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Igor Yuryevich Shpilband (, born July 14, 1964) is an American ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 World Junior champion with former partner Tatiana Gladkova.
Shpilband got a coaching position in Detroit not long after. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 2000. With his former wife Veronica Pershina, he has a son, Maxim, and a daughter, Ekaterina, a competitive figure skater for the United States. In 2006, he became engaged to skating coach Adrienne Lenda.
Following his defection, he began working as a coach and choreographer at the Detroit Skating Club. Gorsha Sur recommended him as a coach to Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow, who were among his first students. Shpilband formerly worked in collaboration with British coach Elizabeth Coates. He began coaching with Marina Zueva in 2001. In 2003, Shpilband began coaching at the Arctic Edge Arena in Canton, Michigan. On June 3, 2012, Shpilband confirmed that he had been fired from the Arctic Edge Arena. On June 12, it was announced that he had begun coaching at the Novi Ice Arena in Novi, Michigan. Pasquale Camerlengo began working alongside him in 2018.
His current and former students include:
Competitive and coaching career
Shpilband was coached by Lyudmila Pakhomova from age 12 to 20. He and his partner, Tatiana Gladkova, won the silver medal at the 1982 World Junior Championships and then gold in 1983. Shpilband retired from competitive skating following Pakhomova's death in 1986.
Competitive highlights
(with Gladkova)
2nd Categories: Soviet Male Ice Dancers, American Figure Skating Coaches, American People Of Russian-jewish Descent, Jewish American Sports Coaches, Figure Skating Choreographers, Soviet Defectors To The United States, Living People, Figure Skaters From Moscow, World Junior Figure Skating Championships Medalists, 1964 Births, 21st-century American Jews
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