Gennadi Karpanosov

Gennadi Karponosov
Karponosov with Linichuk in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov
Alternative names	Karponossov
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1950-11-21) 21 November 1950 (age 66) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Aston, Pennsylvania
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Partner	Natalia Linichuk Elena Zharkova
Coach	Elena Tchaikovskaia Tatiana Tarasova
Skating club	IceWorks
Retired	1981
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Lake Placid Ice dancing World Championships 1980 Dortmund Ice dancing 1979 Vienna Ice dancing 1978 Ottawa Ice dancing 1977 Tokyo Ice dancing 1974 Munich Ice dancing European Championships 1981 Innsbruck Ice dancing 1980 Gothenburg Ice dancing 1979 Zagreb Ice dancing 1978 Strasbourg Ice dancing 1977 Helsinki Ice dancing 1976 Geneva Ice dancing 1975 Copenhagen Ice dancing 1974 Zagreb Ice dancing

Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov (Russian:  Геннадий Михайлович Карпоносов​ ; born 21 November 1950) is an ice dancing coach and a former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With Natalia Linichuk, he is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion.

Gennadi Karponosov began skating because Alexei Ulanov was his neighbor. He initially competed with Elena Zharkova under coach Tatiana Tarasova but had greater success with his second partner, Natalia Linichuk.

Linichuk and Karponosov were coached by Elena Tchaikovskaia at Dynamo in Moscow. They won the World Universiade in 1972, and won the bronze medal at the 1974 and 1977 World Championships. They were fourth at the 1976 Winter Olympics, the year ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic sport.

They won the bronze medals at the European Figure Skating Championships from 1974 through 1977 and a silver medal in 1978. Linichuk and Karponosov won the world championship in 1978 and 1979 and the European Championships in 1979 and 1980.