Rostislav Alexandrovich Sinitsyn (, also

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as Sinitsyn; born 18 October 1955) is an

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who competed for the

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. With his wife Natalia Karamyševa (Karamysheva), Sinicyn is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet national champion. Following his retirement from competitive skating, he works as a coach and choreographer and was naturalized as a

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citizen.

Career

Rostislav Sinitsyn and

Natalia Karamysheva Natalja Germanovna Karamyševa (, also romanized as Natalia Karamysheva) (born 3 August 1959) is a former Soviet ice dancer who works as a coach and choreographer. With her husband Rostislav Sinicyn (Sinitsyn), she is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet nat ...

placed 5th at the 1979 European Championships and 7th at the 1980 World Championships. They won the silver medal at the

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. Following his retirement from competitive skating, Sinicyn became a coach and choreographer. His current and former students and clients include: 12-01-21-yog-815

Ice Dancing * Saskia Brall / Tim Giesen * Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn * Kamila Hájková /

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* Barbora Heroldova / Zdenek Pazdera *

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* Karolína Procházková /

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, * Margarita Drobiazko /

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* Milla Ruud Reitan / Nikolaj Majorov * Lilia Schubert / Nikita Remeshevskiy Single & Pair Skating *

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* Nika Ceric *

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* Sara Falotico *

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* Olga Ikonnikova *

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* Denise Koegl * Damjan Ostojič *

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* Kristin Wieczorek *

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/ Ruben Blommaert *

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* Nicole Schott * Lukas Britschgi *

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* Minerva Fabienne Hase /

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/ Ruben Blommaert * Kristina Isaev

Personal life

Sinicyn is a naturalized

citizen. He is married to Natalia Karamyševa. Their son, Alexandr Sinicyn (born 27 March 1996 in

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), is a competitive ice dancer for the Czech Republic. Sinicyn and Sinitsyn have both been used to

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his surname. Sinicyn is the

-style version.

Results

(with Karamysheva)

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinicyn, Rostislav 1955 births Living people Soviet male ice dancers Figure skating choreographers Russian figure skating coaches Czech figure skating coaches Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating Russian emigrants to the Czech Republic Czech people of Russian descent Sportspeople from Nizhny Tagil Figure skaters from Sverdlovsk Oblast FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1981 Winter Universiade