Irina Rodnina

Irina Rodnina
Ирина Роднина
Rodnina in 2018
Member of the State Duma for Moscow Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2016
Preceded by	constituency re-established
Constituency	Dmitrov (No. 118)
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office 24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016
Personal details
Born	(1949-09-12) 12 September 1949 (age 74) Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Political party	United Russia CPSU (until 1991)
Height	152 cm (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Spouse(s)	Alexander Zaitsev ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 1985)​ Leonid Minkovski ​ ​ (m. 1985, divorced)​
Children	Alexander Alexandrovich Zaitsev Alena Leonidovna Minkovskaya
Education	State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture
Figure skating career
Country	Soviet Union
Partner	Alexei Ulanov (1964–1972) Alexander Zaitsev (1972–1980)
Coach	Stanislav Zhuk (1964–1974) Tatiana Tarasova (1974–1980)
Skating club	Armed Forces (sports society)
Retired	1980
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 1972 Sapporo Pairs 1976 Innsbruck Pairs 1980 Lake Placid Pairs World Championships 1969 Colorado Springs Pairs 1970 Ljubljana Pairs 1971 Lyon Pairs 1972 Calgary Pairs 1973 Bratislava Pairs 1974 Munich Pairs 1975 Colorado Springs Pairs 1976 Gothenburg Pairs 1977 Tokyo Pairs 1978 Ottawa Pairs European Championships 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs 1970 Leningrad Pairs 1971 Zürich Pairs 1972 Gothenburg Pairs 1973 Cologne Pairs 1974 Zagreb Pairs 1975 Copenhagen Pairs 1976 Geneva Pairs 1977 Helsinki Pairs 1978 Strasbourg Pairs 1980 Gothenburg Pairs

Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina (Russian: Ирина Константиновна Роднина, IPA: [ɪˈrʲinə kənstɐnˈtʲinəvnə rədʲnʲɪˈna]; born 12 September 1949) is a Russian politician and retired figure skater, who is the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships (1969–78) and three successive Olympic gold medals (1972, 1976, 1980). She was elected to the State Duma in the 2007 legislative election as a member of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party.^[2] As a figure skater, she initially competed with Alexei Ulanov and later teamed up with Alexander Zaitsev. She is the first pair skater to win the Olympic title with two different partners, followed only by Artur Dmitriev.