| Sergei Chetverukhin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sergei Alexandrovich Chetverukhin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | Серге́й Александрович Четверухин | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1946-01-12)12 January 1946 (age 79) Moscow,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Tatyana Tolmacheva,Stanislav Zhuk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | VSS Trud | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sergei Alexandrovich Chetverukhin (Russian:Серге́й Александрович Четверухин; born 12 January 1946) is a formerSovietfigure skater. He is the1972 Olympic silver medalist, a three-timeWorld medalist, and a four-timeEuropean medalist.
Chetverukhin was born on 12 January 1946 inMoscow, Soviet Union.[1] He moved to Canada in 1990 at the invitation of Canadian figure skaterDonald Jackson. He holds Russian and Canadian citizenship.[1] He is married and has a daughter.[2]
Chetverukhin trained atVSS Trud inMoscow. He was coached byTatyana Tolmacheva[3] and later byStanislav Zhuk.
Chetverukhin began appearing at major international events in 1965[4] and won his first Soviet national title in the 1966–67 season. The following season, he repeated as the national champion and also took gold at the1968 Winter Universiade inInnsbruck, ahead ofMarián Filc of Czechoslovakia. He finished 5th at the1968 European Championships inVästerås, Sweden; 9th at the1968 Winter Olympics inGrenoble, France; and 9th at the1968 World Championships inGeneva, Switzerland.
Chetverukhin's firstISU Championship medal, bronze, came at the1969 Europeans inGarmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany.[4] The following year, he finished just off the podium at the continental event.
Chetverukhin was awarded medals at both ISU Championships in the 1970–71 season. After winning silver at the1971 European Championships inZurich, where he finished second to Czechoslovakia'sOndrej Nepela, he received bronze at the1971 World Championships inLyon, France, behind Nepela and France'sPatrick Péra.[citation needed] He was the first Soviet male skater to medals at Worlds.[4]
The following season, he won silver at the1972 European Championships inGothenburg, Sweden;1972 Winter Olympics inSapporo, Japan; and1972 World Championships inCalgary, Alberta, Canada. Each time he finished second to Nepela. At the Olympics, Chetverukhin was third in the compulsory figures and first in the free skate.[5][6]
In his final competitive season, Chetverukhin received silver medals at the1973 European Championships inCologne, West Germany, and the1973 World Championships inBratislava, Czechoslovakia. At both events he placed second to Nepela.
Chetverukhin worked as a skating coach inMontreal before relocating toToronto.[1]
| International | |||||||||||
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| Event | 62–63 | 63–64 | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 | 69–70 | 70–71 | 71–72 | 72–73 |
| Olympics | 9th | 2nd | |||||||||
| Worlds | 17th | 13th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| Europeans | 10th | 12th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| Moscow News | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||||
| Prague Skate | 3rd | 2nd | |||||||||
| Universiade | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | ||||||||
| National | |||||||||||
| Soviet Champ. | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
