Rashid Kadyrkaev

Rashid Kadyrkaev (Russian: Рашид Кадыркаев, born in Uzbek SSR) is an Uzbeki retired pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union.

Rashid Kadyrkaev
Personal information
Country represented Soviet Union
Former partnerElena Kvitchenko,
Marina Nikitiuk
Former coachTamara Moskvina,
Igor Moskvin,
Valeri Tyukov
Retired1989

Career

Kadyrkaev first had success internationally skating with Marina Nikitiuk.[1] They were coached by Valeri Tyukov. Nikitiuk and Kadyrkaev won the silver medal at the 1980 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and the bronze medal at the 1981 Junior Worlds. He now lives in the United States as an ice skating director and coach.

In 1982, Coach Stanislav Zhuk broke up their partnership and partnered Kadyrkaev with Marina Cherkasova. However, that partnership did not last and Kadyrkaev moved to Leningrad to skate with Elena Kvitchenko.[2]

Kvitchenko and Kadyrkaev were coached by Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin. During their career, they won the 1987 Winter Universiade and competed at both the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships. They were the 1989 Soviet Figure Skating Championships silver medalists. They turned professional in 1989 and toured with the Ice Capades.

Kadyrkaev now works as a coach in Ashburn, VA[3] in the United States. His former students include Tamar Katz[4] and Igor Matsipura.[5]

Competitive highlights

With Kvitchenko
International
Event 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
World Championships6th
European Championships4th
Skate Canada4th2nd
Prize of Moscow News5th1st5th4th
Winter Universiade1st
National
Soviet Championships4th3rd3rd3rd
Spartakiada1st
USSR Cup1st2nd

With Nikitiuk
International
Event 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
World Junior Champ.2nd3rd4th
National
Spartakiada15th J
J = Junior level

References
  1. "Marina Nikitiuk & Rashid Kadyrkaev". Pairs on Ice. Archived from the original on December 9, 2007.
  2. "Elena Kvitchenko & Rashid Kadyrkaev". Pairs on Ice. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007.
  3. "Figure Skating Coaches". www.ashburnice.com. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. "Tamar Katz: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. April 3, 2005. Archived from the original on April 3, 2005.
  5. "Igor Matsipura". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007.


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