Vladislav Zhovnirski

Vladislav Zhovnirski
Zhovnirski in December 2014
Personal information
Native name	Владислав Владимирович Жовнирский
Full name	Vladislav Vladimirovich Zhovnirski
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1978-07-12) 12 July 1978 (age 38) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Former partner	Victoria Maxiuta Elena Ivanovich
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Pairs World Junior Championships 1996 Brisbane Pairs 1999 Zagreb Pairs 1998 Saint John Pairs 1997 Seoul Pairs

Vladislav Vladimirovich Zhovnirski (Russian: Владислав Владимирович Жовнирский; born 12 July 1978) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor. With Victoria Maxiuta, he is the 1996 World Junior champion, 1997 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, 1998 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1999 Winter Universiade champion.

Zhovnirski was born 12 July 1978 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He lives in Moscow, Russia. He is married to Russian former pair skater Arina Ushakova, with whom he has a child (born c. 2016).

Zhovnirski competed for Russia and began appearing internationally with Victoria Maxiuta in 1993. They were awarded gold at the 1996 World Junior Championships, held from November to December 1995 in Brisbane, Australia.

The pair's first senior international medal, gold, came at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial in September 1996. Maxiuta/Zhovnirski went on to take bronze at the 1997 World Junior Championships, held in November 1996 in Seoul, South Korea; bronze at the 1998 World Junior Championships in December 1997 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and silver at the 1997–98 Junior Series Final in March 1998 in Lausanne, Switzerland.