The death of the first champion in ice dancing in the world
Olympic figure skating champion, 6-time world and European champion Alexander Gorshkov has died at the age of 77.
Gorshkov was the first world ice dance Olympic champion, along with Lyudmila Pakhomova, as the duo won gold at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics.
Largely thanks to them, ice dancing became an Olympic sport and, of course, they were the first Olympic champions in this sport, and also created their own unique style and raised the Soviet school of ice dancing to an unattainable level.
Where they won the world championship 6 times, and won the same number of European championships, according to "Russia Today".
Gorshkov and Pakhomova became so famous in the Soviet Union that the golden tango dance "Comparcita" from the 76th Innsbruck Olympics was transformed into a dance between the wolf and the rabbit in the famous cartoon "Woe to You, Rabbit!"
Gorshkov has been president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation since 2010.
He was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports, was the Honored Coach of the USSR, the Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Russian Federation.
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