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Marat Akbarov

{{short description|Pair skater}}

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Marat Akbarov

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|country= Soviet Union

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1961|2|3|mf=yes}}

|birth_place= Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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|formerpartner= Veronica Pershina

|formercoach= Irina Rodnina, Stanislav Zhuk, Alexander Rogin

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|formertraininglocations= Moscow
Sverdlovsk

|beganskating= 1968

|retired= 1986

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{{MedalSport | Pairs' Figure skating}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| 1985 Gothenburg|Pairs}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1979 Augsburg|Pairs}}

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Marat Akbarov ({{langx|ru|Марат Фагимович Акбаров}}, born February 3, 1961) is a former competitive pair skater for the Soviet Union. With Veronica Pershina, he is the 1985 European bronze medalist and 1979 World Junior champion.

Career

Akbarov began skating in 1968 at the Lokomotiv Skating Club in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) with coach Alexander Rogin. He teamed up with Veronica Pershina in 1975. The pair moved to Moscow in 1978 to train with Stanislav Zhuk. They won the World Junior title in 1979 ahead of Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov.

In 1980, Pershina/Akbarov made their senior World Championship debut, placing 6th. The following season, they won the Soviet national title ahead of Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski. The pair changed coaches to Irina Rodnina in 1982.

Pershina/Akbarov were gold medalists at the 1982 Prize of Moscow News and 1983 NHK Trophy. In 1985, they were sent to their fourth European Championships and won the bronze medal. They took silver at the Skate Canada International in their final season.

After retiring from competition, Akbarov performed with the Russian All Stars under the direction of Tatiana Tarasova, before becoming a coach. He coaches at the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in Wheaton, Maryland.

Personal life

Akbarov married fellow pair skater Marina Pestova, with whom he has a daughter, Angela.

Results

(with Pershina)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | International
Event

! {{tooltip|77–78|1977–1978}}

! 78–79

! 79–80

! 80–81

! 81–82

! 82–83

! 83–84

! 84–85

! 85–86

align=left | Worlds6th6th6th5th8th6th
align=left | Europeans5th4th4thbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | Skate Canadabgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | NHK Trophy4thbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | Moscow Newsbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2nd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | Junior Worldsbgcolor=gold | 1st
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | National
align=left | Soviet Champ.bgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rdbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | Spartakiadabgcolor=silver | 2nd J
align=left | USSR Cupbgcolor=gold | 1st
colspan=10 align=center | J = Junior level

References

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{{cite web|url=http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188676-205898-133279-0-file,00.pdf |title=World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Pairs |publisher=International Skating Union |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104041050/http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-188676-205898-133279-0-file%2C00.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-04 }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.fskate.ru/skaters/1295.html | script-title=ru:Акбаров Марат | language = Russian |trans-title=Marat Akbarov | publisher = fskate.ru }}

{{cite web | url = http://solovieff.ru/main.mhtml?Part=46&PubID=116 | script-title=ru:Акбаров Марат | language = Russian |trans-title=Marat Akbarov | publisher = solovieff.ru }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.pairsonice.net/record.php?f=Pershina&m=Akbarov | title = Pershina & Akbarov | publisher = Pairs on Ice | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071007203025/http://www.pairsonice.net/record.php?f=Pershina&m=Akbarov | archivedate = October 7, 2007 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.wisa.us/coaches/marat.html | title = Marat Akbarov | publisher = Wheaton Ice Skating Academy | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140108164441/http://www.wisa.us/coaches/marat.html | archivedate = January 8, 2014 | url-status = live }}

{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/06/sports/russians-retain-pairs-skate-title.html | title = Russians Retain Pairs Skate Title | work = UPI | publisher = The New York Times | date = February 6, 1985 }}

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Category:Russian male pair skaters

Category:Soviet male pair skaters

Category:Living people

Category:1961 births

Category:European Figure Skating Championships medalists

Category:World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists

Category:Figure skaters from Yekaterinburg

Category:Russian figure skating coaches

Category:People from Wheaton, Maryland

Category:Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Maryland

Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen