Olympic Pairs Skater Who Died
Ekaterina alexandrovskaya who competed on australia s pairs figure skating team in the 2018 olympics has died.
Olympic pairs skater who died. Olympic skater ekaterina alexandrovskaya dies by apparent suicide at age 20. Pairs champion recently suspended from figure skating died by suicide in kansas city mo on friday. Ekaterina gordeeva is a russian figure skater who with her late partner and husband sergei grinkov was a two time olympian and four time world champion. Sergei grinkov 28 the russian pairs skater who with his wife won two olympic gold medals and became the most graceful and beloved pair of the past decade collapsed and died while practicing on.
John coughlin a two time u s. Twenty two years ago the world of figure skating was stunned by the death of russian olympic champion sergei grinkov who died at a training session in lake placid new york in front of his skating partner and wife ekaterina gordeeva. Pairs figure skater ekaterina alexandrovskaya who was born in russia but competed for australia in the 2018 olympics has died at 20 in moscow the international skating union reported saturday. Olympic figure skater ekaterina alexandrovskaya who competed in pyeongchang in 2018 died friday at age 20.
July 20 2020 7 49 am cbs ap. The pair won the 2017 world junior title. Olympic pairs figure skater ekaterina alexandrovskaya died in moscow on saturday the international skating union reported she was 20. After the olympics in 1988 godeeva and grinkov fell in love and were married in april of 1991.
According to russian news agencies interfax and tass. It was decided that both children would be pair skaters not single skaters so at the age of ten ekaterina was paired with sergei who was fourteen at the time.