his life he competed in cross-country skiing and speed skating, and became a Soviet Master of Sport and coach in both disciplines. Beginning in the early 1980s, he developed training programs for figure skaters. He created a program to increase coordination and flexibility which was used by Australian ice dancing champions Natalie Buck and Trent Nelson-Bond in the early 2000s. Accolades In 2017, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Personal He met his wife, Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer Natalia Dubova, when he covered one of her competitions as a sportswriter. In 1999, they moved to Stamford, Connecticut. See also List of select Jewish swimmers World record progression 800 metres freestyle References External links USSR Swimming profile The Sports profile Living people 1945 births Soviet male freestyle swimmers Russian male freestyle swimmers Jewish swimmers Soviet Jews Russian Jews Swimmers from Moscow Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Moscow State University alumni Soviet journalists Male journalists Soviet male cross-country skiers Soviet male speed skaters European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade