Rafael Arutunian
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Rafael Vladimirovich Arutunian (Armenian: Ռաֆայել Հարությունյան, Russian: Рафаэль Владимирович Арутюнян) is an Armenian figure skating coach. He is a former Soviet national competitor.[1]
Among his current and former students are Jeffrey Buttle, Mao Asada, Mai Asada, Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen, Alexander Abt, Sergei Voronov, Alexander Shubin, Ivan Dinev, and fellow Armenian Hovhannes Mkrtchyan. He was the coach of Russian skater Alexander Abt for eleven years. He currently coaches in Lake Arrowhead, California.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Ice Castle coaching biography
- ^ Srebnitskaya D. (March 24, 2004). "Арутюнян тренирует Кван, Тарасова – Аракаву" (in Russian). Soviet Sports. http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/148221. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
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