She was the only ladies single skater to win an olympic medal for the soviet union or russia until irina slutskaya won silver. Russian olympic skating champion adelina sotnikova retires the. The untold story of kira ivanova hockey memes, ice skaters, olympic. Kira ivanova is the only soviet female singles skater to win an olympic medal, but her life was turbulent both on and off the ice. Kira valentinovna ivanova was a soviet russian figure skater. Valova and ivanova started skating together at age 11 as part of a program that was designed to groom soviet ladies skaters. Katarina wittgold gdr rosalynn sumnerssilver usa kira ivanovabronze urs. Figure skating moments natalia bestemianova and andrei. Tara and johnny react to her olympic gold medal skate i nbc sports duration. Bundesarchiv bild 183t12110032, carola weissenberg, kira iwanowa, marina ignatowa. Kira ivanova olympic figure skating documentary duration. Sarajevo, yugoslavia 1984 winter games, figure skating, ladies long program kira ivanova of the soviet union placed 5th in the long program, but that was enough to keep her in 3rd place overall. At the beginning of her career, ivanova was known as a good free skater with strong triple jumps and strong ballet training, but she later became known as the queen of compulsory figures who had become an inconsistent free skater. Kira ivanova urs 1984 sarajevo, figure skating, ladies long.
The mens category was won by european champion alexandre fadeev, who would end his season with the world title. Kira ivanova of the ussr skates in the figure skating exhibition of the winter olympic games during february 1984 in sarajevo, yugoslavia. Sarajevo, yugoslavia 1984 winter games, figure skating, ladies long program kira ivanova of the soviet union placed 5th in the long. Book or magazine covers, commercial, promotional, advertorial. Kira ivanova in the ladies figure skating competition at the 1984 winter olympics xiv olympic winter games, bjelanica. Figure skater kira ivanova, bronze medalist in 1984 olympics, is found murdered in her moscow apartment m. At nineteen, ivanova fell in love with a colleague, twotime world champion, vladimir kovalev from dynamo. Kira ivanova urs 1984 sarajevo, figure skating, ladies. Dogged by injuries, her last competitive performance was in 2015 when she finished. The terrible life and death of the first ussr skater to. Kira ivanova of the ussr skates in the figure skating exhibition of. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images.
Media in category kira ivanova the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of mens singles, ladies singles, pair skating and ice dancing. She was the 1984 olympic bronze medalist, the 1985 world silver medalist, a fourtime european silver medalist, and a threetime soviet national champion. If you dont know the book it could be pretty hard to follow, as scenes and. The 1984 prize of moscow news was the 19th edition of an international figure skating competition organized in moscow, soviet union.
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