Irina Vorobieva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vorobieva with Lisovsky in October 1979
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Full name | Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alternative names | Vorobiova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Saint Petersburg |
June 30, 1958 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner |
Igor Lisovsky Aleksandr Vlasov |
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Former coach | Tamara Moskvina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Trud Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Воробьёва; born June 30, 1958 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With partner and then-husband Igor Lisovsky, she is the 1981 World champion and the 1981 European champion. They were coached by Tamara Moskvina.
Before teaming up with Lisovsky, she competed with Aleksandr Vlasov, with whom she is the 1977 World silver medalist, 1976 World bronze medalist, and placed 4th at the 1976 Olympics.
She currently coaches at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Among her former students are Brittany Vise and Nicholas Kole, Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent, and Shelby Lyons and Brian Wells.
(with Lisovsky)