Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)
Aleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov (Russian: Александр Георгиевич Горшков, 8 October 1946 – 17 November 2022) was a Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his wife Lyudmila Pakhomova, he was the 1976 Olympic champion.
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| Full name | Aleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1946 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 November 2022 (aged 76) Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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They were also six-time World Champions (1970–74, 1976), as well as six-time European champions (1970–71, 1973–76), which makes them the most decorated athletes all-time at both events in the pair discipline.
Since 2010 and until his death, Gorshkov served as the president of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR).
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