# Irina Skvortsova

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{{Short description|Russian television presenter and bobsleigh racer}}
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| name               = Irina Skvortsova
| image              = Ирина Скворцова on TV 03.png
| caption            = Skvortsova in 2014
| native_name        = Ирина Скворцова
| birth_name         = Ири́на Оле́говна Скворцо́ва
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age text|17 July 1988}}
| birth_place        = [Moscow](/source/Moscow)
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| known_for          = Recovery from bobsleigh accident
| education          = University of Moscow
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| occupation         = TV presenter
| height             = 168 cm
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'''Irina Skvortsova''' ({{langx|ru|Ири́на Оле́говна Скворцо́ва}}; born 17 July 1988) is a Russian television presenter and retired bobsleigh racer. In 2009, she suffered a catastrophic accident training in Germany for the 2014 [Sochi Olympics](/source/Sochi_Olympics) and was nearly killed. The organizers of event allowed 2 sleds on course which collided. She survived after a long recovery and multiple surgeries.<ref name=ok/>

==Biography==
Skvortsova was born in [Moscow](/source/Moscow). She was a natural sports person studying at [Moscow State University](/source/Moscow_State_University). In 2008, she was selected to take part in an experimental bobsleigh team targeted at the Sochi Olympics that was still six years away.

===Accident===
[[File:2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony (2014-02-07) 03.jpeg|thumb|left|[Thomas Bach](/source/Thomas_Bach), [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin) and Skvortsova at the [2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony](/source/2014_Winter_Olympics_opening_ceremony)]] 
The following year she was involved in a bobsleigh accident in Germany on 29 November 2009 that caused her to spend a long time in hospital.<ref name=ok/> While training at the [Königssee track](/source/K%C3%B6nigssee_bobsleigh%2C_luge%2C_and_skeleton_track), she was hit by the Russian men's bobsleigh which hit the women's bobsleigh after they had overturned.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smyshlyayev|first1=Sergei|title=ФСГР хочет, чтобы Пасеку обследовали в клинике, где лечилась бобслеистка Скворцова|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/artist_gym/20171103/1128169954.html|accessdate=4 November 2017|agency=RIA Novosti|date=4 November 2017}}</ref> She spent two months in a medically induced coma. Doctors believed that her injuries might kill her.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} She nearly lost a leg and she had dozens of operations to repair her body at the University Hospital in Munich. She was released to a rehabilitation center in [Chiemsee](/source/Chiemsee) in March 2010.

A court case in Germany resulted in a German official being fined for his negligence in allowing two bobsleighs onto the track at the same time. Skvortsova was faced with a large legal bill which was questioned by the Russian government. Her costs were met by well-wishers.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}

===Return to Russia===
Skvortsova returned to Russia in September 2010 where she entered a Federal rehabilitation centre. In February 2011, she visited the national team in Königssee and the next year she graduated from university.<ref name=ok/>

Skvortsova became a TV presenter and she was chosen to be one of the first torchbearers for the Sochi Olympics. At the opening ceremony she was sitting with Russian President [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin).<ref name="ok">{{Cite news|url=http://beautifulrus.com/irina-skvortsova-russian-bobsledder/|title=Irina Skvortsova - Russian bobsledder - Russian Personalities|date=2014-02-09|work=Russian Personalities|access-date=2017-09-03|language=en-US}}</ref>

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Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Moscow
Category:Russian female bobsledders
Category:Russian women television presenters
Category:Mass media people from Moscow
Category:Members of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
Category:21st-century Russian sportswomen

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