Lyudmila Pakhomova
Soviet ice dancer (1946–1986)
Lyudmila Alekseyevna Pakhomova (Russian: Людмила Алексеевна Пахомова; 31 December 1946 – 17 May 1986) was a Russian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her husband Aleksandr Gorshkov, she was the 1976 Olympic champion, one of the oldest female figure skating Olympic champions.
They are six-time World Champions (1970–1974, 1976), as well as six-time European champions (1970–1971, 1973–1976), which makes them the most decorated of all-time at both events in the pair discipline.
Life and career
Pakhomova was the daughter of Alexei Pakhomov, an aviation general. She began figure skating at age seven, when her grandmother brought her to Children and Youth Sports School by the Young Pioneers Stadium in Moscow. Her first ice dancing partner was the nine-years-older Viktor Ryzhkin, formerly her coach, with whom she trained at CSKA Moscow under Stanislav Zhuk. They won three Soviet national titles and placed 10th at the 1966 World Championships. They were the first Soviet ice dancers to compete at Worlds.
After her partnership with Ryzhkin ended, Pakhomova invited Aleksandr Gorshkovto skate with her. He was only a couple of months older and also trained at CSKA Moscow.
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