Svetlana Alekseeva (figure skater)
| Svetlana Alekseeva | |
|---|---|
 Alexeeva at the 2010 Cup of Russia | |
| Full name | Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva |
| Born | 16 March 1955 Berlin |
| Figure skating career | |
| Skating club | Blue Bird FSC |
Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva (Russian: Светлана Львовна Алексеева; born 16 March 1955) is a Russian former ice dancer and currently a coach.
Career
Alekseeva competed in ice dancing with Alexandr Grigoryevich Boychuk. They won the Soviet junior title in 1970.
Alekseeva began coaching in 1977 and worked with Tatiana Tarasova for thirteen years.[1] Since 2001, she coaches with Elena Kustarova.[1] In the summer of 2006, they moved to Blue Bird FSC in Moscow and then to a new rink in Medvedkovo in the summer of 2012.[1]
Alekseeva coaches in collaboration with Elena Kustarova and Olga Riabinina. Her current students include:
- Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin[2] (2012 Junior World champions)
- Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov[3]
- Anna Nagornyuk / Viktor Kovalenko[4]
Her former students include:
- Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev[5] (2011–2012 European silver medalists). Coached until April 2012.
- Svetlana Liapina / Gorsha Sur
- Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin[6] (2011 World Junior champions). Coached until February 2012.[7]
- Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
- Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro[8] (2009 Russian Junior champions)
- Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi[9]
- Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev[10]
- Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov[11]
Personal life
Alekseeva is the mother of Elena Kustarova.[1]
Competitive highlights
(with Boychuk)
| International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1969–70 | 1970–71 | 1971–72 | 1972–73 | 1973–74 |
| Prize of Moscow News | 5th | 3rd | |||
| National | |||||
| Soviet Championships | 4th | 4th | 3rd | ||
| Soviet Junior Champ. | 1st | ||||
References
- ^ a b c d Verezemskaya, Olga (31 August 2012). Здесь и сейчас: История становления группы Алексеевой — Кустаровой [Here and Now: The history of the Alexeeva — Kustarova group]. Moskovskiy Figurist (in Russian). Federation of Figure Skating in Moscow.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin at the International Skating Union
- ^ Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov at the International Skating Union
- ^ "Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012.
- ^ Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev at the International Skating Union
- ^ Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin at the International Skating Union
- ^ Фигуристы Монько/Халявин перешли тренироваться в группу Жулина-Волкова [Figure skaters Monko/Khalivin switched to Zhulin and Volkov's group]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). February 18, 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro at the International Skating Union
- ^ Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi at the International Skating Union
- ^ Anastasia Platonova / Sergei Grachev at the International Skating Union
- ^ Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov at the International Skating Union
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