Maxim Shabalin

Maxim Shabalin

Domnina and Shabalin at the 2009 Worlds
Personal information
Full name	Maxim Andreevich Shabalin
Country represented	Russia
Former country(ies) represented	Bulgaria
Born	January 25, 1982 (1982-01-25) (age 29) Samara, Russia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Partner	Oksana Domnina
Former partner	Elena Khalyavina Margarita Toteva (BUL)
Coach	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov
Former coach	Alexei Gorshkov Oleg Sudakov Larisa Filina
Choreographer	Natalia Linichuk
Skating club	Odintsovo Ice Skating School
Retired	2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	207.14 2008 Europeans
Comp. dance	42.78 2010 Europeans
Original dance	64.68 2009 Worlds
Free dance	104.99 2008 Europeans
Medal record Figure skating ice dancing Competitor for  Russia Bronze 2010 Vancouver Ice dancing World Championships Gold 2009 Los Angeles Ice dancing European Championships Gold 2010 Tallinn Ice dancing Gold 2008 Zagreb Ice dancing Silver 2007 Warsaw Ice dancing Grand Prix Final Silver 2008–2009 Goyang Ice dancing Gold 2007–2008 Turin Ice dancing Bronze 2006–2007 St. Petersburg Ice dancing World Junior Championships Gold 2003 Ostrava Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final Gold 2001–2002 Bled Ice dancing Silver 2001–2002 Ayr Ice dancing

Olympic medal record
Figure skating
ice dancing
Competitor for  Russia
Bronze	2010 Vancouver	Ice dancing

Maxim Andreevich Shabalin (Russian: Максим Андреевич Шабалин, born January 25, 1982 in Samara, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian ice dancer. He and partner Oksana Domnina are the 2010 Olympic bronze medalists, the 2009 World Champions, the 2008 & 2010 European Champions, the 2007 Grand Prix Final champions, and three-time (2005, 2007, 2010) Russian national champions.

Career

Shabalin began skating aged four in Samara, pushed into the sport by his parents but grew to enjoy it by the age of 11.^[1] He began competing in ice dancing aged 11 or 12.^[1] At the age of 15, he moved to Bulgaria to skate with Margarita Toteva for that country but the partnership ended due to her injury.^[1] He then competed with Elena Khalyavina for Russia.^[1]

Shabalin was paired with Oksana Domnina in May 2002 by coach Alexei Gorshkov.^[2] In their first season together, they won every junior level competition they entered, including the 2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix Final and the 2003 World Junior Championships.

Shabalin suffered a meniscus injury in spring 2007 and had surgery on his right knee in May.^[2][3] They initially worked on a free dance to Schindler's List but when they wanted to add a faster section they thought it looked too much like a hodgepodge; after consultation with Tatiana Tarasova, they began working on a new free dance to Masquerade Waltz at the start of August.^[3] In September 2007, Shabalin also had surgery due to appendicitis.^[2] He then had problems with his left knee and had another operation in December.^[2] He returned to win the 2008 Europeans but limped off the ice.^[3][2] The pain persisted despite therapy, preventing them from training fully and resulting in their withdrawal from the 2008 World Championships.^[2] Shabalin spent five weeks in treatment in Munich, Germany, while Domnina trained on her own in Odintsovo, near Moscow.^[2]

In June 2008, Domnina and Shabalin announced they were leaving their longtime coach Alexei Gorshkov and moving from Russia to the United States to train with husband-and-wife coaches Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.^[4] The move was considered surprising as their rivals Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto had also moved to the same coaches a couple months prior, but Domnina said the competition at the rink was stimulating.^[2]

Domnina and Shabalin won the silver medal at the 2008-09 Grand Prix Final, and then claimed gold at 2009 Worlds. Afterwards, Shabalin returned to Germany for another four months of therapy on his left knee.^[5] They missed the 2009–10 Grand Prix series as a result of his knee problems.^[5] They resumed training in November 2009. Shabalin decided to use a brace in practice and competition to limit the movement and protect his knee.^[5]

Their original dance based on Australian Aboriginal folk dances sparked controversy in early 2010. Australian Aboriginal leaders were offended by the dance. Domnina and Shabalin said they meant no disrespect and would do the dance at the Olympics. When it was first skated at the 2010 Russian Championships, they wore face makeup but removed it for the 2010 European Championships.^[6] Domnina and Shabalin won the bronze medal at the 2010 Olympics and withdrew from the World Championships as a result of continued problems with his knee. He was diagnosed with osteoarthritis.^[7] Shabalin received the Overcoming Award at the 2010 Crystal Ice Awards held in October 2010 in Moscow.^[8][9] He was also appointed head coach of the Russian national ice dancing team.^[10]

Personal life

Shabalin studied civil administration.^[3] He married Russian actress Irina Grineva in November 2010.^[7][11]

Programs

(with Domnina)

Season	Original dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2009–2010	Aboriginal Dance arrangement by Alexander Goldstin	The Double Life of Véronique by Zbigniew Preisner Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell	The Matrix by Don Davis
2008–2009	Waltz from Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich	Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian	Gonna Fly Now by Bill Conti
2007–2008	Raspryagaite Khloptsy Koni (Guys, Unsaddle Your Horses)	Masquerade Waltz by Aram Khachaturian	Tango Oblivion by Ástor Piazzolla
2006–2007	Primavera Portena by Ástor Piazzolla	Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor by Aleksandr Borodin	Adagio by Secret Garden Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd Proper Education by Eric Prydz
2005–2006	Paxi Ni Ngongo by Bonga Chillando Goma by Fulanito	Song of the Spirit by Karl Jenkins	The Show Must Go On by Queen
2004–2005	I wait for you It Don't Mean a Thing by Duke Ellington	The Fifth Element soundtrack by Éric Serra	Rap & Classica
2003–2004	Harlem Nocturne The Dirty Boogie by The Brian Setzer Orchestra	Four Seasons Tango by Antonio Vivaldi and Astor Piazolla	From Brasileiro: Fanfarra Malagenha by Sérgio Mendes
2002–2003	Polka/Waltz by Dmitri Shostakovich	From Brasileiro: Fanfarra Malagenha by Sérgio Mendes	Mungal

Competitive highlights

Domnina & Shabalin sit with coaches Gennadi Karponosov and Natalia Linichuk following their original dance at the 2008-09 Grand Prix Final.

Domnina & Shabalin at the 2008 European Championships.

With Domnina

Event	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Winter Olympic Games				9th				3rd
World Championships	15th	10th	8th	7th	5th		1st
European Championships	12th	7th	6th	6th	2nd	1st	WD	1st
World Junior Championships	1st
Russian Championships	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st			1st
Grand Prix Final				5th	3rd	1st	2nd
Cup of Russia		6th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd
Cup of China			4th		1st	2nd	1st
Skate America				3rd
Skate Canada		6th
Skate Israel				2nd
Karl Schäfer Memorial					1st
Finlandia Trophy		2nd
Junior Grand Prix Final	1st
Junior Grand Prix, France	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Serbia	1st
WD = Withdrew

With Khalyavina

Event	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02
World Junior Championships	10th	3rd	2nd
Russian Junior Championships	3rd	2nd	1st
Junior Grand Prix Final		2nd	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Italy			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Poland			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic		1st
Junior Grand Prix, Norway	3rd	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia	1st

With Toteva for Bulgaria

Event	1997–98
World Junior Championships	14th
Bulgarian Championships	2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia	6th
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria	6th

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Rosewater, Amy (February 9, 2010). "For Domnina, Shabalin, Olympics is all business". icenetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100209&content_id=8043036&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved September 23, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Flade, Tatiana (October 12, 2008). "Fresh start for Domnina and Shabalin". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/101208.shtml. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Interview Oksana Domnina/Maxim Schabalin (Jan 2008/Nov 2007)". figureskating-online. March 10, 2008. http://www.figureskating-online.com/domnina-schabalin.html. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
4. ^ Hinckley, Todd (June 20, 2008). "Domnina, Shabalin Team with Linichuk". Icenetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080619&content_id=48812&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} Flade, Tatiana (January 2, 2010). "Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin: On the comeback trail". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2009/010210.shtml. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
6. ^ Hersh, Philip (January 23, 2010). "Australian Aborigines find ice dance performance 'offensive'". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-skate-dance23-2010jan23,0,992224.story. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Mustafina, Mira (September 30, 2010). "Если не под венец, то в монастырь, так считают наши сегодняшние герои [If not marriage, then a monastery]" (in Russian). http://www.liter.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3753&Itemid=2. Retrieved November 22, 2010. 
8. ^ Golinsky, Reut (November 19, 2010). "Ice festival in Moscow". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/reports/2010crystalice.html. Retrieved December 22, 2010. 
9. ^ Kozina, Anna (October 20, 2010). ""Хрустальный лед" растаял : В Москве наградили лучших фигуристов ["Crystal Ice" melted: Top skaters awarded in Moscow]" (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. http://www.rg.ru/2010/10/20/led.html. Retrieved October 21, 2010. 
10. ^ "Максим Шабалин стал старшим тренером по танцам в сборной России по фигурному катанию [Maxim Shabalin became senior dance coach in the Russian national figure skating]" (in Russian). allsportinfo.ru. October 20, 2010. http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=44584. Retrieved October 21, 2010. 
11. ^ Yakovleva, Arina (December 4, 2010). "Свадьба Ирины Гриневой и Макса Шабалина [Wedding of Irina Grineva and Maxim Shabalin]" (in Russian). spletnik.ru. http://spletnik.ru/buzz/pressa/22964-svadba-iriny-grinevojj-i-maksim-shabalina.html. Retrieved December 6, 2010. 

• World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: DancePDF (11.0 KB)
• 1997/1998 ISU Junior Series results

External links

• Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin at the International Skating Union
• "Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin". IceNetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38777&mode=P. 
• Elena Khalyavina & Maxim Shabalin at the International Skating Union
• Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin - Official Website

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Name	Shabalin, Maxim
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Date of birth	January 25, 1982
Place of birth	Samara
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