Rashid Kadyrkaev

Rashid Kadyrkaev (Russian: Рашид Кадыркаев, born in Uzbek SSR) is an Uzbeki retired pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union.

He now lives in the United States as an ice skating director and coach.

In 1982, Coach Stanislav Zhuk broke up their partnership and partnered Kadyrkaev with Marina Cherkasova.

However, that partnership did not last and Kadyrkaev moved to Leningrad to skate with Elena Kvitchenko.

[2] Kvitchenko and Kadyrkaev were coached by Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin.