Artem Torgashev is a former pair skater

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

 who competed internationally for the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. With partner Ekaterina Murugova, he is a two-time World Junior medalist. He has a Bachelors degree in Physical Education from the Moscow State Institute of Physical Culture. Torgashev is married to former ice dancer Ilona Melnichenko

Ilona Melnichenko

Ilona Melnichenko is a former ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With former partner Gennadi Kaskov, she is the 1987 World Junior Champion and 1991 Winter Universiade champion. She is from Odessa and has a Bachelor degree in Physical Education from the Odessa State Institute of Physical...

, with whom he has two children, Andrew and Deanna. They coach at the Panthers Figure Skating Club in Florida

Florida

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. Their son competes in single skating

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

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Results

(with Murugova)

Event	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89
World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...	3rd	2nd
Skate Canada Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's...				3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain....				2nd