Background
Averbukh is Jewish, and was born in Moscow.
Averbukh is Jewish, and was born in Moscow.
Averbukh started skating at the age of 5. He initially competed with Marina Anissina. Averbukh teamed up with Irina Lobacheva in 1992.
After the Goodwill Games in the summer of 1994 their coaches moved with many of their students to the United States to train at the University of Delaware.
Lobacheva and Averbukh joined them the next year. In September 2001, Lobacheva injured her knee in training, causing them to miss the Grand Prix season.
They retired from competition at the end of the 2002–2003 season. Following his retirement from competitive skating, Averbukh became a producer of skating shows and tours.
Among his projects are Ice Symphony/Ice Age.
City Lights. Bolero (a television show pairing skaters with prima ballerinas). And Small Stories of a Big City, an ice show during the 2012 Olympics in London.
In January 2013, Averbukh was named an ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
(with Lobacheva) With Lobacheva With Anissina Averbukh will play a role in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Bandy World Championship.