Who are Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov? Russian figure skaters were on board doomed American Airlines flight
Who are Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov? Russian figure skaters were on board doomed American Airlines flight
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Former Russian world champion figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the doomed American Airlines plane that crashed in Washington DC. Flight 5342, which had 64 people aboard, collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter as it made its final approach to Reagan Airport after 9pm ET Wednesday.
![[Surveillance footage captured the moment the plane collided with the helicopter in Washington]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/14/94667389-0-Surveillance_footage_captured_the_moment_the_plane_collided_with-a-2_1738246484007.jpg)
All passengers are believed to have died after the aircraft plummeted into the frigid Potomac River. More than 30 bodies have been recovered for the freezing river early Thursday, with authorities saying there are no survivors although search efforts are still ongoing.
![[The couple, who married each other August 7, 1995, also competed together until 1998]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/14/94670063-0-Shishkova_and_Naumov_won_the_world_championship_in_pairs_figure_-a-3_1738246499738.jpg)
Shishkova, 53, and Naumov, 56, were travelling back to DC on the American Airlines flight after attending the US Figure Skating Championships in Kansas and were among scores feared dead. Here, DailyMail.com takes a look at the lives and careers of the skating champion couple.
![[Shishkova and Naumov won the world championship in pairs figure skating in 1994]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/14/94684001-0-image-a-4_1738246536501.jpg)
Russian figure skaters Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov are reported to have been on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter. Surveillance footage captured the moment the plane collided with the helicopter in Washington.
![[They also claimed silver and bronze in the 1995 and 1993 World Championships respectively]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/14/94684005-0-image-a-5_1738246543259.jpg)
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were Russian-born figure skating coaches, who had lived in the United States since at least 1998. The couple, who married each other August 7, 1995, also competed alongside each other for many years until 1998. Both born in Soviet Leningrad, Naumov, three years older than his partner, began skating at the age of 10 in 1979.
![[Their son Maxim Naumov, 23, a prominent Team USA skater, competed at the US Figure Skating Championships in Kansas. He is pictured with his parents - who are also his coaches - and finished fourth in the competition]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/14/94677915-0-Their_son_Maxim_Naumov_23_a_prominent_Team_USA_skater_was_not_on-a-6_1738246588210.jpg)
