Aleksandr Chestnikh (born 17 November 1974) is a former

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

who competed internationally for

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

and

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. He represented Armenia with partner Maria Krasiltseva. They placed 19th at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

. Chestnikh then switched to skate for Georgia with partner Evgenia Filonenko. They placed 16th at the 2000

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and

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...

References

Pairs on Ice: Maria Krasiltseva / Aleksandr Chestnikh

Pairs on Ice: Evgenia Filonenko / Aleksandr Chestnikh
1974 births Living people Figure skaters from Moscow Russian male pair skaters Male pair skaters from Georgia (country) Olympic figure skaters for Armenia Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Armenian male pair skaters 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{europe-figure-skating-bio-stub