Sergei Grinkov

Sergei Grinkov was a Soviet and Russian pair skater who skated with Ekaterina Gordeeva, later his wife. Born in Moscow in 1967, he was paired with Gordeeva at fourteen at the Central Red Army Club. Together they won the 1985 World Junior title, four World Championships in 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990, and Olympic gold in 1988 and 1994, and they completed a quadruple twist lift at the 1987 World Championships. They turned professional in 1990 and toured with Stars on Ice. He died of a heart attack on 20 November 1995 at the age of 28, a death that ended one of the most successful partnerships in the history of the sport.