Igor Shpilband
Full name Igor Yuryevich Shpilband Born (1964-07-14 ) July 14, 1964 (age 59)
Moscow ,
Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
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 .
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 (4th from left) in 2011 with
Marina Zueva and students
Tessa Virtue /
Scott Moir ,
Meryl Davis /
Charlie White , and
Maia Shibutani /
Alex Shibutani
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 his new training site is the Novi Ice Arena in
Novi, Michigan , and American ice dancers
Madison Chock /
Evan Bates confirmed that they would train with Shpilband in Novi.
[13] They were joined soon after by
Isabella Tobias /
Deividas Stagniūnas of Lithuania.
[14]
Shpilband is currently coaching the following skaters:
Shpilband has coached the following skaters:
Competitive highlights
(with Gladkova)
References
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c Rosewater, Amy (May 24, 2011).
"Shpilband, Zoueva at forefront of dance revolution" . IceNetwork. Retrieved June 18, 2011 .
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b Hayes, Marcus (February 23, 2010).
"Torch passed as Canadians take ice-dancing gold" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer .
^ Rosewater, Amy (February 22, 2010).
"Coaches balance loyalties with 'jacket dance' " . Ice Network .
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"2006 Cup of Russia" .
U.S. Figure Skating .
^ Mittan, Barry (September 6, 2009).
"Shpilband Follows Dad to the Ice" . Golden Skate .
^ Sullivan, Jerry (February 20, 2014).
"Lenda makes major impact as skate coach" . Buffalo News .
Archived from the original on July 17, 2016.
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b Russell, Susan D. (January 5, 2013).
"Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov" . IFS Magazine . Archived from
the original on March 3, 2016.
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"World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance" (PDF) . International Skating Union. Archived from
the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008.
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a
b Barnas, Jo-Ann (June 3, 2012).
"Coach Igor Shpilband fired from position at Canton's Arctic Figure Skating Club" .
Detroit Free Press .
Archived from the original on June 7, 2012.
^ Zinser, Lynn (January 6, 1998).
"Coaches' Feat: New Dance Craze Two Arrive From Abroad To Aid U.S."
Philadelphia Daily News .
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c Barnas, Jo-Ann (June 4, 2012).
"U.S. Figure Skating confirms top American teams to stay in Canton after Shpilband dismissal" .
Detroit Free Press .
Archived from the original on June 7, 2012.
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"U.S. endures ice dance shakeup" .
ESPN .
Associated Press . June 5, 2012.
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"Shpilband moving to Novi, bringing Chock and Bates" . Icenetwork . June 12, 2012.
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"Lithuanians Tobias, Stagniunas follow Shpilband" . Icenetwork . June 14, 2012.
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Ice dance bio isuresults.com
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"ISU Results" . www.isuresults.com . Retrieved May 13, 2022 .
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"Alisa AGAFONOVA / Dmitri DUN" . International Skating Union. Archived from
the original on March 9, 2010.
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"Alissandra ARONOW / Zachary DONOHUE" . International Skating Union.
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"Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO" . International Skating Union.
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"Ghiaccio, Cappellini-Lanotte, i programmi per la nuova stagione" [Skating: Cappellini-Lanotte's programs for the new season].
La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). July 29, 2014.
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"Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN" . International Skating Union.
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"Biography" . Archived from
the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2014 .
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"Figure skaters Madison Chock of Novi and Evan Bates of Ann Arbor move training base to Montreal" . Detroit News . May 25, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018 .
^ Coomes, Penny.
"Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland change coaches" . Instagram . Archived from
the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2015 .
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"Katherine COPELY / Deividas STAGNIUNAS" . International Skating Union.
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"Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE" . International Skating Union. Archived from
the original on February 10, 2014.
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"Margarita DROBIAZKO / Povilas VANAGAS" . International Skating Union.
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"Grethe GRUNBERG / Kristian RAND" . International Skating Union.
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"Jessica JOSEPH / Brandon FORSYTH" . International Skating Union.
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"Siobhan KARAM / Joshua MCGRATH" . International Skating Union.
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"Naomi LANG / Peter TCHERNYSHEV" . International Skating Union.
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"Biography" . www.isuresults.com . Retrieved January 12, 2024 .
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"Caitlin MALLORY / Kristian RAND" . International Skating Union. Archived from
the original on March 22, 2010.
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"Lydia MANON / Ryan O'MEARA" . International Skating Union.
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"Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Peter GERBER" . International Skating Union.
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Thea Rabe / Timothy Koleto at
ISU
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"Jamie SILVERSTEIN / Ryan O'MEARA" . International Skating Union.
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"Crystal Report Viewer" . www.isuresults.com . Retrieved January 12, 2024 .
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"Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI" . International Skating Union. Archived from
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"Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR" . International Skating Union.
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"Skate Canada: Virtue, Moir staying with Zoueva" . Icenetwork . June 6, 2012.
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"Crystal Report Viewer" . www.isuresults.com . Retrieved January 12, 2024 .
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"Katarina Wolfkostin on Instagram: "We want to share the news with everybody that we left Novi. There's so much I could say but I'll just say I'm so thankful for all that I learned! The lessons, experience, and wisdom of our teachers Igor and Pasquale, and also Adrienne and Natalia, made us so much of who we are today. We are trying a new direction now, and we will be training at MIDA while attending UM. I have a hard time saying goodbye, but we're looking forward to the future." " .
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"Biography" . www.isuresults.com . Retrieved January 12, 2024 .