Figure Skating

  1. Home
  2. Sports
  3. Figure Skating
photo of Jo Ann Schneider Farris

Jo Ann's Figure Skating Blog

By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com Guide to Figure Skating

Olympic Pair Skating Champion Aleksandr Zaitsev Visits the U.S.

Saturday June 14, 2008
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev won two Olympic titles and six world championships. In fact, they won every single figure skating competition they entered. It's been many years since Zaitsev won the the Olympics, but he is still considered a figure skating legend. His birthday is coming up on Monday, June 16. Did you know that each year he is so famous in Russia that his birthday is announced throughout the country? This year he'll be spending it in the U.S. and I had the honor of interviewing him!


Irina Rodnina and Alexandr Zaitsev - Photo by Steve Powell - Getty Images

Comments

No comments yet. Leave a Comment

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Discuss

Community Forum

Explore Figure Skating

About.com Special Features

Figure Skating

  1. Home
  2. Sports
  3. Figure Skating

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.