Irina Vorobieva
Vorobieva with Lisovsky in 1979
Full name	Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva
Other names	Vorobiova
Born	(1958-06-30)30 June 1958 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	12 April 2022(2022-04-12) (aged 63) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Figure skating career
Country	Soviet Union
Skating club	Trud Leningrad
Retired	1983
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Pairs' Figure skating World Championships 1981 Hartford Pairs 1977 Tokyo Pairs 1976 Gothenburg Pairs European Championships 1982 Lyon Pairs 1981 Innsbruck Pairs 1979 Zagreb Pairs 1977 Helsinki Pairs 1976 Geneva Pairs

Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Воробьёва; 30 June 1958 – 12 April 2022) was a Russian pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With her then-husband Igor Lisovsky, she was the 1981 World champion and the 1981 European champion. They were coached by Tamara Moskvina.

Before teaming up with Lisovsky she had competed with Aleksandr Vlasov, with whom she was the 1976 World bronze medalist, 1976 World silver medalist; they placed 4th at the 1976 Olympics.

More recently she worked as a coach at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Among her students were Brittany Vise and Nicholas Kole, Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent, and Shelby Lyons and Brian Wells. She died at her home in Colorado Springs in 2022.^[1]

(with Lisovsky)

• 1974 Spartakiada results used for Soviet Nationals

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irina Vorobyova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
• New York Times: Soviet Streak in Pairs Ended by East Germans
• Pairs on Ice: Vorobieva & Lisovsky Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Pairs on Ice: Vorobieva & Vlasov Archived 2007-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Skatabase: 1976 Olympics
• Skatabase: 1980s Worlds
• Skatabase: 1980s Europeans

• World Arena Coaching Biography