Alexei Ulanov

Olympic medal record
Figure skating

Alexei Ulanov (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Ула́нов) (born November 4, 1947 in Moscow^[1]) is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time (1969-1972) World champion. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.^[2] He later competed with wife Lyudmila Smirnova. They are two-time World silver medalists.

Ulanov began figure skating in 1954 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1964.^[1] Rodnina and Ulanov competed together from 1968 to 1972, winning several World and European championships. The culmination of their career was their 1972 Olympics win. By this point Ulanov had fallen in love with fellow skater Lyudmila Smirnova. Rodnina and Ulanov separated, and Ulanov began skating with Smirnova.

Smirnova and Ulanov competed for two seasons. They won silver medals at the 1973 World and European Championships. The next season, they won European bronze and World silver medals. They married and had two children, Nikolai Ulanov and Irina Ulanova.^[3] Their daughter, Irina Ulanova, is a former pair skater who skated with Alexander Smirnov,^[4] and Maxim Trankov for about three years.^[5]

Ulanov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1972.^[2]

Results

Pairs with Irina Rodnina

Event	1967-68	1968-69	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72
Winter Olympics					1st
World Championships		1st	1st	1st	1st
European Championships	5th	1st	1st	1st	1st
Soviet Championships	3rd	3rd	1st	1st
Prize of Moscow News	1st	2nd	1st

Pairs with Liudmila Smirnova

Event	1972-73	1973-74
World Championships	2nd	2nd
European Championships	2nd	3rd
Soviet Championships	3rd
Prize of Moscow News		1st

References

^ ^a ^b Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 45.
^ ^a ^b Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 585. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
^ Deryagin, Nikolai (17 December 2010). "Алексей Уланов: «Талантливый человек в любой момент может предать»". yagazeta.com (in Russian). Retrieved 5 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ http://www.icedinasty.com/Dinasty/Ice_Dinasty_Family.html
^ Izotov, Ilya (29 April 2011). "Первый лед Транькова". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 4 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)