Ilia Averbukh

Ilia Izyaslavich Averbukh (, correctly spelled "Ilya"; born 18 December 1973) is a Russian ice dancer. With his then-wife Irina Lobacheva, he is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist,

Post-competitive career Following his retirement from competitive skating, Averbukh became a producer of skating shows and tours. Elena Radionova Sofia Samodurova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Dmitri Aliev Mikhail Kolyada Maxim Kovtun Evgeni Semenenko Sergei Voronov Elena Ilinykh/Ruslan Zhiganshin Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin Nelli Zhiganshina/Alexander Gazsi Sofia Dzepka

Programs (with Lobacheva) Season Original dance Free dance Exhibition 2002–2003 and elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame's induction class of 2015.

Other sports Averbukh will play a role in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Bandy World Championship.

Personal life Lobacheva and Averbukh married in 1995.

On August 14, 2021, the couple had a son.

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. In April, Averbukh was sanctioned by the 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.