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Alexei Urmanov

Alexei Urmanov
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Urmanov in 2005.
Personal information
Native name Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов
Full name Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov
Country represented Russia
Born (1973-11-17) 17 November 1973 (age 43)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Former coach Alexei Mishin, N. Monakhova, Natalia Golubeva
Former choreographer Evgeni Serejnikov
Former skating club Yubileyny Sport Club
Trade Union Club
Began skating 1977
Retired 1999

Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (Russian: About this sound Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов​ ; born 17 November 1973) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995–96 Champions Series Final champion, a four-time Russian national champion, and the 1992 Soviet national champion. He currently coaches Julia Lipnitskaya.

Urmanov was born on 17 November 1973 in Leningrad, Soviet Union. In 2001, his partner, Viktoria, gave birth to twins, Ivan and Andrei. The couple married in 2004.

Urmanov started skating in 1977. Early in his career, he was coached by N. Monakhova and Natalia Golubeva.

Competing for the Soviet Union, Urmanov won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships. After the end of the Soviet Union, he chose to compete for Russia. In 1991, at age 17, he became the first skater to perform a quadruple jump, at the European Championships.


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