Aliki Stergiadu (born 5 October 1972) is a former competitive

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. She is the 1991 World Junior champion with

Juris Razgulajevs Juris Razgulajevs, sometimes spelled ''Yuri Razguliaiev'', (born March 20, 1973) is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor who represented the Soviet Union, Latvia, Uzbekistan, and Japan. He is the 1991 World Junior champion with pa ...

for the Soviet Union.

Personal life

Stergiadu was born on 5 October 1972 in

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, Soviet Union. She lived in

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, Russia until she took a coaching position in

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, Sweden in 2006. She married Lennart "Lelle" Erinder in September 2012 in Skellefteå.

Career

Stergiadu began skating at age five. Early in her career, she competed for the

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with

. Coached by Natalia Linichuk in Moscow, they won the 1991 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary. Stergiadu/Razgulajevs moved up to the senior level in the 1991–92 season. The Soviet Union having dissolved, they decided to compete for

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. They placed tenth at the 1992 World Championships in

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. In the 1992–93 season, Stergiadu/Razgulajevs began representing

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. They won a silver medal at the 1992 Piruetten in

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and finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships in

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. They were awarded bronze at the

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in Chiba, Japan. In February 1994, Stergiadu/Razgulajevs competed at the

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and finished 13th.Skatabase: 1994 Olympics
Their last competition together was the 1994 World Championships in Chiba, where they placed 11th. Stergiadu is an international technical specialist in ice dancing for Sweden.

Results

(with Razgulajevs for the Soviet Union, Latvia and Uzbekistan)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stergiadu, Aliki 1972 births Living people Pontic Greeks Soviet female ice dancers Latvian female ice dancers Uzbekistani female ice dancers Olympic figure skaters for Uzbekistan Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Figure skaters from Tashkent Uzbekistani people of Greek descent Soviet people of Greek descent