Alexander Zhulin

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Olympic medalist
Medal record
Figure skating
Competitor for the Unified Team
Bronze 1992 Albertville Ice dancing
Competitor for  Russia
Silver 1994 Lillehammer Ice dancing
Alexander Zhulin
2010 Cup of Russia, short program (3).jpg
Zhulin in 2010
Personal information
Full name Alexander Viacheslavovich Zhulin
Alternative names Aleksandr Zhulin
Sasha Zhulin
Country represented  Russia
Former country(ies) represented  Soviet Union
Born (1963-07-20) 20 July 1963 (age 49)
Moscow
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Former partner Maya Usova
Oksana Grishuk
Former coach Natalia Dubova
Former choreographer Giuseppe Arena[1]
Skating club Profsoyuz Moskva / Spartak Moskva
Retired 1994

Alexander (Sasha) Viacheslavovich Zhulin (Russian: About this sound Александр Вячеславович Жулин​ (help·info), born July 20, 1963 in Moscow) is a retired Russian ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia. With Maya Usova, he is the 1993 World champion, 1994 Olympic silver medalist, and 1992 Olympic bronze medalist.

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Competitive career [edit]

Coach Natalia Dubova paired him with Maya Usova in 1980. In 1988, they made their first appearance at the European Championships, placing 4th. The next season, they won silver at Europeans and silver in their World Championships debut. The next two seasons, they took bronze at Worlds.

In the 1991–92 season, Usova and Zhulin won silver at the European Championships and then captured their first Olympic medal, bronze, at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. They ended the season by winning their second World silver medal. They moved with Dubova from Moscow to Lake Placid, New York in September 1992.[1][2]

In the 1992–93 season, Usova and Zhulin won the European title and followed that up by winning the World title as well. The next season, they dropped to third at the European Championships behind Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean and Oksana Grishuk / Evgeny Platov. At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, they won the silver medal behind Grishuk and Platov.

Usova and Zhulin skated together professionally for four years before parting ways. Zhulin then skated with former rival, Oksana Grishuk, for one year.

Further career [edit]

Zhulin with Navka and Kostamorov in 2004

After retiring, Zhulin became a skating coach and choreographer. He coached in New Jersey[3] before moving back to Russia in 2006.[4] He is based in Moscow and often coaches in collaboration with Oleg Volkov.[5] Among others, Zhulin has coached:

Zhulin has also been involved in Russian ice shows, such as Ice Age.[14]

Personal life [edit]

Zhulin married Maya Usova in 1986[2] but the two eventually divorced.[15] He was romantically involved with competitive rival Oksana Grishuk.[16][17] In 2000, he married Tatiana Navka, with whom he has a daughter, Sasha, born in May 2000.[6] Navka and Zhulin are divorced.[5]

Programs [edit]

With Usova [edit]

Usova and Zhulin in 1994
Usova and Zhulin in 1989
Season Original dance Free dance[18] Exhibition[19]
1993–1994
  • A Day In The Life Of A Fool
1992–1993
  • Ausencias
  • Autumn Leaves
1991–1992
  • A Paris
1990–1991
  • Autumn Leaves
1989–1990
1988–1989
  • A Paris
1987–1988
  • Indian Temple dance
Post-1994[19]
  • La Belle Dame Sans Regret
    by Sting
  • L'Oiseau (from Cirque du Soleil)
  • The Hunchback
  • Blues For Klook

With Grishuk [edit]

Season Programs
1998–1999
  • Enigma

Results [edit]

(with Usova)

International
Event 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Olympics 3rd 2nd
Worlds 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st
Europeans 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd
Goodwill Games 2nd
Skate America 1st 1st
Nations Cup 1st
NHK Trophy 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Moscow News 4th 3rd 2nd
Nebelhorn 1st
St. Gervais 1st
St. Ivel / Electric 1st 1st
Universiade 1st 2nd
International
Soviet Champ. 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Reiter, Susan (1995-03-01). "Ice dancing: a dance form frozen in place by hostile rules". Dance Magazine (The Free Library).  (FindArticles)
  2. ^ a b Hersh, Phil (1994-02-22). "Love Triangle (plus 1) Tops Torvill And Dean". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  3. ^ a b Mittan, Barry (2001-12-15). "Lang and Tchernyshev Look Forward to Olympic Year". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. 
  4. ^ "Interview with Alexander Zhulin. May 2007 in Moscow". figureskating-online. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 
  5. ^ a b Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (2012-08-20). "Александр ЖУЛИН: "ТРЕНЕРСКУЮ ЧЕСТНОСТЬ СПОРТСМЕНЫ ЧУЮТ НЮХОМ"" [Alexander Zhulin: Athletes sense the coach's honesty] (in Russian). Sport Express. 
  6. ^ a b "Tatiana NAVKA / Roman KOSTOMAROV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2012-01-23. 
  7. ^ Peret, Paul (2011-07-04). "Nathalie Péchalat, Fabian Bourzat and Florent Amodio Leave Russia". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  8. ^ "Фигуристы Ильиных/Кацалапов ушли к Морозову под нажимом ФФККР - Жулин" [Zhulin: Skaters Ilinykh / Katsalapov switched to Morozov under pressure from the FFKKR] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
  9. ^ "Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original|archiveurl= requires |url= (help) on 2012-04-25. 
  10. ^ "Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original|archiveurl= requires |url= (help) on 2012-04-25. 
  11. ^ "Фигуристы Монько/Халявин перешли тренироваться в группу Жулина-Волкова" [Figure skaters Monko/Khalivin switched to Zhulin and Volkov's group]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2012-02-18. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. 
  12. ^ Vladimirova, Alexandra (2012-04-25). "Фигуристы Боброва и Соловьев хотят поменять стиль катания - Жулин" [Figure skaters Bobrova and Soloviev want to change their style of skating, says Zhulin]. rsport.ru / RIA Novosti (in Russian). 
  13. ^ Vladimirova, Alexandra (2012-04-25). "Фигурист Дмитрий Соловьев: у Жулина начали учиться кататься с нуля" [Figure skater Soloviev: We're learning to skate from scratch under Zhulin]. rsport.ru (in Russian). 
  14. ^ Ermolina, Olga (2012-05-04). "«Соперники оторвались от нас в космос»". Moskovskiye Novosti (in Russian). 
  15. ^ "Aleksandr Zhulin". Sports-reference. 
  16. ^ Brennan, Christine (1998). Edge of Glory. Scribner. pp. 220–221. ISBN 0-684-84128-2. 
  17. ^ Smith, Beverley (1994). Figure Skating: A Celebration. McClellan & Stewart. p. 204. ISBN 0-7710-2819-9. 
  18. ^ "Skate Music List". 
  19. ^ a b "World Professional Figure Skating Championships – Landover, MD". Golden Skate. 

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