Kira Ivanova
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Kira Ivanova at the 1978 Prize of Moscow News
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| Country represented |
 Soviet Union
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| Born |
Kira Valentinovna Ivanova 10 January 1963 Moscow, Soviet Union |
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| Died | 18 December 2001 (aged 38) Moscow, Russia |
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| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach |
Vladimir Kovalev Viktor Kudriavtsev |
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| Skating club | Dynamo Moskva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kira Valentinovna Ivanova (Russian: Кира Валентиновна Иванова; 10 January 1963 – 18 December 2001) was a figure skater from the Soviet Union whose senior international career ran from 1979-88.
While she had won numerous medals at international events, such as World Junior Championships, Enia Challenge Cup, and Moscow News Trophy, her true breakthrough on the international skating scene came with a bronze medal at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Ivanova shone at the 1985 World Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo, where she won the silver medal, finishing second to Katarina Witt.
Ivanova won the silver medal at the 1978 World Junior Championships. She made her senior World debut at the 1979 World Championships and finished 18th. Ivanova was 16th at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
She was not sent to the 1980 World Championships, however, she received more assignments after Elena Vodorezova, a Soviet champion who had placed 6th at 1978 Worlds, was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. At the 1981 World Championships, Ivanova placed 13th in the compulsory figures, 4th in the short program, and 13th in the free skate, and finished 12th overall. She won the Moscow News Trophy in the fall of 1982, completing a clean triple-triple jump combination.
The Soviet skating federation allegedly banned Ivanova from competing outside the Soviet Union for two years, beginning in the fall of 1981, for public conflicts with her coach that interfered with her training. She returned to international competition in time for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, where she won bronze. She was the only ladies' single skater to win an Olympic medal for the USSR or Russia until Irina Slutskaya won silver in 2002.
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