Povilas Vanagas
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Povilas Vanagas is a Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n ice dancer
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. He competed with wife Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko is a Lithuanian ice dancer. She began competing for Lithuania in 1992 when she teamed up with Povilas Vanagas, whom she married in June 2000...

, whom he married in June 2000. They are the 2000 World bronze medalists
2000 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. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships...

, three-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalists
Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an international, senior-level figure skating competition. It is the culmination of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Skaters compete in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

, two-time European bronze medalists (2000, 2006), 1999 Skate Canada champions
1999 Skate Canada International
The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition. It is part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing.In 1999, it...

 and competed in five Winter Olympics, finishing as high as 5th.

Drobiazko and Vanagas began competing together in 1992 and retired from competition following the 2001-2002 Olympic season, but returned to competition in 2005 to compete at their fifth Olympics. They retired again following the 2005-2006 Olympic season.

Drobiazko and Vanagas are the first (and as of 2010, only) figure skaters to compete at five Olympics.

Programs

Season Original dance
Original dance
The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

Free dance
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

Exhibition
2006–present Moon River
Je Suis Malade
2005–2006 Latin Combination:
La Playa
by Miriam Jurado
Banca Banca
by E-Type
Phantom of the Opera
soundtrack by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

 
Pirates of the Caribbean
soundtrack by Klaus Badelt
Klaus Badelt
Klaus Badelt is an award-winning German composer, best known for composing film scores.-Life and career:Badelt was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He started his musical career composing for many successful movies and commercials in his homeland...

2001–2002 Spanish Combination:
Paso Doble
by S. Millington & T. Mercer
Flamenco Tacon
by Cuadro Flamenco
Quelques Cris
by Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

 
Sang pour sang
by Johnny Hallyday
2000–2001 Quickstep & Charleston:
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
by Briquet, Kahn & Donaldson
Dancing Fool
by Gary Wilmot
Gary Wilmot
Gary Wilmot is an English actor, writer, comedian, impressionist and singer. He rose to fame in the 80s through a number of television appearances, and subsequently moved into theatre.- Career :...

Tango Medley:
Tanguera
by Sexteto Mayor
Tus Ojos de Cielo
by Lisandro Adrover
----Spente Le Stelle
by Emma Shapplin
Emma Shapplin
Emma Shapplin is a French operatic coloratura soprano.-Biography:...

 
The Thread of Ariadna
1999–2000 Latin Combination:
Historia de un Amor
by C. Almaran
Ritmo de Bom Bom
by Vimi
Spente Le Stelle
by Emma Shapplin
Emma Shapplin
Emma Shapplin is a French operatic coloratura soprano.-Biography:...

 
1998–1999 Waltz:
Valse Triste
by Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

Sunrise at Alcatraz
by Deep Forest
Deep Forest
Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet. They compose a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats...

 
Torquay
From Dusk Till Dawn soundtrack
by Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell is a New Zealand film score composer.Revell attended Auckland Grammar School, where he finished his final year in 7A...

1997–1998 Jive:
Great Balls of Fire
by Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...

Songs from the Victorious City
by Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film...

 and Jaz Coleman
Jaz Coleman
Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman is a musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is notable for his vocal contributions to rock band Killing Joke...

1996–1997 Tango:
La Cumparsita
by Matos/Rodrigues,
performed by Orchestra Tango Cafe
Jazz Medley:
Mick's Blessings
by Talbot Moanin
by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Watermelon Man
by Mongo Santamaria
Dropping Bombs on the White House
by Weller/Talbot
Dracula
soundtrack
1995–1996 Paso Doble:
Espana Cani
Wild at Heart
soundtrack by Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti is an American composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga and Mulholland Drive...

Dracula
soundtrack
1994–1995 Quickstep:
Sing, Sing, Sing
by Louis Prima
Louis Prima
Louis Prima was a Sicilian American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the...

Stepping Out, Soapdish
soundtracks
Gypsy Kings
Fantasia
by Mozart,
I Put a Spell on You
by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
1993–1994 Rhumba:
Besame Mucho
La Vie en Rose
soundtrack by Christopher Gunning
Christopher Gunning
Christopher Gunning is a British composer of concert works and music for films and television....

, Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...

1992–1993 Waltz Tango
by Astor Piazzolla
Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...

1991–1992 Polka Romeo and Juliet

Competitive highlights

(ice dance with Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko is a Lithuanian ice dancer. She began competing for Lithuania in 1992 when she teamed up with Povilas Vanagas, whom she married in June 2000...

)
Event 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2004–05 2005–06
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...

 
16th 12th 8th 5th 7th
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...

 
17th 13th 9th 12th 8th 10th 8th 6th 3rd 5th 4th 4th
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...

 
15th 11th 11th 11th 6th 8th 6th 5th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd
Lithuanian Championships
Lithuanian Figure Skating Championships
The Lithuanian Figure Skating Championships are the annual figure skating national championships held to crown the national champions of Lithuania. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, across different levels. Not every event has been...

 
1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Grand Prix Final
Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an international, senior-level figure skating competition. It is the culmination of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Skaters compete in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

 
4th 3rd 3rd 3rd
Skate America
Skate America
Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. The location changes yearly...

 
2nd 3rd
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...

 
2nd 8th 4th 4th 2nd 1st
Trophée Lalique  4th 3rd 3rd 3rd
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....

 
6th 5th 4th 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd
Nations Cup
Bofrost Cup on Ice
The Bofrost Cup on Ice was a figure skating competition held in Germany between 1986 and 2004. It was part of the Grand Prix series until 2003, when it was replaced by Cup of China. Following being booted out of the Grand Prix series, a new form of competition was introduced to the Bofrost Cup...

 
2nd 5th 5th 2nd
Karl Schäfer Memorial
Karl Schäfer Memorial
The Karl Schäfer Memorial is an annual elite senior-level figure skating competition held in Vienna, Austria. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition is named for figure skater Karl Schäfer. The competition is usually held in...

 
1st
Nebelhorn Trophy
Nebelhorn Trophy
The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain....

 
2nd 3rd 2nd
Skate Israel
Skate Israel
Skate Israel is a senior-level international figure skating competition, held in Metulla, Israel. Skaters compete in four disciplines: ladies and men's singles, pairs and ice dancing...

 
1st 1st
Winter Universiade 2nd

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