Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin (Russian: Александр Васильевич Свинин; born 7 July 1958) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. With Olga Volozhinskaya, he is the 1983 European silver medalist, 1985 Skate Canada International champion, and competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
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| Full name | Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1958 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editAlexander Vasilyevich Svinin was born on 7 July 1958 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.[1][2] He is married to former Soviet ice dancer Irina Zhuk.[3]
Career
editAs a skater
editSvinin competed with Olga Volozhinskaya for the Soviet Union. Winners of the 1980 Grand Prix International St. Gervais, they made their senior ISU Championship debut later that season at the 1981 World Championships, placing fifth. Volozhinskaya/Svinin were fourth at the 1982 European Championships and sixth at the 1982 World Championships. Their best international results came the next year — silver at the 1983 European Championships and fourth at the 1983 World Championships.
Volozhinskaya/Svinin placed fifth at the 1984 European Championships and were assigned to the 1984 Winter Olympics where they placed seventh. Although no longer sent to ISU Championships, they competed for two more seasons, winning gold at the 1984 Skate Canada International, bronze at the 1984 Prize of Moscow News, and silver at the 1985 Skate Canada International. After retiring from competition, they performed in ice shows in England and the United States.[4][3]
As a coach
editIn collaboration with Irina Zhuk, Svinin began working as a coach and choreographer at Moscow's Sokolniki ice rink.[3] In 2010, they accepted an offer to move to a new rink, Mechta in the Bibirevo District of Moscow.[5]
Svinin and Zhuk's current students include:
Their former students include:
- Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov[7]
- Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (2003–2010)[8][3]
- Daria Morozova / Mikhail Zhirnov[9]
- Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer[10]
- Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro[11] (May 2009 – spring 2010)
- Valeria Starygina / Ivan Volobuiev[12]
- Valeria Loseva / Denis Lunin[13]
- Eva Khachaturian / Igor Eremenko
- Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov[14]
- Anna Yanovskaya / Ivan Gurianov [15]
- Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy (2016–2022)
- Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin (2006–2023)[16]
Results
editwith Volozhinskaya
| International | |||||||||
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| Event | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 |
| Olympics | 7th | ||||||||
| Worlds | 5th | 6th | 4th | ||||||
| Europeans | 4th | 2nd | 5th | ||||||
| Skate Canada | 1st | 2nd | |||||||
| Moscow News | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||
| St. Gervais | 1st | ||||||||
| National | |||||||||
| Soviet Champ. | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | |
References
edit- ^ "Alexander Svinin". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Александр Васильевич Свинин" [Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
- ^ a b c d Flade, Tatjana (24 May 2008). "Dancing on Bald Mountain". GoldenSkate.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (17 October 1989). "Review/Ice Dancing; Torville And Dean And Russian All-Stars". The New York Times.
- ^ Verezemskaya, Olga (6 November 2012). Выйти из тени: Старейшая школа «Сокольники» решила начать заново [Emerging from the shadow: Old school "Sokolniki" decides to start anew]. Moskovskiy Figurist (in Russian). Federation of Figure Skating in Moscow.
- ^ "Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO". International Skating Union. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV at the International Skating Union
- ^ Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI at the International Skating Union
- ^ Daria MOROZOVA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV at the International Skating Union
- ^ Ekaterina RUBLEVA / Ivan SHEFER at the International Skating Union
- ^ Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO at the International Skating Union
- ^ Valeria STARYGINA / Ivan VOLOBUIEV at the International Skating Union
- ^ Valeria LOSEVA / Denis LUNIN at the International Skating Union
- ^ "Anastasia SHPILEVAYA / Grigory SMIRNOV". International Skating Union. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Yanovskaya has formed a partnerships with Ivan Gurianov" (in Russian).
- ^ Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN at the International Skating Union
External links
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