Sergei Ponomarenko

Sergei Ponomarenko Wladilenowitsch (Russian: Сергей Владиленович Пономаренко ) (* October 6, 1960 in Moscow ) is a Russian former figure skater, who started ice dancing for the Soviet Union and the United team.

With Tatjana Durasowa was Sergei Ponomarenko twice junior world champion, but in 1978 and 1979. The couple never competed at European and World Championships. They parted after winning the Junior World Championship title. Sergei Ponomarenko sought and found a new Eistanzpartnerin in Marina Klimova. With it, he was the first start of the European Championships 1983 right away 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 / 1988 Bukin 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 " later became a compulsory dance.

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 work 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 Marina Klimova )

( with Tatjana Durasowa )

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 World Junior 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 Igor Shpilband Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto Evan Bates Alexandra Stepanova Ivan Bukin
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