Marina Vladimirovna Klimova (Russian: Марина Владимировна Климова) and Sergei Vladilenovich Ponomarenko (Серге́й Владиленович Пономаренко) are former ice dancers who represented first the Soviet Union and then the Unified Team.
Marina was born on 28 June 1966 in Sverdlovsk (current Ekaterinburg) and Sergei on 6 October 1960 in Moscow.
Marina and Sergei are the 1992 Olympic champions, the 1988 Olympic silver medalists, the 1984 Olympic bronze medalists, three-time World champions (1989, 1990 and 1992), and four-time European champions (1989-1992). They are the first figure skaters in any discipline to win Olympic medals of all the colours. After finishing their competitive career, they turned professional and started participating in shows and events for professional skaters (they are two-time silver medalists of the World Professional Championships).
Marina's first partner was Oleg Volkov. They competed two seasons and won two silver medals of the Cup of USSR Final (1978 and 1979) and placed third at the 4th Winter USSR Spartakiad.
In 2000 Marina and Sergei were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
They got married in September 1984 and have two sons: Tim, born in 1998 and Anthony, born on 5 January 2001. Anthony is a competitive ice dancer and together with Christina Carreira, his partner, represents the USA. For mor information about Anthony and Cristina look here.
Currently they live in California and dedicate to coaching young skaters. Additionally, Sergei is ans ISU technical specialist for Russia.
Wikipedia
Marina - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Klimova
Sergei - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Ponomarenko
Fskate.ru
Marina - https://fskate.ru/skaters/1446.html
Sergei - https://fskate.ru/skaters/1554.html
Programs and Videos
1991/1992
CD 1: Waltz / Paso Doble
CD 2: Blues / Tango Romantica
OD: Polka from "Ballet Suite no. 2" by Shostakovich
FD: "Air from Suite No.3" by Johann Sebastian Bach / "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Ex: "E lucevan le stelle"
1992 World Championships
1990/1991
CD 1: Starlight Waltz
CD 2: Rhumba
OD: Blues
FD: "Lawrence of Arabia" by Maurice Jarre
1991 World Championships
CD 1:
Cd 2:
OSP: Samba - "La cucaracha"
FD: "My Fair Lady"
Ex: "Once upon a Time in America"
1990 World Championships
1988/1989
CD 1: Westminster Waltz
CD 2: Charleston / Rhumba
OSP: Charleston
FD: "Mack the Knife" from "Three penny opera" by Kurt Weil / "My Fair Lady" by Frederick Loewe
1989 World Championships1989 European Championships
1987/1988
CD 1: Kilian
CD 2: Paso Doble
CD 3: Vienesse Dance
OSP: Tango
FD 1: "Mack the Knife" by Kurt Weill
FD 2: Beatles medley: "Yesterday" / "I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "Let It Be" / "Get Back" / "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
1988 World Championships
1986/1987
CD 1: Waltz
CD 2:
OSP: Waltz by Johann Strauss
FD: "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor" by Franz Liszt
1987 World Championships
1985/1986
CD 1:
CD 2:
OSP: "Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214" by Johann Strauss
FD: "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss and "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor" by Franz Liszt
1986 World Championships1986 European Championships
1984/1985
CD 1: Yankee Polka
CD 2:
OSP: "Hello Dolly"
FD: "La cumparsita"
1985 World Championships
1983/1984
CD 1:
CD 2:
OSP: Paso Doble
FD: "The Circus Princess "by Emmerich Kálmán
1984 World ChampionshipsXIV Winter Olympic Games Sarajevo 1984
1982/1983
CD 1:
CD 2:
OSP:
FD: "Sinfonia per un addio" by Rondo Veneziano
1982 Ennia Challenge Cup (today: International Challenge Cup)1982 "Moscow News" Trophy
Results
Rows in azure ---> domestic USSR competitions
Post-retirement programs
Galas, Shows and Professional competitions
2007 - Dances on Ice - The Velvet Season - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLFaWsdSNOo
2000 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HHVSbh--Zw
(?) - "Gone With the Wind" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-aGYfRgxi0
(?) - Lalique Trophée d'Or - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exrKZV3mHRM
(?) - Lalique Trophée d'Or - "Romeo and Juliet" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCykFh1FmI
1996 World Professional Championships TP - "Summertime" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WsBwo_Bu0
1996 World Professional Championships AP - "Gone With the Wind" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIrpaUgOOHY
1996 Legends - "Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia" from "Spartacus" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eixBm3WMUsU
1995 World Professional Championships AP - "Romeo and Juliet" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roIjwsfWnP0
(?) - "Romeo and Juliet" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay37hDvEU8c
1995 Halloween on Ice - "Dracula" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaMD9oBx288
1994 Disney's Greatest Hits on ice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIyKnSJjks / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wspnq52nteg
1994 - Grishuk&Platov, Klimova&Ponomarenko, Bestemianova&Bukin Exhibition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcO4p1QtdgU
1993 World Professional Championships TP - "Masquerade Waltz" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRvgMhM9SQw
(?) - "Dracula" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YsZ4kUJoso / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEIUzczNc-4
1992 World Challenge of Champions - "Symphony No. 5" by Tchaikovsky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXxkLJ7omA0
1992 World Challenge of Champions Ex - "Song of India" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESN7ZmomQYw
1992 Post-Olympic Gala, Grenoble - "Tosca" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13vjtejnPSc
1990 USSR vs. USA Exhibition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Jscdou5QY
1990 USSR vs. USA Exhibition - "Dr Zhivago" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbxOtOsbrCk
1987 Tour of Champions Exhibition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uop0jFV8tcA
Interviews, Articles and Other Media
1992 - "Profile on Klimova and Ponomarenko" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_KB7vKYtE
1991 Profile on The Duchesnays (FRA) + Klimova & Ponomarenko (URS) - 1991 Worlds, Free Dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNU5xxjy2nQ
Marina was born on 28 June 1966 in Sverdlovsk (current Ekaterinburg) and Sergei on 6 October 1960 in Moscow.
Marina and Sergei are the 1992 Olympic champions, the 1988 Olympic silver medalists, the 1984 Olympic bronze medalists, three-time World champions (1989, 1990 and 1992), and four-time European champions (1989-1992). They are the first figure skaters in any discipline to win Olympic medals of all the colours. After finishing their competitive career, they turned professional and started participating in shows and events for professional skaters (they are two-time silver medalists of the World Professional Championships).
Marina's first partner was Oleg Volkov. They competed two seasons and won two silver medals of the Cup of USSR Final (1978 and 1979) and placed third at the 4th Winter USSR Spartakiad.
In 2000 Marina and Sergei were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
They got married in September 1984 and have two sons: Tim, born in 1998 and Anthony, born on 5 January 2001. Anthony is a competitive ice dancer and together with Christina Carreira, his partner, represents the USA. For mor information about Anthony and Cristina look here.
Currently they live in California and dedicate to coaching young skaters. Additionally, Sergei is ans ISU technical specialist for Russia.
Wikipedia
Marina - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Klimova
Sergei - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Ponomarenko
Fskate.ru
Marina - https://fskate.ru/skaters/1446.html
Sergei - https://fskate.ru/skaters/1554.html
Programs and Videos
1991/1992
CD 1: Waltz / Paso Doble
CD 2: Blues / Tango Romantica
OD: Polka from "Ballet Suite no. 2" by Shostakovich
FD: "Air from Suite No.3" by Johann Sebastian Bach / "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Ex: "E lucevan le stelle"
1992 World Championships
CD 1 (Waltz - "The Blue Danube"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH5y_aYWwow
CD 2 (Tango Romantica): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3GMned1WVk
OD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox56BZ2Wx5g
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkv8s67DNmY
Medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMWeQ3O9k00
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PLv5Sp6Qyk / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Nr_m-oPts
XVI Winter Olympic Games Albertville 1992CD 2 (Tango Romantica): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3GMned1WVk
OD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox56BZ2Wx5g
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkv8s67DNmY
Medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMWeQ3O9k00
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PLv5Sp6Qyk / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Nr_m-oPts
CD 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOUCBZT2R1E / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOUCBZT2R1E
CD 2 (Blues): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFfGq3TXNY4 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPrM8C6KIA
OD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N13-Xu7ttk / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feSKO6NbqpQ
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4LnD0laELk
Medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PKZQ9wRlZE
Interview after medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e027yGIWnjo
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_6Oz2NxGU
1992 European ChampionshipsCD 2 (Blues): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFfGq3TXNY4 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPrM8C6KIA
OD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N13-Xu7ttk / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feSKO6NbqpQ
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4LnD0laELk
Medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PKZQ9wRlZE
Interview after medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e027yGIWnjo
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_6Oz2NxGU
1990/1991
CD 1: Starlight Waltz
CD 2: Rhumba
OD: Blues
FD: "Lawrence of Arabia" by Maurice Jarre
1991 World Championships
CD 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noipgvYHQas
CD 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYBxj7GdWz0 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWpuHw98rGE
OD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM1eDwPioJQ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcujUBy3sXM
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO7mqvAxqjU / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HN_cStcp80
1991 European ChampionshipsCD 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYBxj7GdWz0 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWpuHw98rGE
OD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM1eDwPioJQ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcujUBy3sXM
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO7mqvAxqjU / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HN_cStcp80
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCQYozQhdY / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wxqHtdBcz0
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COzHT16DScg
1990 Goodwill Games1989/1990Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COzHT16DScg
CD 1:
Cd 2:
OSP: Samba - "La cucaracha"
FD: "My Fair Lady"
Ex: "Once upon a Time in America"
1990 World Championships
OD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz_l3PkGl78 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIcJ0tNgh4g
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLwYcdCzboM / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrW9-4SGTUw
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uy_G9T-Y64
1990 European Championships1989 NHK TrophyFD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLwYcdCzboM / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrW9-4SGTUw
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uy_G9T-Y64
1988/1989
CD 1: Westminster Waltz
CD 2: Charleston / Rhumba
OSP: Charleston
FD: "Mack the Knife" from "Three penny opera" by Kurt Weil / "My Fair Lady" by Frederick Loewe
1989 World Championships1989 European Championships
CD 2 (Rhumba): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taMOixgZ7a4
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXspcION4m0OSP 2:
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL-24cD5Lg0
1988 NHK TrophyOSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXspcION4m0OSP 2:
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL-24cD5Lg0
1987/1988
CD 1: Kilian
CD 2: Paso Doble
CD 3: Vienesse Dance
OSP: Tango
FD 1: "Mack the Knife" by Kurt Weill
FD 2: Beatles medley: "Yesterday" / "I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "Let It Be" / "Get Back" / "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
1988 World Championships
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQEMlcOeqBY
FD (Beatles medley): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldhBWhmtgcw / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An_EnaM06Es
XV Winter Olympic Games Calgary 1988FD (Beatles medley): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldhBWhmtgcw / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An_EnaM06Es
CD 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cWz4xEgUD4
CD 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8NXChC1y4w
CD 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeOP6kNI5FE
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgG89YpKM4k
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scah2zPgID4 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acXA79rFf8c
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USo3e2w12C8
CD 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8NXChC1y4w
CD 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeOP6kNI5FE
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgG89YpKM4k
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scah2zPgID4 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acXA79rFf8c
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USo3e2w12C8
1986/1987
CD 1: Waltz
CD 2:
OSP: Waltz by Johann Strauss
FD: "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor" by Franz Liszt
1987 World Championships
CD 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPOX71CZRMs
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7BN7KU8bmQ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c54aNYksVSk
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9hDLvAdcWg / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpdunndYYHQ
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9nn6J7GyR0 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mKFO04Bovs
1987 European ChampionshipsOSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7BN7KU8bmQ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c54aNYksVSk
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9hDLvAdcWg / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpdunndYYHQ
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9nn6J7GyR0 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mKFO04Bovs
1985/1986
CD 1:
CD 2:
OSP: "Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214" by Johann Strauss
FD: "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss and "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor" by Franz Liszt
1986 World Championships1986 European Championships
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58eMfC5WM0o
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfggcxsdITI / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmLsKqJTHbM
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alRe5xaVKxI
1985 NHK TrophyFD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfggcxsdITI / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmLsKqJTHbM
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alRe5xaVKxI
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9EZxRhNXtg
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX8Ecnu89j0
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuthp4aQQ0k
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX8Ecnu89j0
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuthp4aQQ0k
1984/1985
CD 1: Yankee Polka
CD 2:
OSP: "Hello Dolly"
FD: "La cumparsita"
1985 World Championships
CD 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVcaBxYQ9zI
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iyA-Q-FH8
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2SRqS43JQ0 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C-_E0wRNvk
1985 European ChampionshipsOSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iyA-Q-FH8
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2SRqS43JQ0 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C-_E0wRNvk
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F58Zixxx0bo
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_vE5sCkPac / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33xIUdudFKM
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_vE5sCkPac / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33xIUdudFKM
1983/1984
CD 1:
CD 2:
OSP: Paso Doble
FD: "The Circus Princess "by Emmerich Kálmán
1984 World ChampionshipsXIV Winter Olympic Games Sarajevo 1984
OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHUiK_11-Ek
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHtjRmkBV_E / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d2CBzOFPKI
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C276YWLXeQk / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H1F9ksdGHU
FD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHtjRmkBV_E / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d2CBzOFPKI
Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C276YWLXeQk / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H1F9ksdGHU
1982/1983
CD 1:
CD 2:
OSP:
FD: "Sinfonia per un addio" by Rondo Veneziano
1982 Ennia Challenge Cup (today: International Challenge Cup)1982 "Moscow News" Trophy
Results
Rows in azure ---> domestic USSR competitions
Post-retirement programs
- "Evergreen" by Luther Vandross
- "Gone with the Wind" by Max Steiner
- "Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin
- "Romeo and Juliet" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- "Clowns March to Sousa"
- "The Brides" from "Dracula" (1992 film) by Wojciech Kilar
- "Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia" by Aram Khachaturian
- "Masquerade Waltz" by Aram Khachaturian
- "Song of India" / "Symphony No. 5" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Galas, Shows and Professional competitions
2007 - Dances on Ice - The Velvet Season - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLFaWsdSNOo
2000 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HHVSbh--Zw
(?) - "Gone With the Wind" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-aGYfRgxi0
(?) - Lalique Trophée d'Or - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exrKZV3mHRM
(?) - Lalique Trophée d'Or - "Romeo and Juliet" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCykFh1FmI
1996 World Professional Championships TP - "Summertime" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WsBwo_Bu0
1996 World Professional Championships AP - "Gone With the Wind" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIrpaUgOOHY
1996 Legends - "Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia" from "Spartacus" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eixBm3WMUsU
1995 World Professional Championships AP - "Romeo and Juliet" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roIjwsfWnP0
(?) - "Romeo and Juliet" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay37hDvEU8c
1995 Halloween on Ice - "Dracula" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaMD9oBx288
1994 Disney's Greatest Hits on ice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIyKnSJjks / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wspnq52nteg
1994 - Grishuk&Platov, Klimova&Ponomarenko, Bestemianova&Bukin Exhibition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcO4p1QtdgU
1993 World Professional Championships TP - "Masquerade Waltz" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRvgMhM9SQw
(?) - "Dracula" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YsZ4kUJoso / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEIUzczNc-4
1992 World Challenge of Champions - "Symphony No. 5" by Tchaikovsky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXxkLJ7omA0
1992 World Challenge of Champions Ex - "Song of India" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESN7ZmomQYw
1992 Post-Olympic Gala, Grenoble - "Tosca" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13vjtejnPSc
1990 USSR vs. USA Exhibition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Jscdou5QY
1990 USSR vs. USA Exhibition - "Dr Zhivago" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbxOtOsbrCk
1987 Tour of Champions Exhibition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uop0jFV8tcA
Interviews, Articles and Other Media
1992 - "Profile on Klimova and Ponomarenko" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_KB7vKYtE
1991 Profile on The Duchesnays (FRA) + Klimova & Ponomarenko (URS) - 1991 Worlds, Free Dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNU5xxjy2nQ