Oleg Makarov

Personal information
Full name	Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov
Born	(1962-10-22)October 22, 1962 (age 63) Leningrad,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
Country	Soviet Union
Partner	Larisa Selezneva
Coach	Igor Moskvin
Skating club	Zenit Leningrad SKA Leningrad
Retired	1990
Medal record Figure skating Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1984 Sarajevo Pairs World Championships 1988 Budapest Pairs 1985 Tokyo Pairs 1990 Halifax Pairs European Championships 1990 Leningrad Pairs 1989 Birmingham Pairs 1988 Prague Pairs 1987 Sarajevo Pairs 1985 Gothenburg Pairs World Junior Championships 1981 London, ON Pairs 1980 Megève Pairs 1979 Augsburg Pairs

Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov (Russian:Оле́г Вита́льевич Мака́ров; born October 22, 1962, inLeningrad) is a Russian formerpair skater who represented theSoviet Union. With his wifeLarisa 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 byIgor Moskvin.

Selezneva and Makarov married in 1987.^[1] The family moved fromSaint Petersburg, Russia toNew York in 2001,^[2] having been recommended as coaches byTamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin.^[1]

They have two children, a daughter,Ksenia (born December 20, 1992, in Saint Petersburg),^[3] and a son, Aleksey, who was born nine years later in the United States.^[1][2] 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.^[4] The pair and their daughter became naturalized U.S. citizens on August 16, 2013.^[2][5]

Makarov trained inLeningrad (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 theWorld Junior Championships in 1980 and 1981.^[6] They then rapidly progressed in the senior ranks. In 1984, they won the bronze medal at theSarajevo Olympics, which was the first major international competition for the pair. Makarov, along with Selezneva, was awarded theMedal for Distinguished Labor (1984).^[7]

Armed with strong pairs skills and difficult side-by-side triple jumps, they won the silver medal at the1985 World Championships inTokyo, almost defeating the then-reigning World and Olympic champion team,Elena Valova /Oleg Vasiliev, also from theSoviet Union. Makarov broke his knee before the1988 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 the1988 World Championships. They also won two European titles, in1987 and1989. 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.^[8] They were coached byIgor Moskvin.^[1][8]

After settling inNew York, Selezneva and Makarov began coaching at the Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club.^[9][10] In addition to their daughter,Ksenia, their students have also includedJacob Sanchez andAva Marie Ziegler.^[11][12]

Pair skating withLarisa Selezneva

1990–1991

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

1991–1992

• World Challenge of Champions – 2nd

Pair skating withMarina Petrova

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill; et al."Oleg Makarov".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC. Archived fromthe original on 2020-04-18.
• Selezneva & Makarov at theWayback Machine (archived September 30, 2007)

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