
Pair skating with Larisa Selezneva
Event 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Winter Olympics 3rd 4th World Championships 4th 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 4th European Champs. 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd World Junior Champs. 2nd 1st 1st Soviet Championships 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st Soviet Junior Champs. 1st 1st 1st NHK Trophy 1st 2nd Prize of Moscow News 1st 1st 1st 3rd Ennia Challenge Cup 2nd 1st Other results
- World Professional Championships - 3rd
- World Challenge of Champions - 3rd
- World Challenge of Champions - 2nd
References
- ^ (in Russian) Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year. Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1985. p. 37.
- ^ Flade, Tatiana (January 8, 2010). "Breakthrough season for Makarova". Golden Skate. http://goldenskate.com/articles/2009/010810.shtml. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
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World Junior champions in figure skating – Pairs 1976: Sherri Baier & Robin Cowan · 1977: Josée France & Paul Mills · 1978: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini · 1979: Veronika Pershina & Marat Akbarov · 1980–81: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov · 1982–83: Marina Avstriskaia & Yuri Kvashnin · 1984: Manuela Landgraf & Ingo Steuer · 1985: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov · 1986–87: Elena Leonova & Gennadi Krasnitski · 1988: Kristi Yamaguchi & Rudy Galindo · 1989: Evgenia Chernisheva & Dmitri Sukhanov · 1990–92: Natalia Krestianinova & Alexei Torchinski · 1993: Inga Korshunova & Dmitry Saveliev · 1994–95: Maria Petrova & Anton Sikharulidze · 1996: Victoria Maxiuta & Vladislav Zhovnirski · 1997: Danielle Hartsell & Steve Hartsell · 1998–99: Julia Obertas & Dmitri Palamarchuk · 2000: Aliona Savchenko & Stanislav Morozov · 2001: Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao · 2002: Elena Riabchuk & Stanislav Zakarov · 2003: Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao · 2004: Natalia Shestakova & Pavel Lebedev · 2005: Maria Mukhortova & Maxim Trankov · 2006: Julia Vlassov & Drew Meekins · 2007: Keauna McLaughlin & Rockne Brubaker · 2008: Ksenia Krasilnikova & Konstantin Bezmaternikh · 2009: Lubov Iliushechkina & Nodari Maisuradze • 2010-11: Sui Wenjing & Han Cong
Soviet champions in figure skating – Pairs 1920: А. Konopatova & Ivan Bogoyavlenski • 1924: Alexandrа Bykovskaya & Yuri Zeldovich • 1927: Tatiana Kuznetsova & Mikhail Stankevich • 1928: Maria Laskevich & Igor Vonzblein • 1933: Valentina Krylova & Ivan Krylov • 1937: Raisa Gandelsman & Alexander Gandelsman and Tatiana Granatkina & Alexander Tolmachev • 1938: Tatiana Granatkina & Alexander Tolmachev • 1939: Raisa Gandelsman & Alexander Gandelsman • 1941: Tatiana Granatkina & Alexander Tolmachev • 1945-1951: Tatiana Granatkina & Alexander Tolmachev • 1952-1954: Maya Belenkaya & Igor Moskvin • 1955-1956: Lidia Garasimova & Yuri Kiselev • 1957-1959: Nina Zhuk & Stanislav Zhuk • 1960: Tatiana Zhuk & Alexander Gavrilov • 1961: Nina Zhuk & Stanislav Zhuk • 1962-1964: Liudmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1965: Tamara Moskvina & Alexander Gavrilov • 1966-1968: Liudmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov • 1969: Tamara Moskvina & Alexei Mishin • 1970-1971: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov • 1972: Irina Chernyaeva & Vasili Blagov • 1973-1975: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1976: Irina Vorobieva & Alexander Vlasov • 1977: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev • 1978-1979: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai • 1980: Marina Pestova & Stanislav Leonovich • 1981: Veronika Pershina & Marat Akbarov • 1982-1983: Marina Pestova & Stanislav Leonovich • 1984: Marina Avstriskaya & Yuri Kvashnin • 1985: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov • 1986: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev • 1987: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov • 1988-1990: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov • 1991: Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov • 1992: Elena Bechke & Denis Petrov
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