“I respect the Obama family and apologise for not clearly stating earlier that I don”
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Irina Rodnina
Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is a Russian politician and retired figure skater, who is the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships (1969–78) and three successive Olympic gold medals. She was elected to the State Duma in the 2007 legislative election as a member of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. As a figure skater, she initially competed with Alexei Ulanov and lat…
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politics · Russian politician and figure skater · politician · figure skater · figure skating coach · also Irina Rodnina, Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina, Rodnina
Born 12 September 1949 · Q233812
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2026· 2 entries
“I wrote that I respect your president. But what happened has happened. So I apologise.”
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2023· 1 entry
Supported Poland's decision to boycott the Olympic Games in case Russian athletes are allowed to compete, saying that it would mean "Poland gets banned for the next two Olympic cycles"
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2018· 1 entry
Claimed: ““I’m just saying they [Americans] wouldn’t report to us. Look at the amount of abuse those children were subjected to. I am not saying that it happened everywhere. But there were a lot of cases like that. We weren’t notified about them because the child would lose their citizenship.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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2014· 5 entries
Larry Brown Sports: Irina Rodnina now claims racist photo of Obamas was a hack job
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Yahoo! Sports: Russian Irina Rodnina, who lit the Olympic cauldron, blames racist tweet on hacked account
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New Republic: Russian Olympian Irina Rodnina Blames Racist Obama Tweet on a Hacker
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Yahoo: Irina Rodnina’s Racist Tweet About President Obama Still Causing Headaches In Sochi
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Larry Brown Sports: Olympic torch lighter Irina Rodnina tweeted racist picture of Obamas months ago
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the State Duma (2011–2016).
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1991· 1 entry
“s in preparation for the competitive season. According to Rodina”
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1981· 1 entry
Earned Bronze Olympic Order (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
To capture their second Olympic title together and Rodnina's third
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1974· 1 entry
Rodnina/Zaitsev left Zhuk, with whom the working relationship had become strained, to train with Tatiana Tarasova
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1964· 1 entry
Her coach became Stanislav Zhuk, who paired her with Alexei Ulanov
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1954· 1 entry
Took her to an ice rink for the first time at Pryamikov Children Park of Moscow
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-09-12.
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