Gennady Kaskov

Gennady Kaskov
Personal information
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	1970 (age 46–47) Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Former partner	Ilona Melnichenko
Former training locations	Moscow
Retired	1991

Gennady Kaskov (Ukrainian: Геннадій Каськов) is a former Soviet ice dancer. With former partner Ilona Melnichenko, he is the 1987 World Junior champion, 1990 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1991 Winter Universiade champion.

Originally from Odessa, Kaskov eventually moved to train in Moscow. He and his partner, Ilona Melnichenko, competed at the 1987 World Junior Championships at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex and won gold ahead of Oksana Grishuk / Alexandr Chichkov. As seniors, Melnichenko/Kaskov won gold twice at the Nebelhorn Trophy and bronze at the 1990 Skate America. After winning the 1991 Winter Universiade, the duo retired from competition.

Kaskov began coaching in Burnaby, British Columbia and then in Swan River, Manitoba. He worked at British Columbia's Centre of Excellence, the York Region Skating Academy, and Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club, with his students includingKevin Reynolds, Matt McEwan, and Brandon Armstrong. In 2013, Kaskov began coaching at the New Hamburg Skating Club at the Wilmot Recreation Complex.