Alexei Urmanov

Alexei Urmanov
Alexei Urmanov
	Urmanov in 2005.
Born	17 November 1973 (age 50); Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Skating club	Trade Union Club
Retired	1999
Medal record
Men's Figure skating
Representing Russia
Winter Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Grand Prix Final
World Junior Championships

Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (Template:Audio-ru; born 17 November 1973) is a Russian figure skater,^[1] who currently works as a coach. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995-1996 Champions Series Final champion, the four-time Russian National champion, and the 1992 Soviet National champion.

Career

Urmanov was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, and started skating at the age of four. Competed for the Soviet Union, he won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Urmanov chose to compete for Russia. In 1991, at age 17, he became the first skater to perform a quadruple jump at the European Championships.

He 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.^[2] He retired from Olympic-eligible skating in 1999 and won the World Professional Championships the same year.

Urmanov trained at the Yubileyny Sports Palace, which during the 1990s often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time.^[3]^[4] He is an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation.

Urmanov is currently a skating coach and an International Skating Union technical specialist. His former students include Sergei Voronov, Nodari Maisuradze, Zhan Bush, Gordei Gorshkov, Nikol Gosviani, Polina Agafonova, and Anastasia V. Gubanova.^[5] Urmanov currently coaches Yulia Lipnitskaya^[6] and Deniss Vasiļjevs.^[7] He was based in Saint Petersburg until 2014, when he moved to Sochi, to coach at the Iceberg Skating Palace.^[8] He sometimes holds summer camps or clinics in other locations such as Luleå, Sweden, and Paris, France.^[9]

Personal life

In 2001, his partner, Viktoria, gave birth to twins, Ivan and Andrei. In 2004, the couple married.^[10]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
1998–1999	Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach	Tanguera El Choclo Taquito Militar by Mariano Mores
1997–1998		Tanguera El Choclo Taquito Militar by Mariano Mores
1996–1997	Twilight Zone	Princess of the Circus by Emmerich Kálmán	Beatles medley
1995–1996	Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky	Princess of the Circus by Emmerich Kálmán ^[11]
1994–1995	Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi	Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
1993–1994	Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi	The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini ^[12]
1992–1993	Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus	Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
1991–1992	Boléro by Maurice Ravel	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus	Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Competitive highlights

International
Event	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1998–99
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					3rd			2nd	3rd
GP Skate Canada							1st
GP NHK Trophy			3rd	3rd	3rd
GP Int. de Paris			3rd
Goodwill Games					1st				2nd
Moscow News		1st
St. Gervais		1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds	2nd
National
Russian Champ.				1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd
Soviet Champ.	6th	3rd	1st
GP = Became part of Champions Series in 1995 (renamed Grand Prix in 1998) WD = Withdrew

References

^ Tonkatcheeva, Oksana (2 April 2008). Алексей Урманов. Не хочу быть тренером-середняком (in Russian). New Izvestia. Retrieved 22 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (13 January 2004). Алексей УРМАНОВ: Многие вещи я понял только сейчас. Sport-Express (in Russian). Retrieved 22 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
^ 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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Katz, Rachel (March 1995). "Local stars attack lack of facilities". St. Petersburg Press. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Bagdasarova, Maria (21 January 2013). "Alexei Urmanov – A coach's perspective". Absolute Skating.
^ "Фигурное катание: право Юлии Липницкой на уход". MK. MK. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
^ "Men". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ "1994 Olympic Champion Alexie Urmanov Interview 2015 ISU JGP Riga". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ Peret, Paul (10 November 2011). "Brian Joubert Opts For Techno Rhythm". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^ Khodorovskiy, Boris (13 September 2004). Урманов женился на матери близняшек. Nevskiy Sport (in Russian). Retrieved 22 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ http://www.skatemusiclist.com/season_1995_1996.html
^ http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/articles/music.shtml#1994

External links

Official homepage

[newizv-1] Tonkatcheeva, Oksana (2 April 2008). Алексей Урманов. Не хочу быть тренером-середняком (in Russian). New Izvestia. Retrieved 22 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[spexpress-2] Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (13 January 2004). Алексей УРМАНОВ: Многие вещи я понял только сейчас. Sport-Express (in Russian). Retrieved 22 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)

[spt94-3] 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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[spt95-4] Katz, Rachel (March 1995). "Local stars attack lack of facilities". St. Petersburg Press. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[absk130121-5] Bagdasarova, Maria (21 January 2013). "Alexei Urmanov – A coach's perspective". Absolute Skating.

[6] "Фигурное катание: право Юлии Липницкой на уход". MK. MK. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[7] "Men". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[8] "1994 Olympic Champion Alexie Urmanov Interview 2015 ISU JGP Riga". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[ifs1110-9] Peret, Paul (10 November 2011). "Brian Joubert Opts For Techno Rhythm". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

[married-10] Khodorovskiy, Boris (13 September 2004). Урманов женился на матери близняшек. Nevskiy Sport (in Russian). Retrieved 22 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[11] ttp://www.skatemusiclist.com/season_1995_1996.html

[12] ttp://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/articles/music.shtml#1994

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