Igor Bobrin
Igor Bobrin | |
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Leningrad | |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Medal record |
Igor Anatolyevich Bobrin (Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Бобрин) (born 14 November 1953
Career
During his competitive career, Bobrin was known for being a particularly creative free skater. He invented an unusual horizontal-twisting jump sometimes called a "log jump" or "Bobrinover". At one of his first international competitions, the 1972 Winter Universiade, a contemporary review noted that even the pros were puzzled by the jump, which was described as "somewhat like an Arabian cartwheel, only performed going straight ahead".[2] He was coached by Igor Moskvin and since 1980 by Yuri Ovchinnikov.[3]
Following his competitive career, Bobrin created his own
In 2011–2012, Bobrin appeared on the panel of judges for the television show "Cup of Professionals"
Personal life
Bobrin was first married to Natalia Ovchinnikova, with whom he has a son, Maxim, born in 1977. In 1983 he married the future Olympic champion in
Results
International | ||||||||||||
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Event | 71–72 | 72–73 | 73–74 | 74–75 | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 |
Olympics | 6th | |||||||||||
Worlds | 8th | 5th | 10th | 7th | 3rd | 7th | ||||||
Europeans | 4th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | |||||||
Moscow News | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |||
Prague Skate | 8th | |||||||||||
Universiade |
10th | |||||||||||
National | ||||||||||||
Soviet Champ. | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
References
- ^ СПИСОК кандидатов в спортивные сборные команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2011–2012 гг. [2011–2012 list] (PDF). Russian Figure Skating Federation (in Russian). Russian Sports Ministry. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2012.
- ^ "FISU", Skating magazine, Apr 1972
- ^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (August 25, 2009). "Igor Moskvin: I have never thought that my wife and I are rivals" (in Russian). Sport Express. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ^ a b Torchio, Chiara (November 25, 2007). "Bestemianova, Bukin & Bobrin land in Italy". ArtOnIce.it. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ "Cup of Professionals" Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine