Alexei Urmanov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yevgenyevich and the family name is Urmanov.

Alexei Urmanov
Urmanov in 2005.
Full name	Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov
Native name	Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов
Born	(1973-11-17) 17 November 1973 (age 51) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Began skating	1977
Retired	1999
Medal record Figure skating: Men's singles Representing  Russia Winter Olympics 1994 Lillehammer Men's singles World Championships 1993 Prague Men's singles European Championships 1997 Paris Men's singles 1995 Dortmund Men's singles 1994 Copenhagen Men's singles 1999 Prague Men's singles Grand Prix Final 1995–96 Paris Men's singles 1998–99 St. Petersburg Men's singles 1996–97 Hamilton Men's singles Representing  CIS ( Unified Team) European Championships 1992 Lausanne Men's singles Representing the  Soviet Union World Junior Championships 1990 Colorado Springs Men's singles

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.

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 landed 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, becoming one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions.

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]

Coaching career

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. He was based in Saint Petersburg until 2014, when he moved to Sochi, to coach at the Iceberg Skating Palace.[7] He sometimes holds summer camps or clinics in other locations such as Luleå, Sweden, and Paris, France.[8]

His current and former students include:

• Sergei Voronov[9]
• Nodari Maisuradze[10]
• Zhan Bush[11]
• Gordei Gorshkov[12]
• Nikol Gosviani[13]
• Polina Agafonova[14]
• Anastasiia Gubanova[15]
• Deniss Vasiļjevs[16]
• Yulia Lipnitskaya[17][18]
• Stanislava Molchanova[19]
• Mikhail Shaidorov[20]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
1998–99 [1]	Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach	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	Princess of the Circus by Emmerich Kálmán	Beatles medley
1995–96	Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky	Princess of the Circus by Emmerich Kálmán [21]
1994–95	Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi	Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
1993–94	Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi	The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini [22]
1992–93	Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus	Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
1991–92	Boléro by Maurice Ravel	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. "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 married a mother of twins]. Nevskiy Sport (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
3. Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (13 January 2004). Алексей УРМАНОВ: Многие вещи я понял только сейчас. Sport Express (in Russian). Archived from the original on 9 November 2004. 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). Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
7. "1994 Olympic Champion Alexie Urmanov Interview 2015 ISU JGP Riga". Youtube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
8. Peret, Paul (10 November 2011). "Brian Joubert Opts For Techno Rhythm". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
9. "Sergei Voronov: 2010/11". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
10. Flade, Tatjana. "Iliushechkina and Maisuradze from Hopeless Case to Top Contenders". Golden Skate. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
11. "Zhan Bush: 2011/12". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
12. "Gordei Gorshkov: 2013/14". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
13. "Nikol Gosviani: 2012/13". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
14. "Polina Agafonova: 2011/12". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
15. Bagdasarova, Maria (21 January 2013). "Alexei Urmanov – A coach's perspective". Absolute Skating.
16. "Deniss Vasiljevs: 2015/16". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
17. "Фигурное катание: право Юлии Липницкой на уход". MK. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
18. "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
19. "Stanislava Molchanova". All Skaters Info. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
20. "Mikhail Shaidorov: 2022/23". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
21. Skate Music: Season 1995–1996^[usurped]. www.skatemusiclist.com.
22. Skating Music Archived 28 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine. www.frogsonice.com.

External links

Media related to Alexei Urmanov at Wikimedia Commons

• "Official website". Archived from the original on 5 August 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2006.

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