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Sergei Chetverukhin

Sergei Chetverukhin
Personal information
Native name Серге́й Александрович Четверухин
Full name Sergei Alexandrovich Chetverukhin
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1946-01-12) 12 January 1946 (age 71)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Coach Tatyana Tolmacheva, Stanislav Zhuk
Skating club VSS Trud
Retired 1973

Sergei Alexandrovich Chetverukhin (Russian: Серге́й Александрович Четверухин; born 12 January 1946) is a former Soviet figure skater. He is the 1972 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World medalist, and a four-time European medalist.

Chetverukhin was born on 12 January 1946 in Moscow, Soviet Union. He moved to Canada in 1990 at the invitation of Canadian figure skater Donald Jackson. He holds Russian and Canadian citizenship. He is married and has a daughter.

Chetverukhin trained at VSS Trud in Moscow. He was coached by Tatyana Tolmacheva and later by Stanislav Zhuk.

Chetverukhin began appearing at major international events in 1965 and won his first Soviet national title in the 1966–67 season. The following season, he repeated as the national champion and also took gold at the 1968 Winter Universiade in Innsbruck, ahead of Marián Filc of Czechoslovakia. He finished 5th at the 1968 European Championships in Västerås, Sweden; 9th at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France; and 9th at the 1968 World Championships in Geneva, Switzerland.


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