Anton Sikharulidze
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| Silver | 1998 Nagano | Pairs | |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Pairs | |
Anton Tarielyevich Sikharulidze was born October 25, 1976. He is a Russian pairs figure skater, currently professional and partnered with Yelena Berezhnaya. With Berezhnaya, he won a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. This gold was later shared with Canadian pair Jamie Salé and David Pelletier after much controversy regarding the judging of the long program of that competition.
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze also had many excellent performances at the World and European championships. At the World Championships, they finished ninth in 1997, first in 1998 and 1999, and second in 2001. They won the European Championships in 1998 and 2001 and were third in 1997.
Coached by Tamara Moskvina during their amateur years, the pair were known for the great elegance and technical quality of their skating. They had a superb rivalry with Canadian pair Jamie Salé and David Pelletier.
Before being paired with Berezhnaya, Sikharulidze was World Junior Champion and finished as high as sixth at Senior Worlds with Maria Petrova, who went on to become World Champion in 2000 with Alexei Tikhonov.
In the often serious world of figure skating, Sikharulidze was known for his sense of humor. In 1998, after a very ugly fall during the final moments of their long program, he joked that it was "their new landing position." During the judging controversy, Sikharulidze's humorous comments did much to diffuse a tense situation. He was gracious about the double-gold decision, saying, "Two great countries, two great pairs." Later on, he acknowledged that the controversy brought them more attention than they would have gotten without any scandal.
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1995/1996: Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov | 1996/1997: Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | 1997/1998: Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | 1998/1999-1999/2000: Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | 2000/2001-2001/2002: Jamie Sale / David Pelletier | 2002/2003: Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | 2003/2004-2004/2005: Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | 2005/2006: Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | |
