Rashid Kadyrkaev Explained

Rashid Kadyrkaev
Formerpartner:	Elena Kvitchenko, Marina Nikitiuk
Formercoach:	Tamara Moskvina, Igor Moskvin, Valeri Tyukov
Retired:	1989

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

Career

Kadyrkaev first had success internationally skating with Marina Nikitiuk. 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.

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^[1] in the United States. His former students include Tamar Katz and Igor Matsipura.

Competitive highlights

With Kvitchenko

International
Event	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89
align=left					6th
align=left					4th
align=left			4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left		5th	bgcolor=gold	1st	5th	4th
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st
National
align=left		4th	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st			bgcolor=silver	2nd

With Nikitiuk

International
Event	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82
align=left				bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	4th
National
align=left		15th J
J = Junior level

Notes and References

Web site: Figure Skating Coaches. www.ashburnice.com. en-us. 2018-05-14.