Ice Dancer from Russia most famous for his highly-successful partnership with Albena Denkova. Together, they won two World Figure Skating Championships and one Grand Prix Final.
He began skating at age four and was a singles skater until he became a teenager.
He was involved for a 2007 car accident which left 24-year-old Petar Petrov dead. He was intoxicated beyond the legal limit at the time of the accident.
He got engaged to ice dancing partner Albena Denkova. Their son, Daniel, was born in January 2011.
He and Christopher Dean have both been World Figure Skating Champions.
