Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov(Russian:;born 17 November 1973) is a Russianfigure skatingcoach and former competitor. He is the1994 Olympicchampion, the1993 Worldbronze medalist, the1997 Europeanchampion, the1995–96 Champions Series Finalchampion, a four-timeRussian nationalchampion, and the 1992Soviet nationalchampion.
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| Full name | Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1973 Leningrad,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editUrmanov was born on 17 November 1973 inLeningrad,Soviet Union.[1]In 2001, his partner, Viktoria, gave birth to twins, Ivan and Andrei. The couple married in 2004.[2]
Career
editUrmanov started skating in 1977.[1]Early in his career, he was coached by N. Monakhova and Natalia Golubeva.[1]
Competing for the Soviet Union, Urmanov won the silver medal at the1990 World Junior Championships.After the end of the Soviet Union, he chose to compete for Russia. In 1991, at age 17, he landed aquadruple jumpat theEuropean Championships.
Urmanov competed at the1992 Winter Olympics,where he placed 5th. He won the bronze medal at the1993 World Championships.At the1994 Winter Olympicsin Lillehammer, he won the gold medal, becoming one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions.
Urmanov chose to remain in the competitive ranks. He became the1997 European champion,but an injury forced him out of the1997 World Championshipsafter the short program and kept him from competing for a berth to the 1998 Olympics.[3]He retired from Olympic-eligible skating in 1999 and won the World Professional Championships the same year. Urmanov was coached byAlexei Mishinat theYubileyny Sports PalaceinSaint Petersburg.[1]During the 1990s, the rink often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time.[4][5]
Coaching career
editUrmanov is an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation. He works as a skating coach[6]and anInternational Skating Uniontechnical specialist. He was based inSaint Petersburguntil 2014, when he moved toSochi,to coach at theIceberg Skating Palace.[7]He sometimes holds summer camps or clinics in other locations such asLuleå,Sweden,andParis,France.[8]
His current and former students include:
Programs
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Competitive highlights
editGP:Champions Series / Grand Prix
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| Event | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 98–99 | |
| Olympics | 5th | 1st | ||||||||
| Worlds | 8th | 8th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | WD | 5th | ||
| Europeans | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | |||
| GPFinal | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | |||||||
| GPNations Cup | 4th | 1st | ||||||||
| GPCup of Russia | 1st | 1st | ||||||||
| GPSkate America | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||
| GPSkate Canada | 1st | |||||||||
| Goodwill Games | 1st | 2nd | ||||||||
| Inter. de Paris | 3rd | |||||||||
| Moscow News | 1st | |||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||
| Skate America | 3rd | |||||||||
| St. Gervais | 1st | |||||||||
| International: Junior[1] | ||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 2nd | |||||||||
| National[1] | ||||||||||
| Russian Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| Soviet Champ. | 6th | 3rd | 1st | |||||||
| WD: Withdrew | ||||||||||
References
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- ^Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena(13 January 2004).Алексей УРМАНОВ: Многие вещи я понял только сейчас.Sport Express(in Russian). Archived fromthe originalon 9 November 2004.Retrieved22 October2008.
- ^Flade, Tatyana (July–August 1994)."Olympic Stars Skating on Thin Ice at Yubileiny Palace".St. Petersburg Press.Archived fromthe originalon 29 April 1999.
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- ^"Biography".isuresults.Archived fromthe originalon 15 March 2014.Retrieved22 March2017.
- ^"Stanislava Molchanova".All Skaters Info.Retrieved30 July2023.
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- ^Skate Music: Season 1995–1996.skatemusiclist.Archived16 July 2011 at theWayback Machine
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External links
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Media related toAlexei Urmanovat Wikimedia Commons
- "Official website".Archived fromthe originalon 5 August 2006.Retrieved17 July2006.