So it wasn't a huge surprise when the gold medalists got married during a hiatus from competing in 1991; their daughter, ...

Renowned for his elegance on the ice and his electric partnership with his wife, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater Sergei Grinkov’s life was heartbreakingly cut short at the peak of his career ...

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(CNN) -- In 1995, Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva lost her figure skating partner and husband, Sergei Grinkov, when he died of a heart attack. Ten years later, the athlete still finds comfort ...

Sergei Grinkov, who with his wife won two Olympic gold medals for a romantic skating style that mirrored their off-ice love story, died Monday while practicing for a show. Grinkov, 28, was practicing ...

As someone who watched it all happen, it's hard to explain just how magical Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov's gold medal-winning performance at the 1988 Winter Olympics really was at the time.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist, who experienced a fatal heart attack, had a genetic condition that would ultimately be named after him He is survived by his skating partner and wife, Ekaterina ...