Kira Valentinovna Ivanova was a Soviet Russian figure skater.
14 Facts About Kira Ivanova
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Kira Ivanova was the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1985 World silver medalist, a four-time European silver medalist, and a three-time Soviet national champion.
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Kira Ivanova made her senior World debut at the 1979 World Championships, finishing 18th.
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Kira Ivanova was not sent to the 1980 World Championships she received more assignments after Elena Vodorezova, a Soviet champion who had placed 6th at 1978 Worlds, was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis.
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At the 1981 World Championships, Kira Ivanova placed 13th in the compulsory figures, 4th in the short program, and 13th in the free skate, and finished 12th overall.
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Kira Ivanova won the Moscow News Trophy in the fall of 1982, completing a clean triple-triple jump combination.
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The Soviet skating federation allegedly banned Kira Ivanova from competing outside the Soviet Union for two years, beginning in the fall of 1981, for public conflicts with her coach that interfered with her training.
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Kira Ivanova returned to international competition in time for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, where she won bronze.
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Kira Ivanova was the only ladies' single skater to win an Olympic medal for the Soviet Union, the Unified Team or Russia until Irina Slutskaya won silver in 2002.
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Kira Ivanova won the silver medal at the 1985 European Championships in Gothenburg, at the 1986 European Championships in Copenhagen, at the 1987 European Championships in Sarajevo and at the 1988 European Championships in Prague.
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Kira Ivanova finished first in the compulsory figures ahead of the defending Olympic champion Katarina Witt, but placed 10th and 9th in the short and free programs and finished 7th overall.
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In 1991, Kira Ivanova began coaching children at Moscow's Dynamo arena but quit in August 2001.
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Neighbors found Kira Ivanova's body, covered in stab wounds, in her apartment on 21 December 2001.
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Kira Ivanova had lived in the northern outskirts of Moscow in Otradnoye District.