Irina Rodnina

Irina Rodnina

Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina (Russian: Ирина Константиновна Роднина, born September 12, 1949) is one of the most successful figure skaters ever and the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships (1969–78) and three successive Olympic gold medals (1972, 1976, 1980). She initially competed with Alexei Ulanov and later teamed up with Alexander Zaitsev. She is the first pair skater to win the Olympic title with two different partners, followed only by Artur Dmitriev.