Rinat Farkhoutdinov | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented |
Russia Japan |
Born |
Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
December 13, 1975
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
Former partner | Nakako Tsuzuki |
Former coach | Tatiana Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov, Natalia Dubova, Victor Ryzhkin |
Skating club | The Skating Center, L.L.C. |
Retired | 2002 |
Rinat Farkhoutdinov (born December 13, 1975) is a Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for Japan. With partner Nakako Tsuzuki, he is a three-time Japanese national champion and competed three times at the Four Continents and World Championships. They were unable to compete during the latter half of the 2001/2002 Olympic season due to an injury to Tsuzuki. Their partnership ended following that season. Farkhoutdinov moved to Euless, Texas where he began working as a coach and choreographer. He has coached Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko, among others.