Sergei Grinkov Death
Sergei passed away on November 20, 1995 at the age of 28 in Lake Placid, New York, USA. Sergei's cause of death was heart attack.
When did Sergei Grinkov die?
November 20, 1995How did Sergei Grinkov die? What was the cause of death?
Heart attackHow old was Sergei Grinkov when died?
28Where did Sergei Grinkov die? What was the location of death?
Lake Placid, New York, USA
Sergei Grinkov Birthday and Date of Death
Sergei Grinkov was born on February 4, 1967 and died on November 20, 1995. Sergei was 28 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 4, 1967
Date of Death: November 20, 1995
Age at Death: 28
Sergei Grinkov's sister :
- Natalia Mikailovna Grinkova
Sergei Grinkov - Biography
Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov was a Russian pair skater. Together with partner and wife Ekaterina Gordeeva, he was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and a four-time World Champion.
Sergei Grinkov was born in Moscow to Anna Filipovna Grinkova and Mikhail Kondrateyevich Grinkov and had an older sister, Natalia Mikailovna Grinkova. He married Ekaterina Gordeeva in April 1991. They had two ceremonies because the USSR did not recognize religious ceremonies. The legal, official state-approved wedding was on 20 April, and a religious wedding in the Russian Orthodox Church took place on 28 April.
On 11 September 1992, Gordeeva gave birth to their daughter, Daria "Dasha" Sergeyevna Grinkova, in Morristown, New Jersey. After the 1994 Olympics, they settled in Simsbury, Connecticut. Daria took up skating seriously at age 9, appearing with her mother in several skating shows from 2003–2007, but quit skating to pursue other interests in 2007.
Grinkov's father died of heart disease in 1991. His mother died in 2000 in Moscow.
On 20 November 1995, Grinkov collapsed and died from a massive heart attack in Lake Placid, New York, while he and Gordeeva were practicing for the upcoming 1995–1996 Stars on Ice tour. Doctors found that Grinkov had severely clogged coronary arteries (to the point where his arterial opening was reportedly the size of a pinhole), which caused the heart attack; later testing revealed that he also had a genetic risk factor linked with premature heart attacks. The risk factor is called the PLA-2 variant and is also known as the "Grinkov Risk Factor." Grinkov was 28 years old. His wife was 24 and their daughter was 3 years old.
