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Ice Dance

Irina LOBACHEVA

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    Ilia AVERBUKH

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    • Date of birth18 Feb 1973
    • Height165 CM
    • ProfessionStudent
    • HometownMoscow
    • Place of birthMoscow
    • Start skating1979
    • Club Eshusm Moskvich
    • Hobbiesreading, ballet, movies
    • CoachNatalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov
    • ChoreographerNatalia Linichuk
    • Former CoachLidia Kabanova, N. Dybinskaya, O. Epstein
    • Practice low seasonat Newark, DE, USA
    • Practice high seasonat Newark, DE, USA
    • Former partnerAlexei POSPELOV, Ilia AVERBUKH
    • bio

    Ilia Averbukh was Junior World Champion of 1990 and 1992 with Marina Anissina, when he fell in love with Irina Lobacheva, who skated in the same group but with another partner. In 1992, they joined forces and they got married in 1995. They moved to the USA in 1995, but they still consider Russia to be their home. The couple missed all Grand Prix competitions in 2001 as Lobacheva injured her left knee in a practice accident in September 2001. Following their skating career, Lobacheva wants to open a fitness club and Averbukh aspires to work as a TV journalist. He has already done commentary for Russian TV.

    Music Free Dance as of season 2002/2003

    Rock 'n' Roll medley (containing "Babyface" by Little Richard, "Fever" by Elvis Presley and "Jumping Jack")

    Competition Results

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