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| Full name | Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1958-07-07)7 July 1958 (age 66) Leningrad,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
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Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin (Russian:Александр Васильевич Свинин; born 7 July 1958) is a Russianice dancing coach and former competitor for theSoviet Union. WithOlga Volozhinskaya, he is the1983 European silver medalist, 1985Skate Canada International champion, and competed at the1984 Winter Olympics inSarajevo.
Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin was born on 7 July 1958 inLeningrad,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.[1][2] He is married to former Soviet ice dancerIrina Zhuk.[3]
Svinin competed withOlga Volozhinskaya for the Soviet Union. Winners of the 1980Grand Prix International St. Gervais, they made their senior ISU Championship debut later that season at the1981 World Championships, placing fifth. Volozhinskaya/Svinin were fourth at the1982 European Championships and sixth at the1982 World Championships. Their best international results came the next year — silver at the1983 European Championships and fourth at the1983 World Championships.
Volozhinskaya/Svinin placed fifth at the1984 European Championships and were assigned to the1984 Winter Olympics where they placed seventh. Although no longer sent to ISU Championships, they competed for two more seasons, winning gold at the1984 Skate Canada International, bronze at the 1984Prize of Moscow News, and silver at the1985 Skate Canada International. After retiring from competition, they performed in ice shows in England and the United States.[4][3]
In collaboration withIrina Zhuk, Svinin began working as a coach and choreographer atMoscow's Sokolniki ice rink.[3] In 2010, they accepted an offer to move to a new rink, Mechta in theBibirevo District of Moscow.[5]
Svinin and Zhuk's current students include:
Their former students include:
with 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 | |
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