Alexei Tikhonov
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Tikhonov in 2005.
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| Full name | Alexei Vladimirovich Tikhonov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former country(ies) represented |
Japan Soviet Union |
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| Born |
1 November 1971 Samara, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Maria Petrova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner |
Yukiko Kawasaki (JPN) Irina Saifutdinova (URS) |
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| Former coach | Ludmila Velikova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Sergei Petukhov Alexander Stepin |
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| Skating club | Yubileyny Sport Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former training locations | Saint Petersburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 188.21 2005 Worlds |
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| Short program | 67.42 2004-2005 Grand Prix Final |
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| Free skate | 123.18 2006 Worlds |
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Medal record
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Alexei Vladimirovich Tikhonov (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Ти́хонов; born 1 November 1971 in Samara) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maria Petrova, he is the 2000 World champion and a two-time (1999, 2000) European champion.
Tikhonov began skating in his hometown, Samara. Initially a singles skater, he switched to pairs at 15 and a half.
Tikhonov first competed with partner Irina Saifutdinova for the Soviet Union and, after the dissolution, for Russia. They won the bronze medal at the 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the Soviet Union. Their partnership ended when she decided to get married and leave the sport.
He teamed up with Japanese pair skater Yukiko Kawasaki and competed with her representing Japan. Kawasaki and Tikhonov were two-time Japanese national champions. They competed internationally together, winning the bronze medal at the 1993 NHK Trophy and placing 15th at the 1994 World Championships. He said, "I stayed [in Japan] for two years, but I was alone in my apartment. I used to go to the Russian Embassy just to talk to people. I tried to learn some Japanese but it was very hard."
Tikhonov spent the next five years skating in various ice shows in the U.K. and Florida, including shows led by Tatiana Tarasova and Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. He started to miss competitive skating and when Maria Petrova's coach called, he agreed to compete with her. They teamed up in the summer of 1998. Petrova was a former World Junior champion with Anton Sikharulidze.
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