Overview
- The Russian Figure Skating Federation confirmed late Monday that Artur Dmitriev died in Moscow at age 58.
- Oksana Kazakova told TASS that Dmitriev suffered an aortic dissection and underwent emergency heart surgery that he did not survive, but the federation has not publicly stated a medical cause.
- Dmitriev won Olympic gold with Natalia Mishkutionok in 1992 and again with Oksana Kazakova in 1998, making him the only male pairs skater to win Olympic gold with two different partners.
- He also won world and European titles in the early 1990s and after retiring in 1999 built a long coaching and choreographing career in Moscow and St Petersburg.
- Skating bodies and former students are expected to issue tributes and the federation may provide further details on the circumstances of his death and funeral arrangements in coming days.