Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (; born 17 November 1973) is a Russian

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coach and former competitor. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995–96 Champions Series Final champion, a four-time Russian national champion, and the 1992 Soviet national champion.

Personal life

Urmanov was born on 17 November 1973 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

, Soviet Union. In 2001, his partner, Viktoria, gave birth to twins, Ivan and Andrei. The couple married in 2004.

Career

Urmanov started skating in 1977. Early in his career, he was coached by N. Monakhova and Natalia Golubeva. Competing for the Soviet Union, Urmanov won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships. After the end of the Soviet Union, he chose to compete for Russia. In 1991, at age 17, he landed a

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at the

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. Urmanov competed at the

1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ...

, where he placed 5th. He won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships. At the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Hav ...

in Lillehammer, he won the gold medal, becoming one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions. 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. He retired from Olympic-eligible skating in 1999 and won the World Professional Championships the same year. Urmanov was coached by Alexei Mishin at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in

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. During the 1990s, the rink often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time.

Coaching career

Urmanov is an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation. He works as a skating coach and an

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technical specialist. He was based in

until 2014, when he moved to

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, to coach at the

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. He sometimes holds summer camps or clinics in other locations such as

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, and

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. His current and former students include: * Sergei Voronov * Nodari Maisuradze * Zhan Bush * Gordei Gorshkov * Nikol Gosviani * Polina Agafonova * Anastasiia Gubanova *

Deniss Vasiļjevs Deniss Vasiļjevs (born 9 August 1999) is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, 2022 European bronze medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy silver medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (inc ...

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* Stanislava Molchanova * Mikhail Shaidorov

Programs

Competitive highlights

''GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix''

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