It is with extreme sadness that we learned this morning that one of my children’s first pair skating coaches, 1981 World Figure Skating Champion, Irina Vorobieva, died a few days ago. I learned that she didn’t show up at the rink for some lessons and after two days of not being able to contact her, someone went to her house and she was found on the floor in her bathroom in her Broadmoor home. It looks like she may have fallen when got out of the shower. Irina was so, so sweet. Her daughter Alissa just got married in November 2021 and is in Russia and I hope somehow she will be able to get to the USA for services and to tie things up.
The above videos show Irina performing. The last video is a part of a documentary on Soviet Pairs Skating.
