Alexei Urmanov

Alexei Urmanov

Urmanov in 2005.
Personal information
Native name Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов
Full name Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov
Country represented Russia
Born (1973-11-17) 17 November 1973
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Former coach Alexei Mishin, N. Monakhova, Natalia Golubeva
Former choreographer Evgeni Serejnikov
Former skating club Yubileyny Sport Club
Trade Union Club
Began skating 1977
Retired 1999

Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (Russian:  Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов ; born 17 November 1973) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995–96 Champions Series Final champion, a four-time Russian national champion, and the 1992 Soviet national champion. He currently coaches Julia Lipnitskaya.

Personal life

Urmanov was born on 17 November 1973 in Leningrad, Soviet Union.[1] In 2001, his partner, Viktoria, gave birth to twins, Ivan and Andrei. The couple married in 2004.[2]

Career

Urmanov 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 the 1990 World Junior Championships. After the end of the Soviet Union, he chose to compete for Russia. In 1991, at age 17, he became the first skater to perform a quadruple jump, at the European Championships.

Urmanov competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where he placed 5th. He won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he won the gold medal.

Urmanov chose to remain in the competitive ranks. He became the 1997 European champion, but an injury forced him out of the 1997 World Championships after 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 by Alexei Mishin at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg.[1] During the 1990s, the rink often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time.[4][5]

Urmanov is an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation. He works as a skating coach[6] and an International Skating Union technical specialist. His former students include Sergei Voronov, Nodari Maisuradze, Zhan Bush, Gordei Gorshkov, Nikol Gosviani, Polina Agafonova, and Anastasiia Gubanova.[7] Urmanov currently coaches Yulia Lipnitskaya[8] and Deniss Vasiļjevs.[9] He was based in Saint Petersburg until 2014, when he moved to Sochi, to coach at the Iceberg Skating Palace.[10] He sometimes holds summer camps or clinics in other locations such as Luleå, Sweden, and Paris, France.[11]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
1998–99
[1]
  • Tanguera
    by Mariano Mores
  • El Choclo
    by Angel Villoldo
  • Taquito Militar
    by Mariano Mores
1997–98
  • Tanguera
    by Mariano Mores
  • El Choclo
    by Angel Villoldo
  • Taquito Militar
    by Mariano Mores
1996–97
  • Twilight Zone
  • Beatles medley
1995–96
  • Princess of the Circus
    by Emmerich Kálmán [12]
1994–95
1993–94
1992–93
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
    by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
1991–92
  • Don Quixote
    by Ludwig Minkus
  • Sorry Seems To Be
    The Hardest Word

Competitive highlights

GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

International[1]
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
GP Final 1st 3rd 2nd
GP Nations Cup 4th 1st
GP Cup of Russia 1st 1st
GP Skate America 2nd 3rd
GP Skate 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Alexei URMANOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
  2. Khodorovskiy, Boris (13 September 2004). Урманов женился на матери близняшек [Urmanov got married to mother of twins]. Nevskiy Sport (in Russian). Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  3. Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (13 January 2004). Алексей УРМАНОВ: Многие вещи я понял только сейчас. Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  4. Flade, Tatyana (July–August 1994). "Olympic Stars Skating on Thin Ice at Yubileiny Palace". St. Petersburg Press. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999.
  5. Katz, Rachel (March 1995). "Local stars attack lack of facilities". St. Petersburg Press. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999.
  6. Tonkatcheeva, Oksana (2 April 2008). Алексей Урманов. Не хочу быть тренером-середняком. New Izvestia (in Russian). Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  7. Bagdasarova, Maria (21 January 2013). "Alexei Urmanov – A coach's perspective". Absolute Skating.
  8. "Фигурное катание: право Юлии Липницкой на уход". MK. MK. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. "Men". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  10. "1994 Olympic Champion Alexie Urmanov Interview 2015 ISU JGP Riga". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  11. Peret, Paul (10 November 2011). "Brian Joubert Opts For Techno Rhythm". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  12. http://www.skatemusiclist.com/season_1995_1996.html
  13. http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/articles/music.shtml#1994

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