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{{short description|Russian pair skater}}
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'''Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov''' ({{lang-ru|Оле́г Вита́льевич Мака́ров}}; born October 22, 1962 in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]) is a [[Russia]]n former [[Pair skating|pair skater]] who represented the [[Soviet Union]]. With partner [[Larisa Selezneva]], he is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 1985 World silver medalist, 1988 World bronze medalist, and two-time European Champion (1987, 1989). They were coached by [[Igor Moskvin]].
'''Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov''' ({{langx|ru|Оле́г Вита́льевич Мака́ров}}; born October 22, 1962, in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]) is a Russian former [[Pair skating|pair skater]] who represented the [[Soviet Union]]. With his wife [[Larisa Selezneva]], he is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 1985 World silver medalist, 1988 World bronze medalist, and two-time European Champion (1987, 1989). They were coached by [[Igor Moskvin]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
Makarov trained in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)]].
Makarov trained in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)]]. His first partner was Marina Petrova, with whom he competed domestically.


Selezneva and Makarov were paired together by their coaches in 1978.<ref name=thr100216/> They won the [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] in 1980 and 1981.<ref name=isuwj/> They then rapidly progressed in the senior ranks. In 1984, they won the bronze medal at the [[Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Sarajevo Olympics]], which was the first major international competition for the pair. Makarov, along with Selezneva, was awarded the ''Medal for Distinguished Labor'' (1984).<ref name=pfis84/>
Selezneva and Makarov were paired together by their coaches in 1978.<ref name=thr100216 /> They won the [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] in 1980 and 1981.<ref name=isuwj /> They then rapidly progressed in the senior ranks. In 1984, they won the bronze medal at the [[Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Sarajevo Olympics]], which was the first major international competition for the pair. Makarov, along with Selezneva, was awarded the ''Medal for Distinguished Labor'' (1984).<ref name=pfis84 />


Armed with strong pairs skills and difficult side-by-side triple jumps, they won the silver medal at the [[1985 World Figure Skating Championships|1985 World Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], almost defeating the then-reigning World and Olympic champion team, [[Elena Valova]] / [[Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev]], also from the [[Soviet Union]]. Makarov broke his knee before the [[Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]] and competed at the event with his knee in a cast and four pain-killing shots.<ref name=thr100216/> They finished fourth at the event and won the bronze medal at the [[1988 World Figure Skating Championships|1988 World Championships]]. They also won two European titles, in [[1987 European Figure Skating Championships|1987]] and [[1989 European Figure Skating Championships|1989]]. They retired from competition in 1990.
Armed with strong pairs skills and difficult side-by-side triple jumps, they won the silver medal at the [[1985 World Figure Skating Championships|1985 World Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], almost defeating the then-reigning World and Olympic champion team, [[Elena Valova]] / [[Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev]], also from the [[Soviet Union]]. Makarov broke his knee before the [[Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]] and competed at the event with his knee in a cast and four pain-killing shots.<ref name=thr100216 /> They finished fourth at the event and won the bronze medal at the [[1988 World Figure Skating Championships|1988 World Championships]]. They also won two European titles, in [[1987 European Figure Skating Championships|1987]] and [[1989 European Figure Skating Championships|1989]]. They retired from competition in 1990.


Selezneva / Makarov were one of the first pairs to regularly include side-by-side triple jumps in their programs.<ref name=in100913/> They were coached by [[Igor Moskvin]].<ref name=thr100216/><ref name=in100913/>
Selezneva / Makarov were one of the first pairs to regularly include side-by-side triple jumps in their programs.<ref name=in100913 /> They were coached by [[Igor Moskvin]].<ref name=thr100216 /><ref name=in100913 />


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Selezneva and Makarov married in 1987.<ref name=thr100216/> The family moved from [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia to [[New York City|New York]] in 2001,<ref name=msnbc130816/> having been recommended as coaches by [[Tamara Moskvina]] and Igor Moskvin.<ref name=thr100216/> The pair coach at various rinks in New York and [[New Jersey]].<ref name=thr100216/>
Selezneva and Makarov married in 1987.<ref name=thr100216 /> The family moved from [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia to [[New York City|New York]] in 2001,<ref name=msnbc130816 /> having been recommended as coaches by [[Tamara Moskvina]] and Igor Moskvin.<ref name=thr100216 /> The pair coach at various rinks in New York and [[New Jersey]].<ref name=thr100216 />


They have two children, a daughter, [[Ksenia Makarova|Ksenia]] (born December 20, 1992 in Saint Petersburg),<ref name=isuKM/> and a son, Alexei, who was born nine years later in the United States.<ref name=thr100216/><ref name=msnbc130816/> Their daughter became a competitive figure skater like her parents; she is the 2010 Russian national champion and represented Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics.<ref name=gsjan2010/> The pair and their daughter became naturalized U.S. citizens on August 16, 2013.<ref name=msnbc130816/><ref name=nydn130816/>
They have two children, a daughter, [[Ksenia Makarova|Ksenia]] (born December 20, 1992, in Saint Petersburg),<ref name=isuKM /> and a son, Aleksey, who was born nine years later in the United States.<ref name=thr100216 /><ref name=msnbc130816 /> Their daughter became a competitive figure skater like her parents; she is the 2010 Russian national champion and represented Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics.<ref name=gsjan2010 /> The pair and their daughter became naturalized U.S. citizens on August 16, 2013.<ref name=msnbc130816 /><ref name=nydn130816 />


== Competitive highlights ==
== Competitive highlights ==
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=13 align=center | '''International'''
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=13 align=center | International
|-
|-
! Event
! Event
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! 1978–79
! 79–80
! 1979–80
! 80–81
! 1980–81
! 81–82
! 1981–82
! 82–83
! 1982–83
! 83–84
! 1983–84
! 84–85
! 1984–85
! 85–86
! 1985–86
! 86–87
! 1986–87
! 87–88
! 1987–88
! 88–89
! 1988–89
! 89–90
! 1989–90
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|-
| align=left | [[Winter Olympic Games|Olympics]] || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || 4th || ||
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Olympics]] || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || 4th || ||
|-
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || || || || || || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || 4th
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || || || || || || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || 4th
|-
|-
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] || || || || || || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] || || || || || || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
|-
| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Prize of Moscow News|Moscow News]] || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || ||
| align=left | [[Prize of Moscow News|Moscow News]] || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || ||
|-
|-
| align=left | Ennia Challenge || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || ||
| align=left | [[International Challenge Cup|Ennia Challenge]] || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || ||
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=13 align=center | '''International: Junior'''
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=13 align=center | International: Junior
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| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|Junior Worlds]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || || || ||
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|Junior Worlds]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || || || ||
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=13 align=center | '''National'''
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| align=left | [[Soviet Figure Skating Championships|Soviet Champ.]] || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
| align=left | [[Soviet Figure Skating Championships|Soviet]] || || || || 5th || 4th || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| align=left | [[Soviet Figure Skating Championships|Soviet Junior]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || || || ||
|}
|}


=== Other results ===
=== Other results ===
1990–1991
1990-1991
*World Professional Championships - 3rd
* World Professional Championships – 3rd
*World Challenge of Champions - 3rd
* World Challenge of Champions – 3rd
1991–1992
1991-1992
*World Challenge of Champions - 2nd
* World Challenge of Champions – 2nd

Pair skating with [[Marina Petrova]]

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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=13 align=center | '''National: Junior'''
|-
! Event
! 1977–78
|-
| align=left | [[Spartakiada]] || 11th
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== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name=isuwj>{{cite web | url = http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188676-205898-133279-0-file,00.pdf | title = World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs | publisher = International Skating Union | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20120213112742/http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188676-205898-133279-0-file,00.pdf | archivedate = February 13, 2012 | deadurl = no }}</ref>
<ref name=isuwj>{{cite web | url = http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188676-205898-133279-0-file,00.pdf | title = World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs | publisher = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213112742/http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188676-205898-133279-0-file,00.pdf | archive-date = February 13, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>


<ref name=pfis84>{{cite book|title=Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year|year=1985|publisher=[[Fizkultura i sport (publisher)|Fizkultura i sport]]|location=Moscow|language=Russian|page=37}}</ref>
<ref name=pfis84>{{cite book|title=Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year|year=1985|publisher=[[Fizkultura i sport (publisher)|Fizkultura i sport]] | location=Moscow|language=ru|page=37}}</ref>


<ref name=gsjan2010>{{cite news | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/2010/01/breakthrough-season-for-makarova/ | title = Breakthrough season for Makarova | first = Tatjana | last = Flade | publisher = Golden Skate | date = January 8, 2010 | accessdate = November 29, 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name=gsjan2010>{{cite news | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/2010/01/breakthrough-season-for-makarova/ | title = Breakthrough season for Makarova | first = Tatjana | last = Flade | publisher = Golden Skate | date = January 8, 2010 | access-date = November 29, 2010 }}</ref>


<ref name=in100913>{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100913&content_id=14617700&vkey=ice_news | title = Makarova takes gold at Mid-Atlantic Championships | first = Lynn | last = Rutherford | work = Ice Network | date = September 13, 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name=in100913>{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100913&content_id=14617700&vkey=ice_news | title = Makarova takes gold at Mid-Atlantic Championships | first = Lynn | last = Rutherford | work = Ice Network | date = September 13, 2010 }}</ref>


<ref name=thr100216>{{cite news | url = http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100216/SPORTS/2160326 | title = Olympics: Newburgh couple pass the torch | first = Ken | last = Mcmillan | work = [[Times Herald-Record]] | date = February 16, 2010 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20120321093709/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100216/SPORTS/2160326 | archivedate = March 21, 2012 | deadurl = no }}</ref>
<ref name=thr100216>{{cite news | url = http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100216/SPORTS/2160326 | title = Olympics: Newburgh couple pass the torch | first = Ken | last = Mcmillan | work = [[Times Herald-Record]] | date = February 16, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120321093709/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100216%2FSPORTS%2F2160326 | archive-date = March 21, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref>


<ref name=msnbc130816>{{cite news | url = http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/16/months-before-winter-games-fmr-russian-olympians-become-us-citizens/ | title = Ahead of Sochi, Former Russian Olympians become US citizens | first = Michele | last = Richinick | work = [[MSNBC]] | date = August 16, 2013 | archiveurl = | archivedate = | deadurl = no }}</ref>
<ref name=msnbc130816>{{cite news | url = http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/16/months-before-winter-games-fmr-russian-olympians-become-us-citizens/ | title = Ahead of Sochi, Former Russian Olympians become US citizens | first = Michele | last = Richinick | work = [[MSNBC]] | date = August 16, 2013 }}</ref>


<ref name=nydn130816>{{cite news | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/famous-russian-figure-skater-family-americans-article-1.1429299 | title = Famous figure skating family from Russia become American citizens | first = Andy | last = Mai | first2 = Ginger | last2 = Adams Otis | work = New York Daily News | date = August 16, 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name=nydn130816>{{cite news | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/famous-russian-figure-skater-family-americans-article-1.1429299 | title = Famous figure skating family from Russia become American citizens | first = Andy | last = Mai | first2 = Ginger | last2 = Adams Otis | work = New York Daily News | date = August 16, 2013 }}</ref>
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/oleg-makarov-1.html Sports-reference]
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/oleg-makarov-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/oleg-makarov-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930040110/http://www.selmak87.com/ Selezneva & Makarov]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930040110/http://www.selmak87.com/ |date=September 30, 2007 |title=Selezneva & Makarov}}


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Latest revision as of 02:12, 29 October 2024

For other people named Oleg Makarov, see Oleg Makarov (disambiguation).
Oleg Makarov
Full nameOleg Vitalyevich Makarov
Born (1962-10-22) October 22, 1962 (age 62)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union
PartnerLarisa Selezneva
CoachIgor Moskvin
Skating clubZenit Leningrad
SKA Leningrad
Retired1990
Medal record
Figure skating
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sarajevo Pairs
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Budapest Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1985 Tokyo Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Halifax Pairs
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1990 Leningrad Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1989 Birmingham Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1988 Prague Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1987 Sarajevo Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1985 Gothenburg Pairs
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 London, ON Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1980 Megève Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1979 Augsburg Pairs

Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov (Russian: Оле́г Вита́льевич Мака́ров; born October 22, 1962, in Leningrad) is a Russian former pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Larisa Selezneva, he is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 1985 World silver medalist, 1988 World bronze medalist, and two-time European Champion (1987, 1989). They were coached by Igor Moskvin.

Career

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Makarov trained in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). His first partner was Marina Petrova, with whom he competed domestically.

Selezneva and Makarov were paired together by their coaches in 1978.[1] They won the World Junior Championships in 1980 and 1981.[2] They then rapidly progressed in the senior ranks. In 1984, they won the bronze medal at the Sarajevo Olympics, which was the first major international competition for the pair. Makarov, along with Selezneva, was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Labor (1984).[3]

Armed with strong pairs skills and difficult side-by-side triple jumps, they won the silver medal at the 1985 World Championships in Tokyo, almost defeating the then-reigning World and Olympic champion team, Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev, also from the Soviet Union. Makarov broke his knee before the 1988 Winter Olympics and competed at the event with his knee in a cast and four pain-killing shots.[1] They finished fourth at the event and won the bronze medal at the 1988 World Championships. They also won two European titles, in 1987 and 1989. They retired from competition in 1990.

Selezneva / Makarov were one of the first pairs to regularly include side-by-side triple jumps in their programs.[4] They were coached by Igor Moskvin.[1][4]

Personal life

[edit]

Selezneva and Makarov married in 1987.[1] The family moved from Saint Petersburg, Russia to New York in 2001,[5] having been recommended as coaches by Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin.[1] The pair coach at various rinks in New York and New Jersey.[1]

They have two children, a daughter, Ksenia (born December 20, 1992, in Saint Petersburg),[6] and a son, Aleksey, who was born nine years later in the United States.[1][5] Their daughter became a competitive figure skater like her parents; she is the 2010 Russian national champion and represented Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[7] The pair and their daughter became naturalized U.S. citizens on August 16, 2013.[5][8]

Competitive highlights

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Pair skating with Larisa Selezneva

International
Event 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83 83–84 84–85 85–86 86–87 87–88 88–89 89–90
Olympics 3rd 4th
Worlds 4th 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 4th
Europeans 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
NHK Trophy 1st 2nd
Moscow News 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd
Ennia Challenge 2nd 1st 1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 2nd 1st 1st
National
Soviet 5th 4th 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Soviet Junior 1st 1st 1st

Other results

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1990–1991

  • World Professional Championships – 3rd
  • World Challenge of Champions – 3rd

1991–1992

  • World Challenge of Champions – 2nd

Pair skating with Marina Petrova

National: Junior
Event 1977–78
Spartakiada 11th

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mcmillan, Ken (February 16, 2010). "Olympics: Newburgh couple pass the torch". Times Herald-Record. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2012.
  3. ^ Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1985. p. 37.
  4. ^ a b Rutherford, Lynn (September 13, 2010). "Makarova takes gold at Mid-Atlantic Championships". Ice Network.
  5. ^ a b c Richinick, Michele (August 16, 2013). "Ahead of Sochi, Former Russian Olympians become US citizens". MSNBC.
  6. ^ "Ksenia MAKAROVA". International Skating Union.
  7. ^ Flade, Tatjana (January 8, 2010). "Breakthrough season for Makarova". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  8. ^ Mai, Andy; Adams Otis, Ginger (August 16, 2013). "Famous figure skating family from Russia become American citizens". New York Daily News.
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