Juri Kurakin
| Juri Kurakin | |
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Silná/Kurakin in 2012
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Austria |
| Former country(ies) represented |
Bulgaria Estonia |
| Born |
3 August 1987 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Partner | Barbora Silná |
| Former partner |
Ina Demireva Alexandra Baurina |
| Former coach | Barbara Fusar-Poli, Eva Sonnleitner, Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Dmitri Sildoja, Vitali Schulz, Svetlana Alexeeva, Oksana Potdykova |
| Skating club | EKE Vienna Grazer Eislaufverein |
| Training locations | Milan, Italy; Vienna and Graz, Austria; Lyon, France; Dortmund, Germany |
| Began skating | 1992 |
| Retired | August 2016 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 130.88 2016 Worlds |
| Short dance | 54.63 2016 Worlds |
| Free dance | 79.38 2014 Ice Challenge |
Juri Kurakin (born 3 August 1987) is a former competitive ice dancer who is best known for his partnership with Barbora Silná for Austria. Together, they won three Austrian national titles and reached the final segment at three ISU Championships. Earlier in his career, Kurakin competed for Estonia and Bulgaria.
Kurakin was born 3 August 1987 in Tallinn, Estonia. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Kurakin, an ice dancer who competed internationally for Estonia and Germany.
Kurakin began learning to skate in 1992. Early in his career, he competed with Alexandra Baurina for Estonia.
In 2005, Kurakin began skating with Ina Demireva, with whom he represented Bulgaria. Initially coached by Oksana Potdykova, Demireva/Kurakin decided to train under Svetlana Alexeeva and Elena Kustarova in Moscow in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons. They switched to Oleg Volkov and Alexander Zhulin for their final season together, 2008–09.
Kurakin teamed up with Czech-Austrian skater Barbora Silná in 2010. The two decided to represent Austria. In the 2010–11 season, they were coached by Dmitri Sildoja and Vitali Schulz in Dortmund and Vienna. The following season, training under Muriel Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer in Lyon and Graz, they won their first Austrian national title. During the next two seasons, they finished second to Kira Geil / Tobias Eisenbauer at the Austrian Championships. In the 2013–14 season, they switched to Barbara Fusar-Poli in Milan.
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