Roman Skorniakov Explained

Roman Skornyakov
Country:	Uzbekistan
Birth Date:	1976 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Formercoach:	Tatiana Malinina Igor Ksenofontov
Formerchoreographer:	Alexander Zhulin
Beganskating:	1980
Retired:	2003

Roman Skorniakov (ru|link=no|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.

Career

Skorniakov 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. Their son, Ilia Malinin (born in 2004), is a competitive figure skater for the United States. 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.

Skorniakov now works as a skating coach in Reston, Virginia.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2001–03	Jalousie	Le Professionnel
2000–01	The Fantastic Story	First Knight

Results

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International
Event		95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99			01–02	02–03
				19th				19th
			20th	14th	21st	17th	20th	19th	20th
					9th	7th	12th	7th
					7th
				12th	8th	4th	10th	7th
							7th	11th
				6th
				5th	9th
					bgcolor=silver	2nd
			7th	bgcolor=silver	2nd
National
			bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st
	16th
GP = Champions Series / Grand Prix