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{{Short description|Russian ice dancer (born 1973)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Izyaslavich|Averbukh|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox figure skater
| name = Ilia Averbukh
| image=Авербух.jpg
| caption = 
| country = Russia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|12|18}}
| birth_place = Moscow, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], Soviet Union
| residence = 
| height = {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}}
| partner = 
| formerpartner = [[Irina Lobacheva]] <br /> [[Marina Anissina]]
| coach = 
| formercoach = [[Natalia Linichuk]] <br /> [[Gennadi Karponosov]] <br /> Natalia Dybinskaya <br /> Oleg Epstein
| choreographer = 
| formerchoreographer = 
| skating club = [[Dynamo Moscow]]
| formertraininglocations = [[Newark, Delaware]] <br /> Moscow
| beganskating = 1979
| retired = 2003
| show-medals=yes
| medaltemplates= <!-- see [[Template:MedalRelatedTemplates]] -->
{{MedalSport| [[Figure skating]]}}
{{MedalSport| [[Ice dancing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Ice dancing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 World Figure Skating Championships|2003 Washington, D.C.]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships|2002 Nagano]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2001 World Figure Skating Championships|2001 Vancouver]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 European Figure Skating Championships|2003 Malmö]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 European Figure Skating Championships|2002 Lausanne]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2001 European Figure Skating Championships|2001 Bratislava]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1999 European Figure Skating Championships|1999 Prague]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|Grand Prix Final]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002–2003 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2002–2003 St. Petersburg]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000–2001 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2000–2001 Tokyo]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1998–1999 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|1998–1999 St. Petersburg]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1992 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|1992 Hull]]|Ice dancing}}
{{MedalGold| [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|1990 Colorado Springs]]|Ice dancing}}
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'''Ilia Izyaslavich Averbukh''' ({{langx|ru|Илья Изяславич Авербух}}, correctly spelled "Ilya"; born 18 December 1973) is a Russian [[Ice dancing|ice dancer]]. With his then-wife [[Irina Lobacheva]], he is the [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Olympic silver medalist]],<ref name=dbd/><ref name=jw060209/> the 2002 [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships|World champion]] and the 2003 [[2003 European Figure Skating Championships|European champion]].

With [[Marina Anissina]], he is the 1990 and 1992 [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior champion]].<ref name=isuwj/>

== Career ==
Averbukh started skating at the age of 5. He initially competed with [[Marina Anissina]]. They won two [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] (1990 and 1992).<ref name=isuwj/> Averbukh teamed up with [[Irina Lobacheva]] in 1992.<ref name=bio0203/> After the Goodwill Games in the summer of 1994 their coaches moved with many of their students to the United States to train at the [[University of Delaware]]. Lobacheva and Averbukh joined them the next year.<ref name=bio0203/>

In September 2001, Lobacheva injured her knee in training, causing them to miss the Grand Prix season.<ref name=bio0203/> They won the silver medal at the 2002 Olympics behind [[Marina Anissina]] / [[Gwendal Peizerat]].

Lobacheva / Averbukh won gold at the 2002 [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] and at the 2003 [[2003 European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]]. They retired from competition at the end of the 2002–2003 season.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.goldenskate.com/2003/04/2003-world-figure-skating-championships-ice-dance-highlights/
|title = 2003 World Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance Highlights
|author = 
|language= 
|date = April 9, 2003
|publisher = goldenskate.com
|accessdate = October 18, 2022
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2003/03/17/saving-the-last-dance-for-your-true-love/a8f6566c-b8cc-45a5-91a2-dc3f9c02f828/
|title = Saving the Last Dance For Your True Love
|author =  Amy Rosewater
|language= 
|date = March 17, 2003
|work = washingtonpost.com
|accessdate = October 18, 2022
}}</ref>

===Post-competitive career===
Following his retirement from competitive skating, Averbukh became a producer of skating shows and tours.<ref name=in080404/> Among his projects are ''Ice Symphony/Ice Age''; ''City Lights''; ''Bolero'' (a television show pairing skaters with prima ballerinas);<ref name=in080606/><ref name=absk2010ci/> and ''Small Stories of a Big City'', an ice show during the 2012 Olympics in London.<ref name=ifs120817/> In January 2013, Averbukh was named an ambassador for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]].{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Averbukh works as a choreographer. His past and current clients include:
{{Div col}}
*[[Yulia Lipnitskaya]]
*[[Ksenia Makarova]]
*[[Evgenia Medvedeva]]
*[[Niina Petrõkina]]<ref>http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104482.htm Biography</ref>
*[[Elena Radionova]]
*[[Sofia Samodurova]]
*[[Elizaveta Tuktamysheva]]
*[[Dmitri Aliev]]
*[[Mikhail Kolyada]]
*[[Maxim Kovtun]]
*[[Evgeni Semenenko]]
*[[Sergei Voronov (figure skater)|Sergei Voronov]]
*[[Elena Ilinykh]]/[[Ruslan Zhiganshin]]
*[[Alexandra Stepanova]]/[[Ivan Bukin]]
*[[Nelli Zhiganshina]]/[[Alexander Gazsi]]

{{div col end}}

== Programs ==
(with Lobacheva)

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!  Season
! [[Original dance]]
! [[Free dance (figure skating)|Free dance]]
! Exhibition
|-
! 2002–2003 <br /><ref name=bio0203/><ref name=programs/>
|
* [[The Blue Danube]]
* Unter Donner und Blitz <br /><small> by [[Johann Strauss II]] </small>
|
* [[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face]] <br /><small> version by [[Little Richard]] </small>
* [[Fever (Little Willie John song)|Fever]] <br /><small> version by [[Elvis Presley]] </small>
* Jumpin' Jack <br /><small> performed by [[Big Bad Voodoo Daddy]] </small>
|
|-
! 2001–2002 <br /><ref name=programs/><ref name=bio0102/>
|
* Tanguera <br /><small> by M. Mores </small>
* Bulerias Magna Mafa <br /><small> by Thomas Espanner </small>
|
* [[Turn! Turn! Turn!|To Everything There is a Season]]
* Time for Peace <br /><small> by [[Rita (Israeli singer)|Rita]] </small>
* Ronde de Vigo <br /><small> (Cembalo beginning and end) </small>
|
|-
! 2000–2001 <br /><ref name=programs/><ref name=bio0001/>
|
* Foxtrot: Come into my house
* Quickstep: Dancing Fool
|
* Toccata <br /><small> from [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565]] <br /> [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] </small>
|
* The Same Sun <br /><small> by [[Chris de Burgh]] </small>
----
* [[Hava Nagila]] <br /><small> performed by Russian Jewish Choir </small>
|-
! 1999–2000 <br /><ref name=programs/>
|
* Ritmo de Bom Bom <br /><small> by Vimi </small>
* Rhumba de le more
|
* [[Jesus Christ Superstar]] <br /><small> by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] </small>
----
* [[Alegría (Cirque du Soleil)]]
* Release <br /><small> (from Afro-Celt 2) <br /> by [[Sinéad O'Connor]] </small>
|
|-
! 1998–1999 <br /><ref name=programs/>
|
* [[Die Fledermaus]]
* [[The Gypsy Baron]] <br /><small> by [[Johann Strauss II]] </small>
|
* Diablo
|
* [[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]] <br /><small> by [[Little Richard]] </small>
|-
! 1997–1998 <br /><ref name=programs/>
|
* [[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]] <br /><small> by [[Little Richard]] </small>
|
* [[Jesus Christ Superstar]] <br /><small> by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] </small>
|
|-
! 1996–1997 <br /><ref name=programs/>
|
* Argentine Tango:
|
* [[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]
|
* This Business of Love <br /><small> (from [[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]) <br /> by Domino </small>
|-
! 1995–1996 <br /><ref name=programs/>
|
* [[Malagueña (song)|Malagueña]] <br /><small> by [[Ernesto Lecuona]] </small>
|
* O Sole Mio
* Santa Lucia
* [[Tarantella]]
|
* Malagueña
|-
! 1994–1995 <br /><ref name=programs/>
|
* [[Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)|Sing, Sing, Sing]]
|
* [[Hava Nagila]]
|
|-
! 1993–1994 <br /><ref name=programs/>
|
* [[Quizás, Quizás, Quizás|Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps]]
|
* [[Hungarian Dances (Brahms)|Hungarian Dances]] <br /><small> by [[Johannes Brahms]] </small>
|
|}

== Results ==

=== With Lobacheva ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=11 align=center | Results<ref name=bio0203/><ref name=bio0102/><ref name=bio0001/>
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1993–94
! 1994–95
! 1995–96
! 1996–97
! 1997–98
! 1998–99
! 1999–00
! 2000–01
! 2001–02
! 2002–03
|-
| align=left | [[Olympic Winter Games|Olympics]] || || || || || 5th || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd ||
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || 13th || 15th || 6th || 7th || 4th || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] || || 9th || 5th || 5th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
| align=left | [[Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|Grand Prix Final]] || || || || 5th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
| align=left | <small>GP</small> [[Cup of Russia]] || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
| align=left | <small>GP</small> [[Trophée Eric Bompard|Int. Paris/Lalique]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || ||
|-
| align=left | <small>GP</small> [[Bofrost Cup on Ice|Nations Cup]] || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | <small>GP</small> [[NHK Trophy]] || || 8th || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
| align=left | <small>GP</small> [[Skate America]] || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
|-
| align=left | <small>GP</small> [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || || 4th || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | National
|-
| align=left | [[Russian Figure Skating Championships|Russian Champ.]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
|}

=== With Anissina ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 align=center | Results<ref name=isuwj/>
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1989–1990
! 1990–1991
! 1991–1992
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || 4th || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|}

== Hall of Fame ==
Averbukh is Jewish<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=679 |title=Averbukh, Ilia : Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum |access-date=2015-02-16 |archive-date=2015-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105073241/http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=679 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/jewishmedalists.html|title=Jewish Olympic Medalists (1896–Present)&nbsp;– Jewish Virtual Library|work=jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&q=Averbukh+figure+skater+jewish&pg=PA49|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History|isbn=9780881259698|last1=Wechsler|first1=Bob|year=2008|publisher=KTAV Publishing House }}</ref> and elected to the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]]'s induction class of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/73382/late-s.f.-boxing-champ-to-be-enshrined/|title=Late S.F. boxing champ to be enshrined|work=jweekly.com|date=2 December 2014 }}</ref>

== Other sports ==
Averbukh will play a role in the opening ceremony of the [[2016 Bandy World Championship]].<ref>[http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/7662/ Илья Авербух посетит Ульяновск - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России]</ref><ref>[http://mosaica.ru/news/sport/2015/09/08/ilya-averbuh-ustroit-v-ulyanovske-grandioznoe-shou-na-chm-2016-po-hokkeyu-s Илья Авербух устроит в Ульяновске грандиозное шоу на ЧМ-2016 по хоккею с мячом]</ref>

== Personal life ==
Lobacheva and Averbukh married in 1995.<ref name=bio0203/> Their son, Martin, was born in 2004. They divorced in 2007.

Since December 20, 2020, he has been married to the Russian actress [[Liza Arzamasova|Elizaveta Arzamasova]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.mk.ru/social/2021/01/02/svadba-averbukha-s-arzamasovoy-razorvala-mozg-yagudinu-glavnye-soyuzy-goda.html
|title = Свадьба Авербуха с Арзамасовой "разорвала мозг" Ягудину: главные союзы года
|author = 
|language= 	ru
|date = February 2, 2021
|publisher = mk.ru
|accessdate = October 18, 2022
}}</ref>

On August 14, 2021, the couple had a son.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.vokrug.tv/article/show/16605417081/
|title = Лиза Арзамасова показала, как поздравила сына с первым годом жизни
|author = 
|language= 
|date = August 15, 2022
|publisher = vokrug.tv
|accessdate = October 18, 2022
}}</ref>

== Politics==
In February 2023, he stated that Russian athletes should boycott the Olympics if the pre-requisite for their participation is the condemnation of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/figure-skating/1114936899-averbux-o-kriteriyax-dopuska-rossijskix-sportsmenov-esli-budet-voznika.html|title=Авербух о критериях допуска российских спортсменов: "Если будет возникать вопрос осудить спецоперацию – это недопустимо. Это абсолютное вмешательство в личную жизнь" - Фигурное катание - Sports.ru|website=www.sports.ru|date=28 February 2023 }}</ref> In April, Averbukh was sanctioned by the [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian government]], with all his assets in Ukraine frozen and a 50-year ban on entering the country, due to his support for the invasion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ua.tribuna.com/figure-skating/1000000060124-zelenskij-vvel-sankczii-protiv-rossijskix-deyatelej-spor/|title=❗️ Зеленський запровадив санкції проти російських діячів спорту|first=Надія|last=Сіменко|date=April 15, 2023|website=ua.tribuna.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of Jews in sports#Figure skating|List of select Jewish figure skaters]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2|refs=

<ref name=bio0001>{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00000281.htm | title = Irina LOBACHEVA / Ilia AVERBUKH: 2000/2001 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010418005158/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00000281.htm | archive-date = 18 April 2001 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name=bio0102>{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00000281.htm | title = Irina LOBACHEVA / Ilia AVERBUKH: 2001/2002 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020204063044/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00000281.htm | archive-date = 4 February 2002 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name=bio0203>{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00000281.htm | title = Irina LOBACHEVA / Ilia AVERBUKH: 2002/2003 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030714225024/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00000281.htm | archive-date = 14 July 2003 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name=isuwj>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188677-205899-133278-0-file,00.pdf |title=World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Dance |publisher=International Skating Union |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030135546/http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-188677-205899-133278-0-file%2C00.pdf |archive-date=2008-10-30 }}</ref>

<ref name=jw060209>{{cite web | url= http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/28377/jewish-athletes-in-the-olympics-then-and-now/ | title=Jewish athletes in the Olympics&nbsp;— then and now | publisher=Jweekly | date= 9 February 2006 | access-date= 17 January 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name=dbd>{{cite book | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&q=ilia+Averbukh&pg=PA49 | title=Day by day in Jewish sports history | isbn=9781602800137 | access-date= 17 January 2011 | last1=Wechsler | first1=Bob | year=2008 | publisher=KTAV Publishing House }}</ref>

<ref name=in080404>{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080404&content_id=46915&vkey=ice_news | title = Ilya Averbukh hopes to bring show to U.S. | first = Klaus-Reinhold | last = Kany | work = Icenetwork | date = 4 April 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name=in080606>{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080606&content_id=48527&vkey=ice_news | title = Averbukh attributes success to persistence | first = Lynn | last = Rutherford | work = Icenetwork | date = 6 June 2008 | access-date = 8 June 2012 | archive-date = 8 June 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608061343/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080606&content_id=48527&vkey=ice_news | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name=absk2010ci>{{cite news | url = http://absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=reports&id=2010crystalice | title = Ice festival in Moscow | first = Reut | last = Golinsky | work = Absolute Skating | year = 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name=ifs120817>{{cite news | url = http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/32514-small-stories-of-a-big-city | title = Small Stories of a Big City | first = Tatjana | last = Flade | work = IFS Magazine | date = 17 August 2012 | access-date = 21 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232006/http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/32514-small-stories-of-a-big-city | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name=programs>{{cite web | url = http://www.ice-dance.com/loba-aver/la-programs.htm | title = Lobacheva and Averbukh: Program Information | work = ice-dance.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224915/http://www.ice-dance.com/loba-aver/la-programs.htm | archive-date = 28 June 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
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* {{isu name | id=00000281 | name=Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723205922/http://www.ice-dance.com/loba-aver/ Official website of Lobacheva and Averbukh]
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=679 Jews in Sports bio]
* [http://www.tltnews.net/2007/11/09/irina-lobacheva-and-ilia-averbukh-divorce Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh divorce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110150646/http://www.tltnews.net/2007/11/09/irina-lobacheva-and-ilia-averbukh-divorce |date=2016-11-10 }}

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