{{Short description|Russian figure skater (born 1950)}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Gennadi Karponosov |image= 2010 Cup of Russia, short program (5).jpg |caption= Karponosov with Linichuk in 2010 |fullname= Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov |altname= Karponossov |country= Soviet Union |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1950|11|21|df=y}} |birth_place= Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |hometown= |death_date= |death_place= |height= {{height|m=1.73}} |partner= Natalia Linichuk <br> Elena Zharkova |coach= Elena Tchaikovskaia <br> Tatiana Tarasova |skating club= IceWorks |retired= 1981 |show-medals= yes | medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates --> {{MedalSport| Figure skating: Ice dancing}} {{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}} {{MedalCompetition| Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1980 Lake Placid|Ice dancing}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 1980 Dortmund|Ice dancing}} {{MedalGold| 1979 Vienna|Ice dancing}} {{MedalGold| 1978 Ottawa|Ice dancing}} {{MedalBronze| 1977 Tokyo|Ice dancing}} {{MedalBronze| 1974 Munich|Ice dancing}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1981 Innsbruck|Ice dancing}} {{MedalGold|1980 Gothenburg|Ice dancing}} {{MedalGold|1979 Zagreb|Ice dancing}} {{MedalSilver|1978 Strasbourg|Ice dancing}} {{MedalBronze|1977 Helsinki|Ice dancing}} {{MedalBronze|1976 Geneva|Ice dancing}} {{MedalBronze|1975 Copenhagen|Ice dancing}} {{MedalBronze|1974 Zagreb|Ice dancing}} }} '''Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov''' ({{langx|ru|{{audio|Ru-Gennadi Michailovitch Karponossov.ogg|Геннадий Михайлович Карпоносов}}}}; born 21 November 1950) is an ice dancing coach and a former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With Natalia Linichuk, he is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion.
== Competitive career == Gennadi Karponosov began skating because Alexei Ulanov was his neighbor.<ref name=itogi1204/> He initially competed with Elena Zharkova under coach Tatiana Tarasova but had greater success with his second partner, Natalia Linichuk.
Linichuk and Karponosov were coached by Elena Tchaikovskaia at Dynamo in Moscow. They won the World Universiade in 1972, and won the bronze medal at the 1974 and 1977 World Championships. They were fourth at the 1976 Winter Olympics, the year ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic sport.
They won the bronze medals at the European Figure Skating Championships from 1974 through 1977 and a silver medal in 1978. Linichuk and Karponosov won the world championship in 1978 and 1979 and the European Championships in 1979 and 1980.
Linichuk and Karponosov won the 1980 Olympics, but failed to defend their World title, making them the only team ever to unsuccessfully defend a World title after winning the Olympics.<ref name="worlds"/> In 1981, Linichuk and Karponosov retired from competition.
== Coaching career == [[Image:Gennadi Karponosov Maxim SHABALIN Oksana DOMNINA Natalia Linnichuk Grand Prix Final 2008.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Karponosov and Linichuk in the Kiss and cry with students Domnina / Shabalin]]
After coaching in Moscow, Linichuk and Karponosov accepted an offer to coach in the U.S.<ref name=itogi1204/> They moved with their students in June 1994 and coached at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.<ref name=dm950301/><ref name=philly/> In September 2007, they moved to the Ice Works Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.<ref name=philly/>
Their current and former senior-level students include: * Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (coached from mid-2008 to 2010).<ref name=muscles/> 2009 World silver medalists for the U.S. * Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovsky (World bronze medalists) * Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski (coached from mid-2005 to 2007).<ref name=absk06/> 2006, 2007 World Champions for Bulgaria. * Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (coached from mid-2008 to 2010).<ref name=domshab/> 2010 Olympic bronze medalists for Russia. * Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov (Olympic and World champions) * Natalia Gudina / Alexei Beletski * Anjelika Krylova / Vladimir Fedorov (World bronze medalists) * Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov (World champions, Olympic silver medalists) * Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh<ref name=lobaver/> (World champions, Olympic silver medalists)
Their current and former junior-level students include: * Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager (from May 2010)<ref name=usfsa050710/> 2011 U.S. Junior silver medalists * Ekaterina Pushkash and Jonathan Guerreiro (coached from mid-2010 to present).<ref name=gs041411/> 2011 World Junior silver medalists for Russia.
== Personal life == Karponosov studied international relations at the Public Institute Moscow. Linichuk accepted Karponosov's proposal after they retired from competition.<ref name=itogi1204/> They were married on 31 July 1981. Their daughter, Anastasiya Karponosova, was born in February 1985. The couple initially lived in Moscow and then moved to the United States in the early '90s.<ref name=philly/> In 2001, Karponosov, who is Jewish,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR |title=Sport: Jews in Sport in the USSR |website=The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe |access-date=2018-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429023935/http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR |archive-date=2015-04-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was admitted to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.<ref name=06sa/>
== Competitive highlights == === With Linichuk === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | International |- ! Event ! {{tooltip|72–73|1972–1973}} ! 73–74 ! 74–75 ! 75–76 ! 76–77 ! 77–78 ! 78–79 ! 79–80 ! 80–81 |- | align=left | Olympics || || || || 4th || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || |- | align=left | Worlds || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || |- | align=left | Europeans || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | Skate Canada || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || |- | align=left | Moscow News || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | National |- | align=left | Soviet Champ. || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st |}
=== With Zharkova === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International |- ! Event ! 1968–69 ! 1969–70 ! 1970–71 ! 1971–72 |- | align=left | World Championships || || 8th || 8th || 8th |- | align=left | European Championships || 11th || 6th || 6th || 6th |- | align=left | Prize of Moscow News || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National |- | align=left | Soviet Championships || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |}
==See also== *List of select Jewish figure skaters
==References== {{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="worlds">{{cite web |url=http://www.caretoicedance.com/linkar.html |title=Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524041443/http://www.caretoicedance.com/linkar.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2006-05-24 |access-date=July 5, 2006}}</ref>
<ref name=philly>{{cite web | url = http://articles.philly.com/2010-02-09/sports/25219348_1_belbin-and-agosto-ice-dancing-natalia-linichuk | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120419022625/http://articles.philly.com/2010-02-09/sports/25219348_1_belbin-and-agosto-ice-dancing-natalia-linichuk | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 19, 2012 | title = No skating past it: They'll settle only for gold | first = Frank | last = Fitzpatrick | work = The Philadelphia Inquirer | date = February 9, 2010 | access-date = April 16, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name=absk06>{{cite news | url = http://absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2006denkova | title = Albena Denkova: "Now we enjoy every single practice!" | last =Motchane | first = Asli |year = 2006 | work = AbsoluteSkating.com | access-date = February 7, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name=muscles>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/sports/olympics/17icedancers.html?_r=1 | title = New Muscles and Pounds Boost an American Ice Dancer's Outlook | last = Macur | first = Juliet |date = February 16, 2010 | work = The New York Times | access-date = December 22, 2010}}</ref>
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<ref name=lobaver>{{isu name | id=00000281 | name=Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh}}</ref>
<ref name=usfsa050710>{{cite news | url = http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=44593&type=news | title =U.S. Figure Skaters Announce Off-season Changes | date = May 7, 2010 | work = U.S. Figure Skating | access-date = June 15, 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name=gs041411>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/041411.shtml |title=New kids on the block |first=Tatiana |last=Flade |work=Golden Skate |date=April 14, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508144959/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/041411.shtml |archive-date=May 8, 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name=06sa>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2006/10/25/news/news11.txt |title=Young Israelis to compete at Skate America |first=Lois |last=Elfman |work=Jewish Ledger |date=October 25, 2006 |access-date=April 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929142515/http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2006/10/25/news/news11.txt |archive-date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name=dm950301>{{cite news | url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ice+dancing%3A+a+dance+form+frozen+in+place+by+hostile+rules.-a016771634 | title = Ice dancing: a dance form frozen in place by hostile rules | first = Susan | last = Reiter | work = Dance Magazine | publisher = The Free Library | date = 1995-03-01 }} ([http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_n3_v69/ai_16771634/?tag=content;col1 FindArticles])</ref>
<ref name=itogi1204>{{cite news | url = http://www.itogi.ru/sport/2012/14/176503.html | script-title = ru:Ее конек | language = ru | first = Vladimir | last = Raush | work = Itogi | date = April 2, 2012 | access-date = April 3, 2012 | archive-date = April 3, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120403121846/http://www.itogi.ru/sport/2012/14/176503.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|Gennadi Karponossov|Gennadi Karponosov}} *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/gennady-karponosov-1.html |title=Gennady Karponosov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015053527/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/gennady-karponosov-1.html |archive-date=2012-10-15 |url-status=dead}} *[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/GennadiKarponosov.htm Jewish sports bio] *[http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=507 Jews in Sports bio]
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