Irina Vorobieva | |
Fullname: | Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva |
Also Known As: | Vorobiova |
Birth Date: | 30 June 1958 |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Death Place: | Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
Formerpartner: | Igor Lisovsky Aleksandr Vlasov |
Formercoach: | Tamara Moskvina |
Skating Club: | Trud Leningrad |
Retired: | 1983 |
Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Воробьёва; 30 June 1958 – 12 April 2022) was a Russian pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With her then-husband Igor Lisovsky, she was the 1981 World champion and the 1981 European champion. They were coached by Tamara Moskvina.
Before teaming up with Lisovsky she had competed with Aleksandr Vlasov, with whom she was the 1976 World bronze medalist, 1976 World silver medalist; they placed 4th at the 1976 Olympics.
More recently she worked as a coach at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Among her students were Brittany Vise and Nicholas Kole, Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent, and Shelby Lyons and Brian Wells. She died at her home in Colorado Springs in 2022.[1]
(with Lisovsky)
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align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st |