- Sergei Ponomarenko
Sergei Vladilenovich Ponomarenko ( _ru. Сергей Владиленович Пономаренко; born
October 6 ,1960 ) is aRussia n figure skater inice dancing . Ponomarenko trained at Spartak inMoscow . His skating partner and wife isMarina Klimova . His former partner wasTatiana Durasova .In addition to winning three World championships and four European Championships, Klimova and Ponomarenko are the only figure skaters in any discipline to have won Olympic medals in three different colors. They won the bronze medal in 1984 Sarajevo, the silver medal in 1988 Calgary for the USSR and the gold medal in 1992 Albertville for the
Unified Team .Klimova and Ponomarenko married in September of 1984 and have two sons, Tim born in 1998 and Anthony in 2000. They turned professional after the 1992 World Championships. They now reside in the United States in
Morgan Hill, California and coach young figure skaters at Sharks Ice at San Jose,California .Klimova and Ponomarenko were inducted into the
World Figure Skating Hall of Fame (2000).Ponomarenko is an ISU technical specialist for Russia. [PDFlink|1= [http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=576 ISU Communication No. 1467] ]
Competitive highlights
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List of Olympic medalists in figure skating References
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External links
* [http://www.caretoicedance.com/klipom.html Care to Ice Dance? - Klimova & Ponomarenko]
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