Education
Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Gennadi Karponosov began skating because Alexei Ulanov was his neighbor. Linichuk and Karponosov were coached by Elena Tchaikovskaia at Dynamo in Moscow. They were fourth at the 1976 Winter Olympics, the year ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic sport.
In 1981, Linichuk and Karponosov retired from competition.
After coaching in Moscow, Linichuk and Karponosov accepted an offer to coach in the United States. They moved with their students in June 1994 and coached at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. In September 2007, they moved to the Ice Works Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.
Their current and former senior-level students include:
Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (coached from mid-2008 to 2010). 2009 World silver medalists for the United States.
Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovsky (World bronze medalists)
Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski (coached from mid-2005 to 2007).
2006, 2007 World Champions for Bulgaria.
Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (coached from mid-2008 to 2010). 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 (World champions, Olympic silver medalists)
Their current and former junior-level students include:
Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager (from May 2010) 2011 United States. Junior silver medalists
Ekaterina Pushkash and Jonathan Guerreiro (coached from mid-2010 to present).
2011 World Junior silver medalists for Russia.
With Natalia Linichuk, he is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion. They won the World Universiade in 1972, and won the bronze medal at the 1974 and 1977 World Championships. 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.
