Igor Shpilband

Igor Schpilband (Russian Игорь Шпильбанд; * July 14, 1964 in Moscow) is a former Soviet ice dancer and current Eistanztrainer.

Career

Together with his Eistanzpartnerin Tatjana Gladkova was Schpilband 1982 Vice World Junior Champion and 1983 Junior World Champion in ice dancing. The pair was trained by Lyudmila Pakhomova. After whose death from cancer in 1986 Gladkova and Schpilband withdrew from the amateur sport.

Schpilband was married ( with Marat Akbarow ) with the Russian pair skater, World Junior Champion in 1979 and bronze medalist of the European Championship in 1985, Veronika Perschina. The couple has two children. The daughter Yekaterina starts at the national level in the United States.

In January 1990 Schpilband fled with his wife Veronika Perschina and Eistänzern Gorsha Sur and Jelena Krikanowa in the United States, where he settled in Canton, Michigan. There he works as a successful Eistanztrainer, first together with Elizabeth Coates and from 2001 with Marina Sujewa. For most of his proteges Schpilband also works as a choreographer. He is married to the trainer Adrienne Lenda.

At the World Championships 2011 in Moscow ended with Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, Meryl Davis & Charlie White and Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani three of Schpilband and Sujewa in Detroit coached ice dance teams on the podium.

On June 3, 2012 Schpilband confirmed to have been sacked by his club. He was surprised and shocked.

Students of Igor Schpilband

  • Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
  • Meryl Davis & Charlie White
  • Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani
  • Madison Chock & Greg Zuerlin
  • Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto
  • Elizabeth Punsalan & Jerod Swallow
  • Naomi Lang & Peter Tchernyshev
  • Jessica Joseph & Charles Butler
  • Jessica Joseph & Brandon Forsyth
  • Jamie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek
  • Jamie Silverstein & Ryan O'Meara
  • Lydia Manon & Ryan O'Meara
  • Lauren Senft & Leif Gislason
  • Lauren Senft & Augie Hill
  • Grethe Grünberg and Kristian Rand
  • Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas
  • Katherine Copely & Deividas Stagniunas

Results

Ice Dancing

( with Tatjana Gladkova )

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