Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov

Alexei Urmanov
nation	Russia
birthday	17th November 1973
place of birth	Leningrad,  Soviet Union
Career
discipline	Single run
Trainer	Alexei Mishin
End of career	1999
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 3 × 1 × 2 × EM medals 3 × 1 × 2 ×
winter Olympics gold Lillehammer 1994 Men's  World figure skating championships bronze Prague 1993 Men's  European figure skating championships bronze Lausanne 1992 Men's bronze Copenhagen 1994 Men's silver Dortmund 1995 Men's gold Paris 1997 Men's bronze Prague 1999 Men's
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 1 1 1  Grand Prix competitions 4th 1 4th

Alexei Evgenjewitsch Urmanow ( Russian Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов , listen ^{? / I} ; English Alexei Urmanov ; born November 17, 1973 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian figure skater who started in a single run . He is the Olympic champion of 1994 and the European Champion of 1997 .

Urmanov, who was born in Leningrad, started figure skating at the age of four. His trainer was Alexei Mishin . In 1990 he became Vice Junior World Champion. In 1991, at the age of 17, he was the first to successfully land a four-fold jump at a European championship . At his first Olympic Games in 1992 , he finished fifth. In the same year he won his first medal at a European championship with bronze behind Petr Barna and Wiktor Petrenko . The following year he also won bronze at the World Championships behind Canadians Kurt Browning and Elvis Stojko . It should be his only medal at world championships.

His greatest success was the surprising win of the gold medal in figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . After that, by winning the European Championship in 1997, he was only able to win one title at a major tournament. An injury prevented participation in the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano . He then switched to the professionals and won the 1999 world title there.

Urmanow currently works as a trainer and trains among others the Russian champion 2008 and vice junior world champion 2006 Sergei Voronow . He is also an ISU official. In 2004 he married Viktoria Urmanowa and has three children.

Results

Competition / season	1989/90	1990/91	1991/92	1992/93	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1998/99
Olympic games			5.		1.
World championships		8th.	8th.	3.	4th	4th	5.		5.
European championships		6th	3.	5.	3.	2.		1.	3.
Grand Prix Final							1.	3.	2.
Junior World Championships	2.
Soviet championships		3.	1.
Russian championships				1.	1.	1.	1.	2.	3.

Urmanow missed the entire 1997/1998 season due to injury

Web links

Commons : Alexei Urmanow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Alexei Evgenjewitsch Urmanow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• official homepage