Andrei Olegovich Minenkov (born December 6, 1954) is a Russia

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n retired ice dancer

Ice dancing

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 who represented the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. With partner and wife Irina Moiseeva, he is the 1976 Olympic silver medalist

Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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, 1980 Olympic bronze medalist

Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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, and two-time World champion (1975

1975 World Figure Skating Championships

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, 1977

1977 World Figure Skating Championships

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).

Career

Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov met at the rink when they were six years old and began skating together at age 14. They had their breakthrough during the 1974-1975 season. They were third at the Soviet Championships, behind Lyudmila Pakhomova

Lyudmila Pakhomova

Lyudmila Alekseyevna Pakhomova was an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With partner Alexandr Gorshkov, she was the 1976 Olympic champion.-Biography:...

 / Aleksandr Gorshkov and Natalia Linichuk

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 / Gennadi Karponosov, and placed just off the podium at the 1975 European Championships

1975 European Figure Skating Championships

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. However, they then went on to capture their first World title at the World Championships

1975 World Figure Skating Championships

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, in the absence of Pakhomova/Gorshkov but moving past a few teams ranked ahead of them earlier in the season, including Linichuk/Karpanosov.

The next season, Moiseeva and Minenkov were again ranked behind Linichuk/Karponosov at the Soviet Championships but edged past them in international competition to be second only to Pakhomova/Gorshkov. They won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics

Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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, the first Games to include ice dancing. They also won silver at the World

1976 World Figure Skating Championships

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 and European

1976 European Figure Skating Championships

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 Championships.

The 1976-1977 season was the most successful for Moiseeva and Minenkov. They won World

1977 World Figure Skating Championships

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, European

1977 European Figure Skating Championships

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 and national titles. Their dominance began to wane over the following years, however, they won a total of eight consecutive World medals and seven European medals (including another gold in 1978

1978 European Figure Skating Championships

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). They also won the bronze at the 1980 Olympics

Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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.

The couple trained at VSS Trud in Moscow

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. They were coached by Tatiana Tarasova

Tatiana Tarasova

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, Lyudmila Pakhomova

Lyudmila Pakhomova

Lyudmila Alekseyevna Pakhomova was an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With partner Alexandr Gorshkov, she was the 1976 Olympic champion.-Biography:...

, and Natalia Dubova. Tarasova coached them for ten years, beginning in 1969. They retired in 1983 because Moiseeva was expecting their daughter.

Olympic champions Torvill and Dean

Torvill and Dean

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 considered them one of their greatest influences.

Results

with Irina Moiseeva

Event	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...							2nd				3rd
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...				7th	4th	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...				7th	5th	4th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd
Soviet Championships Soviet Figure Skating Championships The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union...	5th	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st		2nd		2nd	2nd
Skate Canada International Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's...					3rd	1st
NHK Trophy NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....											1st
Prize of Moscow News Prize of Moscow News The Prize of Moscow News , also known as the Moscow Skate, Nouvelles de Moscou, and the Moscow News Trophy, was an international, senior-level figure skating competition held in the former Soviet Union from 1966 to 1990...		6th		2nd	2nd	2nd		1st		1st			2nd

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