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199890 minGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

My Sergei

199890 minGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Three World Championships and two Olympic Gold Medals marked the career of Russian pairs figure skaters Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva.

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Three World Championships and two Olympic Gold Medals marked the career of Russian pairs figure skaters Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva.

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Robert Dustindirector

Ekaterina Gordeeva

Ekaterina Gordeevacast

Daria Grinkovacast

Scott Hamilton

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Victor Petrenkocast

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Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, celebrated Russian pairs figure skaters, won three World Championships and two Olympic Gold Medals together. They married and had a daughter. Their life changed on November 20, 1995, when Grinkov collapsed and died of a heart attack during practice. "My Sergei" is based on Gordeeva's memoir and recounts their love story on and off the ice.

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