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Maxim Naumov makes US Winter Olympics team year after parents’ death in DC plane crash

January 12, 2026

Maxim Naumov has made the US Winter Olympics team for the upcoming Milan-Cortina Games, a year after the tragic death of his parents in a plane crash. His parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, were former Olympians and world champions in figure skating, who later became coaches.

Maxim Naumov makes US Winter Olympics team year after parents’ death in DC plane crash

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Maxim Naumov is part of the US Olympic team for Milan-Cortina.
His parents died in a plane crash last January.
Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were world champions in pairs figure skating in 1994.
They coached at the Skating Club of Boston after their competitive careers.

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Maxim Naumov makes US Winter Olympics team year after parents’ death in DC plane crash

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Maxim Naumov makes US Winter Olympics team year after parents’ death in DC plane crash

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