Andrei Alexandrovich Suraikin

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Andrei Suraikin figure skating
Full name Andrei Alexandrovich Suraikin
nation Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
birthday October 20, 1948
place of birth Leningrad,  Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1923Soviet Union 
size 170 cm
Weight 68 kg
date of death 28th September 1996 (age 47)
Place of death Saint Petersburg ,  RussiaRussiaRussia 
Career
discipline Pair skating
Partner Lyudmila Smirnova
society Spartak Leningrad
Trainer Maja Belenkaya
End of career 1972
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 3 × silver 0 × bronze
EM medals 0 × gold 3 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver Sapporo 1972 Couples
ISU World figure skating championships
silver Ljubljana 1970 Couples
silver Lyon 1971 Couples
silver Calgary 1972 Couples
ISU European figure skating championships
silver Leningrad 1970 Couples
silver Zurich 1971 Couples
silver Gothenburg 1972 Couples
 

Andrei Alexandrowitsch Suraikin ( Russian Андрей Александрович Сурайкин ; born October 20, 1948 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ; † September 28, 1996 in Saint Petersburg , Russia ) was a Soviet figure skater who started in pair skating , and later Soviet and Russian figure skating.

Suraikin began figure skating in 1957. His figure skating partner was Lyudmila Smirnova . The couple became the strongest competitor for the towering Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov . Starting with their debut at world and European championships in 1970 up to and including 1972, Suraikin and Smirnowa finished all three world championships ( Ljubljana 1970 , Lyon 1971 , Calgary 1972 ) and all three European championships ( Leningrad 1970 , Zurich 1971 , Gothenburg 1972 ) in silver behind Rodnina and Ulanow. This ranking was also found at the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo . Suraikin ended his figure skating career in 1972 after Lyudmila Smirnova fell in love with Alexei Ulanov and from now on competed with him. He became a figure skating coach.

Results

Pair skating

(with Lyudmila Smirnowa )

Competition / year 1970 1971 1972
winter Olympics 2.
World championships 2. 2. 2.
European championships 2. 2. 2.
Soviet championships 2. 2.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sportsdaily.ru/articles/hronograf-21863

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Suraikin, Andrei Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сурайкин, Андрей Александрович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet figure skater, soviet and russian figure skating coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1996
Place of death Saint Petersburg , Russia