Maxim Andreevich Shabalin (Russian: Максим Андреевич Шабалин, born January 25, 1982 in Samara, Russian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian ice dancer. He competes with Oksana Domnina. They are the 2009 World Champions, 2008 European Champions, and 2007 Grand Prix Final champions.
As of November 2009[update], Domnina & Shabalin are ranked first in the world[1].
[edit] Biography
Shabalin previously competed with Elena Khaliavina for Russia and with Margarita Toteva for Bulgaria.
Domnina and Shabalin teamed up in May 2002. In their first season together, they won every junior level competition they entered, including the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final and the 2003 World Junior Championships.
In June 2008, Domnina and Shabalin announced that they would be leaving their longtime coach Alexei Gorshkov and moving from Russia to the United States and settle in Aston, Pennsylvania to begin training at Ice Works Skating Complex. Their new coaches are married ice dancing coaches Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponossov.[2]
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[edit] Competitive highlights
(with Domnina)
(with Khaliavina)
(with Toteva for Bulgaria)
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