Irina Lobacheva&Ilia Averbukh RUS

5th at Olympics 1998

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Stats on Irina Lobacheva RUS

Represents: Russia
Born: 18th of February 1973 (Moscow)
Hometown: Moscow
Residence: Newark Delaware
Height: 5´6" (165cm)
Weight: 110lbs (50kg)
Coach: Natalia Linichuk&Gennadi Karponosov
Former Coach: N.Dubinskaya, Lidia Kabanova
Choreographer: Sergei Fokin
Trains in: Newark Delaware
Skating Club: Twizzl Moscow
Began Skating: 6 Years
Competitive Status: Amateur
Interests: Ballet, Aerobics, Literature

Stats on Ilia Averbukh RUS

Represents: Russia
Born: 18th of December 1973 (Moscow)
Hometown: Moscow
Residence: Newark Delaware
Height: 5´10" (177cm)
Weight: 143lbs (65kg)
Coach: Natalia Linichuk&Gennadi Karponosov
Former Coach: Zhana Gromova, Lidia Kabanova
Choreographer: Sergei Fokin
Trains in: Newark Delaware
Skating Club: Twizzl Moscow
Began Skating: 6 Years
Competitive Status: Amateur
Interests: Table tennis, Soccer, Music
Former Partner: Marina Anissina

Best Results
Events	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994
Olympics	5th	OL=Every 4years			DNS
Worlds	4th	7th	x	x	DNS
Europeans	4th	5th	x	x	DNS
Worlds Jnr	Not Available
Nationals	2nd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd
Goodwill Games	2nd	GG=Every 4years			DNS
ISU Finals	x	5th	x	ISU Finals=No Comp.
Skate America	x	DNS	2nd	x	x
Skate Canada	x	3rd	DNS	x	x
Cup of Russia	x	2nd	2nd	x	x
Trophée Lalique/France	No Entry
NHK Trophy	No Entry
Nations Cup	No Entry
Nebelhorn Trophy	No Entry

Note! This russian pair has certainly got a bright future ahead of them, they are currently chasing the french Anissina&Peizerat and Bourne&Kraatz for the rigth to be the number one challengers to their fellow russians Krylova&Ovsiannikov.
Over the years they have established themselves under the top 5 icedance couples is the World. On the ice , unlike many other pairs where the lady is overshining the man, in this pair it is the opposite, Ilia is a real character on the ice.
Strong Points: ?
Weaknessses:He is overshining her a bit
Trademark:?

Cast of Skaters Men
[Alexander Abt] [Sebastien Britten] [Philippe Candeloro] [Dmitri Dmitrienko] [Todd Eldregde] [Ilia Kulik] [Evgeni Pliushenko] [Elvis Stojko] [Alexei Urmanov] [Michael Weiss] [Alexei Yagudin] [Viacheslav Zagorodniuk]
Ladies
[Nicole Bobek] [Surya Bonaly] [Maria Butyrskaya] [Vanessa Gusmeroli] [Laetitia Hubert] [Michelle Kwan] [Tara Lipinski] [Tonia Kwiatkovski] [Anna Rechnio] [Irina Slutskaya] [Yulia Soldatova] [Elena Sokolova] [Tanja Szewczenko]
Pairs
[Abitbol/Bernadis] [Bereznaya/Sikharulidze] [Savard-Gagnon/Bradet] [Kazakova/Dmitriev] [Meno/Sand] [Schwarz/Müller] [Shen/Zhao] [Stiegler/Stiegler] [Wötzel/Steuer] [Zagorska/Siudek]
Dance
[Anissina/Peizerat] Bourne/Kraatz [Joseph/Butler] [Krylova/Ovsiannikov] [Lobacheva/Averbukh] [Semenovich/Fedorov] [Winkler/Lohse]

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