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Irina Rodnina
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Figure skating | |||
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| Gold | 1972 Sapporo | Pairs | |
| Gold | 1976 Innsbruck | Pairs | |
| Gold | 1980 Lake Placid | Pairs | |
Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina (Russian: Ирина Константиновна Роднина, born September 12, 1949, Moscow, Russian SFSR) is one of the most successful figure skaters ever and the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships (1969–78) and three successive Olympic gold medals. Throughout her career she competed internationally for the USSR. At the national level she represented the Armed Forces sports society.[1]
Rodnina graduated from the Central Institute of Physical Culture. She won ten World Championships and three consecutive Olympic gold medals in pairs competition between 1971 and 1980 with her partners Alexei Ulanov and Alexander Zaitsev (whom she later married). She also won eleven European pairs championships, making her the most successful pair skater in history. She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (in 1972) and the Order of Lenin (in 1976).[1]
Since 2005 Rodnina is a member of the Public Chamber of Russia. [1]
A. Chaikovsky (1977). Irina Rodnina, Heroes of the Olympic Games (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport.
- ^ a b Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 575.
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1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1920: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1928: Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1936: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1964: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1976: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1984: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1998: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev | 2002: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin |
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