Remembering Sergei Grinkov

In 1985 I was enchanted by the Russian pair team of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov when they competed in my hometown of Colorado Springs. I was 12-years-old at the time but happily followed their exceptional pairs skating career. Following Sergei Grinkov's journey home in November 1995, I watched Ekaterina's routines for many years. Nonetheless, once you've been witness to perfection, it's hard to cultivate enthusiasm for what comes after; G&G were that magical and Sergei Grinkov was, to me, both a regal man and skater.

At one time I had a website dedicated to the memory of Sergei Grinkov and the opinions that follow were submitted to that site.

When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence.
-Goncourt

Sergei was very well-spoken in his interviews. He was so composed, intelligent and professional. He does better in interviews than Katia does, even though she was the spokesperson for the pair.
- Jenn

The only thing that Sergei Grinkov did not have was many years to live. He sure had everything else.
- Beth Ann

Sergei knew how to dress! I think that is part of what made Sandra Bezic describe him as "an elegant man," that and the fact that he was a gentleman.
- Cathryn

Wasn't Sergei so warm and loving in his manner during interviews? And that is just in interviews. Small wonder he was known for his gentleness and warmth in everyday life.
- Anonymous