Rafael Arutunian
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Rafael Arutyunyan with Mao Asada and Tatiana Tarasova
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| Full name | Rafael Vladimirovich Arutyunyan |
| Alternative names | Arutunian/Harutyunyan |
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July 5, 1957 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Rafael Arutyunyan (Armenian: Ռաֆայել Հարությունյան, Harutyunyan; Russian: Рафаэль Владимирович Арутюнян; born July 5, 1957) is an Armenianfigure skating coach. He coached in Armenia before moving to Russia and then the United States.
Arutyunyan was born on July 5, 1957 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, and studied in Yerevan, Armenian SSR at the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture. He is married to a skating coach, Vera, and moved to the United States in 2000. They have a son – a pianist born in the mid-1980s, and a daughter, who is an artist.
Arutyunyan coached young skaters in Yerevan from 1976 to 1985 and then moved to Moscow, Russian SFSR. After moving to the United States, he coached at a rink in Lake Arrowhead, California. In August 2013, he relocated to the East West Ice Palace in Artesia, California. He collaborates with his wife, Vera Arutyunyan, and Nadezda Kanaeva. He moved to Lakewood ICE in Lakewood, California on June 25, 2016.
His current students include:
His former students include:
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