Igor Shpilband
American figure skater (born 1964)
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Igor Yuryevich Shpilband (Russian: Игорь Юрьевич Шпильбанд, born July 14, 1964) is an American ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 World Junior champion with former partner Tatiana Gladkova.
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Igor Yuryevich Shpilband |
| Born | July 14, 1964 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Spouse | Veronica Pershina (divorced) |
Personal life
Shpilband was born in Moscow on July 14, 1964, to a Jewish family. In 1990, he and several other Soviet skaters were part of a U.S. tour headlined by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean when one of them, Gorsha Sur, decided to defect; Shpilband, Veronica Pershina and Elena Krykanova decided to join him.[1][2]
Shpilband got a coaching position in Detroit not long after.[1] He became a naturalized United States citizen in 2000.[3] With his former wife Veronica Pershina, he has a son, Maxim, and a daughter, Ekaterina, a competitive figure skater for the United States.[4][5] In 2006, he became engaged to skating coach Adrienne Lenda.[6]
Competitive and coaching career
Shpilband was coached by Lyudmila Pakhomova from age 12 to 20.[7] He and his partner, Tatiana Gladkova, won the silver medal at the 1982 World Junior Championships and then gold in 1983.[8] Shpilband retired from competitive skating following Pakhomova's death in 1986.[7]
Following his defection, he began working as a coach and choreographer at the Detroit Skating Club.[9] Gorsha Sur recommended him as a coach to Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow, who were among his first students.[1] Shpilband formerly worked in collaboration with British coach Elizabeth Coates.[10] He began coaching with Marina Zueva in 2001.[2] In 2003, Shpilband began coaching at the Arctic Edge Arena in Canton, Michigan.[11] On June 3, 2012, Shpilband confirmed that he had been fired from the Arctic Edge Arena.[9][12] On June 12, it was announced that he had begun coaching at the Novi Ice Arena in Novi, Michigan. Pasquale Camerlengo began working alongside him in 2018.[13]
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His current and former students include:
Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun[14]
Alissandra Aronow / Zachary Donohue[15]- Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto[16]
Sofiia Beznosikova / Max Leleu[17]
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte[18]- Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko[19]
- Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates[20]
- Madison Chock / Evan Bates[21][22]
- Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein[23]
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland[24]
Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas[25]
Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin[26]- Meryl Davis / Charlie White[27][11]
- Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas[28]
- Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri[29]
Grethe Grünberg / Kristian Rand[30]
Daniela Ivanitskiy / Matthew Sperry[31]- Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler[32]
- Jessica Joseph / Brandon Forsyth[33]
Siobhan Karam / Joshua McGrath[34]- Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev[35]
- Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye[36]
- Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely[37]
Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis[38]- Caitlin Mallory / Kristian Rand[39]
- Lydia Manon / Brandon Forsyth[40]
- Lydia Manon / Michel Klus[41]
- Lydia Manon / Ryan O'Meara[42]
Yura Min / Daniel Eaton[43]- Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin[44]
- Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin[45]
- Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik[46]
- Eva Pate / Logan Bye[47]
Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat[48]
Justyna Plutowska / Peter Gerber[49]- Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit[50]
- Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow[51]
Thea Rabe / Tim Koleto[52]
Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov[53]- Jasmine Robertson / Chase Rohner[54]
- Lauren Senft / Leif Gislason[55]
- Lauren Senft / Augie Hill[56]
- Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani[57][11]
- Olivia Josephine Shilling / Leo Baeten[58]
- Jamie Silverstein / Ryan O'Meara[59]
- Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek[60]
- Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas[61]
Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko[62]- Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland[63]
- Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir[64]
- Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe[65]
- Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen[66]
Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen[67]- Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik[68]
Competitive highlights
(with Gladkova)
| Event | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Champ. | 2nd | 1st | |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 2nd |
