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Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were a Russian pair of skating that competed in multiple Olympics and medical at several world championships.
Kremlin said on Thursday that skating stars were among those on the ship of the American Airlines flight that collided with the US Army helicopter nearby Reagan International Airport Wednesday night.
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Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were killed in a plane crash, Kremlin said. (Reuters)
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Shishkova and Naumov were on the plane.
“Unfortunately, we see that this sad information is confirmed. There were other fellow citizens there. Today is bad news from Washington. We are sorry and send condolences to families and friends who lost those fellow citizens who died in a plane crash, “he said.
Naum’s coach introduced the 1985 couple, wanting to work together, despite Naum’s at first rejected the idea. They started working together in 1987, competing and winning bronze at the 1991 European Championships, while representing the former Soviet Union. The couple would win two more bronze and silver medals in the event.
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From left to right, Evgenia Shishkova Silver Medals and I Vadim Naumov from Russia, Golden Medal Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny from the Czech Republic, and a bronze medal of Jenni Meno and Todd Sand of the United States, are silver medals. (Reuters)
Shishkova and Naumov deserved recognition on the world stage as well. At the 1993 World Cup, the two earned a bronze medal. Next year in Chiba, Japan, the two picked up their first gold medal. They ended up with silver in 1995 in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.
The couple competed at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville in France and the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. They finished fifth in 1992 and fourth 1994.
Shishkova and Naumov got married at Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1995, and they moved to Connecticut. They had a son Maxim who competed in the men’s single in the United States
German runners in pairs of Mandy Wotzel, left, and Ingo Steuer (2. L) with the winners of Evgenia Shishkova, right, and I take Naum’s fans at the Ceremony of the Grand Prix NHK trophy award in NABIYA, Japan. (Reuters)
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The Russian couple is listed as professional couples coaches on the Boston Sliding Club website.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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