Sergey Malyshev - Andrei Lipanov

Andrei Lipanov

Andrei Lipanov (Russian: Андрей Липанов; (born 12 April 1976 in St Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian skater. He has no senior national medals to his name and did not compete in any ISU Championships. In 1998, he married Susie Lipanova, with whom he has a son, Sasha. In 2006, Lipanov and his partner, Belgian actress, model and presenter Kelly Pfaff, finished in third place in the Belgian/Dutch version of Dancing on Ice.

Lipanov joined the UK version for its second series, in 2007. He partnered actress Clare Buckfield, and achieved the joint top score of 29.5 (out of 30) twice in the finals. They were voted second by the British public, beaten by rugby player Kyran Bracken. In the third series, Lipanov was partnered with sports presenter Natalie Pinkham. They were voted off in week two of the competition, after being defeated by three votes to two in the skate-off against TV presenter Tim Vincent and his professional partner Victoria Borzenkova. In the fourth series, he and his partner, actress Gemma Bissix, were eliminated in week two. In series 5, he was partnered with So Macho pop singer Sinitta; they were eliminated in week one after losing the skate-off to Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies. He skated with Heidi Range in series 7.