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| Full name | Natalya Vladimirovna Linichuk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1956-02-06)6 February 1956 (age 69) Moscow,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Gennadi Karponosov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Elena Tchaikovskaia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalya Vladimirovna Linichuk (Russian:Наталья Владимировна Линичукⓘ; born 6 February 1956) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitiveice dancer for the Soviet Union. With partner and husbandGennadi Karponosov, she is the1980 Olympic champion and a two-timeWorld champion.
Linichuk began skating due to her mother who enjoyed figure skating.[1] She had a dozen coaches before ending up in the group ofElena Tchaikovskaia, who Linichuk soon sensed was the right coach for her.[1]
Linichuk and Karponosov trained atDynamo in Moscow. They won theWorld Universiade in 1972, and were bronze medalists at the 1974 and 1977 World Championships. They also finished 4th at the1976 Winter Olympics, the year ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic sport.
Linichuk and Karponosov became World champions in1978 and1979. They won the European Championships in1979 and1980, after winning a silver medal in1978, and bronze medals from1974 through1977.
Linichuk and Karponosov won the1980 Olympics, but failed to defend theirWorld title, making them the only team ever to unsuccessfully defend a World title after winning the Olympics.[2] In 1981, Linichuk and Karponosov retired from competition.
After coaching in Moscow, Linichuk and Karponosov accepted an offer to coach in the U.S.[1] They moved with their students in June 1994 and coached at theUniversity of Delaware inNewark, Delaware.[3][4] In September 2007, they moved to theIce Works Skating Complex inAston, Pennsylvania.[4]
Their current and former senior-level students include:
Their current and former junior-level students include:
Linichuk accepted Karponosov's proposal after they retired from competition.[1] She had one prior marriage.[1] Linichuk and Karponosov were married on 31 July 1981. Their very talented daughter, Anastasiya Karponosova, was born in February 1985. The couple initially lived in Moscow and then moved to the United States in the early '90s.[4]
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| Event | 72–73 | 73–74 | 74–75 | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 |
| Olympics | 4th | 1st | |||||||
| Worlds | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||
| Europeans | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | |
| Skate Canada | 1st | 1st | |||||||
| Moscow News | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
| National | |||||||||
| Soviet Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||||
