Marat Akbarov

Marat Akbarov (Russian: Марат Фагимович Акбаров, born February 3, 1961)[1] is a former competitive pair skater for the Soviet Union. With Veronica Pershina, he is the 1985 European bronze medalist and 1979 World Junior champion.

Marat Akbarov
Personal information
Country representedSoviet Union
Born (1961-02-03) February 3, 1961
Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Former partnerVeronica Pershina
Former coachIrina Rodnina, Stanislav Zhuk, Alexander Rogin
Former training locationsMoscow
Sverdlovsk
Began skating1968
Retired1986

Career

Akbarov began skating in 1968 at the Lokomotiv Skating Club in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) with coach Alexander Rogin.[1] He teamed up with Veronica Pershina in 1975.[1] The pair moved to Moscow in 1978 to train with Stanislav Zhuk.[1] They won the World Junior title in 1979 ahead of Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov.[2]

In 1980, Pershina/Akbarov made their senior World Championship debut, placing 6th. The following season, they won the Soviet national title ahead of Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski. The pair changed coaches to Irina Rodnina in 1982.[1]

Pershina/Akbarov were gold medalists at the 1982 Prize of Moscow News and 1983 NHK Trophy. In 1985, they were sent to their fourth European Championships and won the bronze medal.[3] They took silver at the Skate Canada International in their final season.

After retiring from competition, Akbarov performed with the Russian All Stars under the direction of Tatiana Tarasova, before becoming a coach. He coaches at the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in Wheaton, Maryland.[1]

Personal life

Akbarov married fellow pair skater Marina Pestova, with whom he has a daughter, Angela.

Results

(with Pershina)

International[4][5][6]
Event 77–78 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83 83–84 84–85 85–86
Worlds6th6th6th5th8th6th
Europeans5th4th4th3rd
Skate Canada2nd
NHK Trophy4th1st2nd
Moscow News2nd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd
International: Junior[2]
Junior Worlds1st
National[4][5]
Soviet Champ.1st2nd2nd3rd3rd
Spartakiada2nd J
USSR Cup1st
J = Junior level

References
  1. "Marat Akbarov". Wheaton Ice Skating Academy. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014.
  2. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-04.
  3. "Russians Retain Pairs Skate Title". UPI. The New York Times. February 6, 1985.
  4. Акбаров Марат [Marat Akbarov] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  5. Акбаров Марат [Marat Akbarov] (in Russian). solovieff.ru.
  6. "Pershina & Akbarov". Pairs on Ice. Archived from the original on October 7, 2007.
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