Gennadi Karponosov

Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov (Russian: Геннадий Михайлович Карпоносов​ ; born 21 November 1950) is an ice dancing coach and a former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With Natalia Linichuk, he is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion.

Gennadi Karponosov
Karponosov with Linichuk in 2010
Personal information
Full nameGennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov
Alternative namesKarponossov
Country representedSoviet Union
Born (1950-11-21) 21 November 1950
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceAston, Pennsylvania
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PartnerNatalia Linichuk
Elena Zharkova
CoachElena Tchaikovskaia
Tatiana Tarasova
Skating clubIceWorks
Retired1981
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1980 Lake PlacidIce dancing
World Championships
1980 DortmundIce dancing
1979 ViennaIce dancing
1978 OttawaIce dancing
1977 TokyoIce dancing
1974 MunichIce dancing
European Championships
1981 InnsbruckIce dancing
1980 GothenburgIce dancing
1979 ZagrebIce dancing
1978 StrasbourgIce dancing
1977 HelsinkiIce dancing
1976 GenevaIce dancing
1975 CopenhagenIce dancing
1974 ZagrebIce dancing

Competitive career

Gennadi Karponosov began skating because Alexei Ulanov was his neighbor.[1] He initially competed with Elena Zharkova under coach Tatiana Tarasova but had greater success with his second partner, Natalia Linichuk.

Linichuk and Karponosov were coached by Elena Tchaikovskaia at Dynamo in Moscow. They won the World Universiade in 1972, and won the bronze medal at the 1974 and 1977 World Championships. They were fourth at the 1976 Winter Olympics, the year ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic sport.

They won the bronze medals at the European Figure Skating Championships from 1974 through 1977 and a silver medal in 1978. Linichuk and Karponosov won the world championship in 1978 and 1979 and the European Championships in 1979 and 1980.

Linichuk and Karponosov won the 1980 Olympics, but failed to defend their World title, making them the only team ever to unsuccessfully defend a World title after winning the Olympics.[2] In 1981, Linichuk and Karponosov retired from competition.

Coaching career
Karponosov and Linichuk in the Kiss and cry with students Domnina / Shabalin

After coaching in Moscow, Linichuk and Karponosov accepted an offer to coach in the U.S.[1] They moved with their students in June 1994 and coached at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.[3][4] In September 2007, they moved to the Ice Works Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.[4]

Their current and former senior-level students include:

Their current and former junior-level students include:

Personal life

Karponosov studied international relations at the Public Institute Moscow. Linichuk accepted Karponosov's proposal after they retired from competition.[1] They were married on 31 July 1981. Their daughter, Anastasiya Karponosova, was born in February 1985. The couple initially lived in Moscow and then moved to the United States in the early '90s.[4] In 2001, Karponosov, who is Jewish,[11] was admitted to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[12]

Competitive highlights

With Linichuk
International
Event 72–73 73–74 74–75 75–76 76–77 77–78 78–79 79–80 80–81
Olympics4th1st
Worlds3rd4th5th3rd1st1st2nd
Europeans3rd3rd3rd3rd2nd1st1st3rd
Skate Canada1st1st
Moscow News3rd1st2nd2nd2nd1st1st
National
Soviet Champ.2nd1st2nd1st1st

With Zharkova
International
Event 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72
World Championships8th8th8th
European Championships11th6th6th6th
Prize of Moscow News2nd3rd3rd
National
Soviet Championships3rd3rd3rd2nd

See also

References
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  2. "Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov". Archived from the original on 2006-05-24. Retrieved July 5, 2006.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  3. Reiter, Susan (1995-03-01). "Ice dancing: a dance form frozen in place by hostile rules". Dance Magazine. The Free Library. (FindArticles)
  4. Fitzpatrick, Frank (February 9, 2010). "No skating past it: They'll settle only for gold". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
  5. Macur, Juliet (February 16, 2010). "New Muscles and Pounds Boost an American Ice Dancer's Outlook". The New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  6. Motchane, Asli (2006). "Albena Denkova: "Now we enjoy every single practice!"". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  7. Hinckley, Todd (June 20, 2008). "Domnina, Shabalin Team with Linichuk". Icenetwork.com. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  8. Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh at the International Skating Union
  9. "U.S. Figure Skaters Announce Off-season Changes". U.S. Figure Skating. May 7, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  10. Flade, Tatiana (April 14, 2011). "New kids on the block". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on May 8, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
  11. "Sport: Jews in Sport in the USSR". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  12. Elfman, Lois (October 25, 2006). "Young Israelis to compete at Skate America". Jewish Ledger. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
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