Ilia Averbukh

Ilia Averbukh
Averbukh in 2004
Personal information
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1973-12-18) 18 December 1973 (age 43) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Former partner	Irina Lobacheva Marina Anissina
Former coach	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov Natalia Dybinskaya Oleg Epstein
Skating club	Dynamo Moscow
Former training locations	Newark, Delaware Moscow
Began skating	1979
Retired	2003
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Ice dancing World Championships 2003 Washington, D.C. Ice dancing 2002 Nagano Ice dancing 2001 Vancouver Ice dancing European Championships 2003 Malmö Ice dancing 2002 Lausanne Ice dancing 2001 Bratislava Ice dancing 1999 Prague Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2002–2003 St. Petersburg Ice dancing 2000–2001 Tokyo Ice dancing 1998–1999 St. Petersburg Ice dancing World Junior Championships 1992 Hull Ice dancing 1990 Colorado Springs Ice dancing

Ilia Izyaslavovich Averbukh (Russian: Илья Изяславович Авербух, correctly spelled "Ilya"; born 18 December 1973) is a Russian ice dancer. With former wife Irina Lobacheva, he is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002 World champion and the 2003 European champion.

With Marina Anissina, he is the 1990 and 1992 World Junior champion.

Averbukh is Jewish, and was born in Moscow.

Averbukh started skating at the age of 5. He initially competed with Marina Anissina. They won two World Junior Championships (1990 and 1992). Averbukh teamed up with Irina Lobacheva in 1992. After the Goodwill Games in the summer of 1994 their coaches moved with many of their students to the United States to train at the University of Delaware. Lobacheva and Averbukh joined them the next year.

In September 2001, Lobacheva injured her knee in training, causing them to miss the Grand Prix season. They won the silver medal at the 2002 Olympics behind Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat.

Lobacheva / Averbukh won gold at the 2002 World Championships and at the 2003 European Championships. They retired from competition at the end of the 2002–2003 season.

Following his retirement from competitive skating, Averbukh became a producer of skating shows and tours. Among his projects are Ice Symphony/Ice Age; City Lights; Bolero (a television show pairing skaters with prima ballerinas); and Small Stories of a Big City, an ice show during the 2012 Olympics in London. In January 2013, Averbukh was named an ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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