Roman Skorniakov (Russian: Роман Скорняков; born 17 February 1976) is a Russian-born figure skater who mainly represented Uzbekistan. He initially competed for Russia but switched to representing Uzbekistan in 1996.
| Roman Skornyakov | |||||||||||||||
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 Skorniakov at the 2002 Winter Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 1976 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editSkorniakov is the 1997–2003 Uzbekistani national champion. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, both times finishing in 19th place. His highest placement at an ISU Championship came at the 2000 and 2002 Four Continents Championships where he placed 7th.
Skorniakov married Tatiana Malinina in January 2000.[1] Their son, Ilia Malinin (born in 2004), is a competitive figure skater for the United States.[2] They also have a daughter, born in 2014.
In the later years of their careers, Skorniakov and Malinina coached each other following the death of their former coach Igor Ksenofontov.[3][4]
Skorniakov now works as a skating coach in Reston, Virginia.
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2001–03 [5][6] |
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| 2000–01 [7] |
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Results
edit| International[8] | |||||||||
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| Event | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 |
| Olympics | 19th | 19th | |||||||
| Worlds | 20th | 14th | 21st | 17th | 20th | 19th | 20th | ||
| Four Continents | 9th | 7th | 12th | 7th | |||||
| GP Lalique | 7th | ||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 12th | 8th | 4th | 10th | 7th | ||||
| GP Sparkassen | 7th | 11th | |||||||
| Golden Spin | 6th | ||||||||
| Skate Israel | 5th | 9th | |||||||
| Asian Games | 2nd | ||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 7th | 2nd | |||||||
| National[8] | |||||||||
| Uzbekistani | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Russian | 16th | ||||||||
| GP = Champions Series / Grand Prix | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Mittan, Barry (14 March 2002). "Age is No Limit for Malinina". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008.
- ^ Schwindt, Troy (January 15, 2017). "Ciarochi, Malinin deliver golden performances". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ Mittan, J. Barry (1999). "Skorniakov's Moves Emulate Boitano". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (28 March 2002). "Move to America Benefits Skorniakov". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Roman SKORNIAKOV: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2003.
- ^ "Roman SKORNIAKOV: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
- ^ "Roman SKORNIAKOV: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.
- ^ a b "Roman SKORNIAKOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 December 2016.