Aleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov was a Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his wife Lyudmila Pakhomova, he was the 1976 Olympic champion.
Gorshkov in 2013
Pakhomova and Gorshkov in 1969
The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. The World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figu
Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)
…dancer who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his wife Lyudmila Pakhomova, he was the 1976 Olympic champion. They were also six-time World Champions (1970–74, 1976), as well as six-time European champions (1970–71, 1973–76), which makes them the most decorated athletes all-time at both events in the…
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the men's event at the 2013 World Championships: Patrick Chan of Canada (center), Denis Ten of Kazakhstan (left), and Javier Fernández of Spain (right)
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the women's event at the 2014 World Championships: Mao Asada of Japan (center), Yulia Lipnitskaya of Russia (left), and Carolina Kostner of Italy (right)
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the pairs event at the 2015 World Championships: Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada (center), Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China (left), and Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China (right)
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the 2017 World Championships: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada (center), Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France (left), and Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the United States (right)