Maxim Marinin

Maxim Marinin
Marinin with Totmianina at the 2004 Worlds
Personal information
Full name	Maxim Viktorovich Marinin
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1977-03-23) 23 March 1977 (age 39) Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Partner	Tatiana Totmianina
Former coach	Oleg Vasiliev, Natalia Pavlova
Former choreographer	Alexander Matveev, Lori Nichol, Svetlana Korol, Giuseppe Arena
Skating club	Yubileiny Sport Club
Retired	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	204.48 2006 Olympics
Short program	70.12 2005 Worlds
Free skate	135.84 2006 Olympics
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Pairs Winter Olympics 2006 Turin Pairs World Championships 2005 Moscow Pairs 2004 Dortmund Pairs 2003 Washington, D.C. Pairs 2002 Nagano Pairs European Championships 2006 Lyon Pairs 2005 Turin Pairs 2004 Budapest Pairs 2003 Malmö Pairs 2002 Lausanne Pairs 2001 Bratislava Pairs Grand Prix Final 2005–06 Tokyo Pairs 2003–04 Colorado Springs Pairs 2002–03 St. Petersburg Pairs

Maxim Viktorovich Marinin (Russian: Максим Викторович Маринин, born 23 March 1977) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. With partner Tatiana Totmianina, he is the 2006 Olympic champion, two-time World champion, and five-time European champion.

Marinin was born in Volgograd, Russia, and began skating at age four after his parents saw an advertisement for a skating school. After losing to the much younger Evgeni Plushenko, Marinin realized he would not be competitive in singles skating. Due to Marinin's height, a coach asked him to switch to pairs and move to Saint Petersburg. Marinin began skating pairs in 1993. He met Tatiana Totmianina in 1995 at the Russian Nationals which he attended without a partner. They began skating together in 1996. Early in their career together, they were coached by Natalia Pavlova in Saint Petersburg, with choreography by Svetlana Korol.

Totmianina/Marinin made consistent progress on the world scene through the late 90's. In 1998, the pair asked Tamara Moskvina to coach them but she was unable to take on more students and suggested 1984 Olympic pairs champion Oleg Vasiliev. He declined due to lack of ice and connections but he accepted in 2001 when Moskvina again directed them to him. Totmianina/Marinin left Pavlova just prior to the 2001 European Championships and moved to Chicago in the United States to train under Vasiliev. They trained at the Oakton Ice Arena in Park Ridge, Illinois.