Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev
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| Silver | 1988 Calgary | Pairs | |
Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev (Russian: Олег Кимович Васильев; born November 22, 1959) is an Olympic and world pairs figure skating champion.
Vasiliev was born in Leningrad, Russia, to parents Ludmila Konstantinovna Vasilieva and Kim Mihailovich Vasiliev. He was a sickly child, and his doctor recommended he get exercise and fresh air. Thus he began skating at age five, and his health improved greatly.
As a single skater, Vasiliev won a Junior Nationals title. Later he became interested in pair skating. Coach Tamara Moskvina paired him with Elena Valova. Vasiliev was 18 years old, Valova just 15. He represented Armed Forces sports society.
Valova and Vasiliev enjoyed success throughout their career, winning gold at the 1984 Olympics and silver in 1988, as well as the 1983, 1985 and 1988 world championship titles. They competed in the amateur ranks from 1979 to 1988, and as professionals until 1995. Oleg Vasiliev was awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples. [1]
Valova and Vasiliev were married from 1984-1992. He later married a woman named Valentina and had a daughter, Katia (Or Katenka in the familiar form), but they have since divorced.
He currently coaches the team of Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, 2006 Olympic and two-time world champions (2004, 2005).
Vasiliev moved to America in December 1997 and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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[edit] References
- ^ (1985) Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 37.
[edit] Trivia
Valova and Vasiliev were the first Soviet skaters to turn professional.
Their single coach throughout their amateur and professional careers was Tamara Moskvina.
[edit] External links
- valova-vasiliev.com Official(?) website
- figureskatingmystery.com Interview translated from russian
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