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Figure Skater Maxim Naumov, 23, Receives Constant Care After Losing Parents in DC Plane Crash

World Figure Skating champions Evgenia ‘Zhenya’ Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the 67 killed in the collision on Jan. 29.
Figure Skater Maxim Naumov, 23, Receives Constant Care After Losing Parents in DC Plane Crash
Maxim Naumov skates in the Championship Men Free Skate during the Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan., on Jan. 26, 2025. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
Haika Mrema
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Maxim Naumov, a 23-year-old figure skater from Connecticut, is facing unimaginable grief following the tragic loss of both his parents, Evgenia “Zhenya” Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, in a plane crash near Washington, D.C. on Jan. 29.

The couple, who won the 1994 World Figure Skating Championship for pairs, died when American Airlines Flight 5342 collided midair with a U.S. Army helicopter.

Haika Mrema
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Haika Mrema is a freelance entertainment reporter for The Epoch Times. She is an experienced writer and has covered entertainment and higher-education content for platforms such as Campus Reform and Media Research Center. She holds a B.B.A. from Baylor University where she majored in marketing.