Igor Pashkevich

Igor Pashkevich had his first international success at the 1990 World Junior Championships, where he won gold. But expected success at the senior level was not realized until the end of his career, when Pashkevich won silver at the 1996 European Championships. Before this, he had finished 14th and ninth at the 1993 and 1994 World Championships, respectively, and 15th at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Although he won silver at the 1996 Europeans, he was dropped from the Russian national team in 1997 and switched to represent Azerbaijan. Competing for Azerbaijan, Pashkevich was seventh at the 1997 Europeans, eighth at the 1997 Worlds and 16th at the 1998 Olympics before retiring. He then performed in ice shows for two years, before moving to the United States and settling in Florida, where he worked as a figure skating coach and as an ISU technical specialist.