Alexander Mikhailovich Vlasov

This article covers the former figure skater. For the shipowner Alexandre Vlasov , who was born in Russia in 1880 and later resided in Italy , see Vlasov (Shipowner) .

Alexander Vlasov
Vlasov with his daughter Julia, 2006
Full name	Alexander Mikhailovich Vlasov
nation	Soviet Union
birthday	February 25, 1956
place of birth	Leningrad ,  Soviet Union
size	174 cm
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Irina Vorobyova
Trainer	Tamara Moskvina
status	resigned
End of career	1977
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 1 × EM medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Gothenburg 1976 Couples silver Tokyo 1977 Couples  European figure skating championships bronze Geneva 1976 Couples silver Helsinki 1977 Couples

Alexander Michailowitsch Vlasov ( Russian Александр Михайлович Власов , English Aleksandr Vlasov ; born February 25, 1956 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) is a former Soviet figure skater who started in pair skating .

His figure skating partner was Irina Vorobyova . The couple, who were coached by Tamara Moskwina , had their first international appearance at the 1974 World Cup , which they finished in sixth place. In 1976 Vlasov and Vorobyova became Soviet champions in the absence of Irina Rodnina and Alexander Saizew . That year they also won their first international medals. Both at the European Championships in Geneva and at the World Championships in Gothenburg they won bronze behind Rodnina and Saizew and Romy Kermer and Rolf Oesterreich from the GDR . They finished the Olympic Games in Innsbruck in fourth place due to some mistakes. In 1977 they became vice-European champions in Helsinki and vice-world champions in Tokyo behind their outstanding compatriots. Vorobyova later changed partners and started alongside Igor Lisovsky .

Vlasov now lives in the USA. His daughter is Julia Vlassov ( USA ), the 2006 junior world champion in pair skating .

Results

Pair skating

(with Irina Vorobjowa )

Competition / year	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
winter Olympics					4th
World championships			6th	4th	3.	2.
European championships					3.	2.
Soviet championships	2.		3.		1.	2.

Web links

• Alexander Michailowitsch Vlasow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )