Maria Igorevna Petrova is a Russian pair skater. With partner Alexei Tikhonov, she is the 2000 World champion and a two-time European champion
Petrova and Tikhonov perform a pair spiral at the 2005 Russian Nationals
Ekaterina Gordeeva
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Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva is a Soviet and Russian figure skater. With her late husband Sergei Grinkov, she is the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion, a four-time World Champion, a three-time
Maria Petrova (figure skater)
…take up a sport; her parents got her into figure skating when she was seven. She started out in singles but always preferred pair skating and admired Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov so she made the switch to pairs at 13. She initially competed with Anton Sikharulidze with whom she is the 1994 and 1995 World Junior…
Gordeeva in 2012
Gordeeva and Grinkov on an Azerbaijani stamp of 1998
Gordeeva performs solo in Smucker's Stars on Ice at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport in 2007.