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Jun 19, 2016 · Viktor Yelchin became a figure skating coach after his own career ended, including at the Pasadena Figure Skating Club. Yelchin was the first coach for Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen, ...
Jan 24, 2019 · Anton Yelchin ‘s parents are still grieving the loss of their son. Viktor and Irina Yelchin, former figure skaters from Russia, spoke to the Los Angeles Times about their son, who passed away at ...
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Jan 24, 2019 · Columnist Follow. Jan. 24, 2019 4 AM PT. Anton Yelchin’s parents live where their son died. After his sudden death nearly three years ago, Viktor and Irina Yelchin couldn’t bear the thought of ...
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Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (Russian: Антон Викторович Ельчин, IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtɕɪn]; March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months. He began his career as ...
Jun 20, 2016 · In 1972 Korina and Viktor Yelchin were ranked third in the country in pair team skating, but, they told the Times, they were forbidden from going to the Olympics because of their religion.
Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was born in Leningrad on March 11, 1989 to renowned figure skaters Irina Korina and Victor Yelchin. Amidst rising anti-Semitism and the fall of the Soviet Union, Victor and Irina emigrated to Los Angeles with Anton when he was six months old, in hopes of giving their son a better life.
Sep 3, 2019 · Yelchin's parents, Viktor and Irina Yelchin, were star figure skaters in Russia who sold all their possessions and fled to the United States when Anton was a toddler. They didn't speak any English ...
