Roman Skorniakov

Roman Skornyakov
Roman Skornyakov
	Skorniakov at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Born	17 February 1976 (age 48); Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Uzbekistan
Began skating	1980
Retired	2003
Medal record
Figure skating: Men's singles
Representing Uzbekistan
Asian Winter Games

Roman Skorniakov (Russian: Роман Скорняков; born 17 February 1976) is a Russian-born figure skater who mainly represented Uzbekistan. He initially competed for Russia but switched to representing Uzbekistan in 1996.

Career

Skorniakov is the 1997–2003 Uzbekistani national champion. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, both times finishing in 19th place. His highest placement at an ISU Championship came at the 2000 and 2002 Four Continents Championships where he placed 7th.

Skorniakov married Tatiana Malinina in January 2000.^[1] Their son, Ilia Malinin (born in 2004), is a competitive figure skater for the United States.^[2] They also have a daughter, born in 2014.

In the later years of their careers, Skorniakov and Malinina coached each other following the death of their former coach Igor Ksenofontov.^[3]^[4]

Skorniakov now works as a skating coach in Reston, Virginia.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2001–03 ^[5]^[6]	Jalousie by Jacob Gade, D. Brohn The Boston Pops Orchestra	Le Professionnel by Ennio Morricone
2000–01 ^[7]	The Fantastic Story by Ennio Morricone performed by Richard Clayderman	First Knight by Jerry Goldsmith

Results

International^[8]
Event	94–95	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03
Olympics				19th				19th
Worlds			20th	14th	21st	17th	20th	19th	20th
Four Continents					9th	7th	12th	7th
GP Lalique					7th
GP NHK Trophy				12th	8th	4th	10th	7th
GP Sparkassen							7th	11th
Golden Spin				6th
Skate Israel				5th	9th
Asian Games					2nd
Asian Champ.			7th	2nd
National^[8]
Uzbekistani			1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Russian	16th
GP = Champions Series / Grand Prix

References

^ Mittan, Barry (14 March 2002). "Age is No Limit for Malinina". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008.
^ Schwindt, Troy (January 15, 2017). "Ciarochi, Malinin deliver golden performances". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
^ Mittan, J. Barry (1999). "Skorniakov's Moves Emulate Boitano". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Mittan, Barry (28 March 2002). "Move to America Benefits Skorniakov". Golden Skate.
^ "Roman SKORNIAKOV: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Roman SKORNIAKOV: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Roman SKORNIAKOV: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "Roman SKORNIAKOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 December 2016.