Marina Klimova

Marina Vladimirovna Klimova (Russian: Марина Владимировна Климова; born July 28, 1966 in Sverdlovsk ) is a former Russian figure skater, which was launched in ice dancing for the Soviet Union and the United team.

Marina Klimowas Eistanzpartner was Sergei Ponomarenko. With him it was when you first start at the European Championships in 1983 immediately Fourth. Already in the following year, the pair succeeded by winning the bronze medal at the European Championships and the Olympic Games, the final breakthrough. In subsequent years, the pair won every year, without exception, until the end of 1992 Amateur career medals at ISU Championships.

At the beginning of their international amateur career Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko stood in the shadow of their compatriots Bestemjanowa Natalia and Andrei Bukin. They won in the period from 1985 to 1988 always silver behind them, also at the Olympic Games in Calgary. Only when Bestemjanowa / Bukin 1988 with their amateur career ended, Klimova / Ponomarenko could win titles. Your winning streak in the years 1989 to 1992, broken by Isabelle Duchesnay and Paul Duchesnay only at the World Championships in 1991. Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko occurred in 1992 with an innovative freestyle to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and were thus able to prevail in all major competitions in 1992, they were in Albertville, their total third Olympic Games, Olympic champion and thus completed their medal collection.

Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko were coached by Natalia Dubova and later by Tatiana Tarasova and started for the club Spartak Moscow. In 1986 they fell by their very elegant freestyle "Golden Waltz " on. The "Golden Waltz " is the compulsory dance today.

Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko married in 1984, the couple has two sons. Following her amateur career, she turned professional. The couple currently lives in Morgan Hill, California, and operates at Logitech Ice in San Jose, California, as a figure skating coach.

Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko were recorded in 2000 in the Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

Results

Ice Dancing

( with Sergei Ponomarenko )

Winter Olympic Games 1985 World Figure Skating Championships 1986 World Figure Skating Championships 1987 World Figure Skating Championships 1988 World Figure Skating Championships 1989 World Figure Skating Championships 1990 World Figure Skating Championships 1991 World Figure Skating Championships 1992 World Figure Skating Championships 1984 European Figure Skating Championships 1985 European Figure Skating Championships 1986 European Figure Skating Championships 1987 European Figure Skating Championships 1989 European Figure Skating Championships 1990 European Figure Skating Championships 1991 European Figure Skating Championships 1992 European Figure Skating Championships 1983 European Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Hall of Fame List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1984 World Figure Skating Championships Russian Figure Skating Championships Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater) Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean Gwendal Peizerat Tessa Virtue Scott Moir Meryl Davis Charlie White (figure skater) Jean Westwood (figure skater) Pamela Weight June Markham Courtney Jones Doreen Denny Pavel Roman Diane Towler Bernard Ford Alexander Zhulin Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder Oksana Domnina Maxim Shabalin Anna Cappellini Luca Lanotte Christiane Guhel Jean Paul Guhel Linda Shearman Angelika Buck Erich Buck Sergei Novitski Ekaterina Bobrova Dmitri Soloviev
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