Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)

Aleksandr Gorshkov
Gorshkov in 2013
Personal information
Full nameAleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov
Born(1946-10-08)8 October 1946
Died17 November 2022(2022-11-17) (aged 76)
Moscow, Russia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union
Retired1976
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  Soviet Union
Winter Olympics
1976 Innsbruck Ice dancing
World Championships
1976 Gothenburg Ice dancing
1974 Munich Ice dancing
1973 Bratislava Ice dancing
1972 Calgary Ice dancing
1971 Lyon Ice dancing
1970 Ljubljana Ice dancing
1969 Colorado Springs Ice dancing
European Championships
1976 Geneva Ice dancing
1975 Copenhagen Ice dancing
1974 Zagreb Ice dancing
1973 Cologne Ice dancing
1972 Gothenburg Ice dancing
1971 Zürich Ice dancing
1970 Leningrad Ice dancing
1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ice dancing

Aleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov (Russian: Александр Георгиевич Горшков, 8 October 1946 – 17 November 2022) was a Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his wife Lyudmila Pakhomova, he was the 1976 Olympic champion.

They were also six-time World Champions (1970–74, 1976), as well as six-time European champions (1970–71, 1973–76), which makes them the most decorated athletes all-time at both events in the pair discipline.

Since 2010 and until his death, Gorshkov served as the president of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR).