Stanislav Alexejewitsch Schuk

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Stanislav Schuk figure skating
Full name Stanislav Alexejewitsch Schuk
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
birthday January 25, 1935
place of birth Ulyanovsk,  Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1923Soviet Union 
date of death 1st November 1998 (age 63)
Place of death Moscow,  RussiaRussiaRussia 
Career
discipline Pair skating
Partner Nina Schuk
Medal table
EM medals 0 × gold 3 × silver 0 × bronze
ISU European figure skating championships
silver Bratislava 1958 Couples
silver Davos 1959 Couples
silver Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1960 Couples
 

Stanislav Alexejewitsch Schuk ( Russian Станислав Алексеевич Жук ; English Stanislav Zhuk ; born January 25, 1935 in Ulyanovsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ; † November 1, 1998 in Moscow ) was a Soviet figure skater who competed in pair skating and Russian figure skating .

He competed in pair skating alongside his wife Nina Schuk . With her he was a Soviet pair skating champion from 1957 to 1959 and 1961. In 1958 they became vice-European champions in Bratislava behind the Czechoslovaks Věra Suchánková and Zdeněk Doležal . It was the first medal for the Soviet Union at European Figure Skating Championships and the beginning of a long tradition of success for Soviet figure skaters, especially in pair skating. In 1959 and 1960 the Schuks were again runner-up in Europe, both times behind Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler . At world championships they competed only twice, her best result was a fifth place in the World Cup 1960 . They finished their only Olympic Games in 1960 in Squaw Valley in sixth place.

After his active career, he became a successful figure skating coach. Among other things, he trained the two-time Olympic champions Irina Rodnina and Alexander Saizew ( 1976 and 1980 ), as well as the double Olympic champions Yekaterina Gordejewa and Sergei Grinkow ( 1988 and 1994 ). His students won a total of 67 gold, 34 silver and 35 bronze medals at world and European championships as well as the Olympic Games.

Stanislaw Schuk is the brother of the 1968 Olympic champion in pair skating, Tatjana Schuk .

Results

Pair skating

(with Nina Schuk )

Competition / year 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
winter Olympics 6th
World championships 8th. 5.
European championships 6th 2. 2. 2.
Soviet championships 3. 1. 1. 1. 1.

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personal data
SURNAME Schuk, Stanislaw Alexejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Жук, Станислав Алексеевич (Russian); Zhuk, Stanislav (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian figure skater and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulyanovsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1998
Place of death Moscow , Russia