Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were a Russian figure skating couple that participated in several Olympic Games And merged in several world championships.
The Kremlin said on Thursday that the Figure Skating Stars were on board an American Airlines flight that collided with an American army helicopter nearby Reagan International Airport On Wednesday evening.
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Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were killed in a plane crash, the Kremlin said. (Reuters)
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Shishkova and Naumov were on the plane.
“Unfortunately we see that this sad information is being confirmed. There were other fellow citizens there. Bad news today from Washington. We are sorry and send condolences to the families and friends who have lost those of our fellow citizens who died in the plane crash, “he said.
It was Naumov’s coach who introduced the couple in 1985 and wanted them to work together, despite the fact that Naumov first rejects the idea. They started working together in 1987 and participated and won bronze in the European Championships of 1991 while representing the former Soviet Union. The couple would win two bronze and silver medals in the event.
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From left to right, in couples, silver medal winners Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov van Russia, gold medal winners Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny of the Czech Republic, and bronze medal winners Jenni Meno and Todd Sand of the United States. (Reuters)
Shishkova and Naumov also earned praise on the world stage. At the 1993 World Championships, the two earned a bronze medal. The following year the two took their first gold medal in Chiba, Japan. They ended with a silver in 1995 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The couple participated in the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville, France and the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. They ended in 1992 in 1992 and celebrated in 1994.
Shishkova and Naumov married in 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they moved to Connecticut. They had a son, Maxim, who participated in men’s singles in the US
German second place in the pairs Mandy Wotzel, left, and Ingo Steuer (2nd L) with winners Evgenia Shishkova, right, and Vadim Naumov Wave to fans in the award ceremony of the NHK Trophy Artificial Skating Grand Prix in Nagoya, Japan. (Reuters)
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The Russian couple was mentioned as professional couples coaches on the Skating Club of the Boston website.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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