Andrei Bukin
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Full name | Andrei Anatolyevich Bukin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Andrey Bukin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 10 June 1957|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrei Anatolievich Bukin (Russian: Андрей Анатольевич Букин, born 10 June 1957) is a Russian former ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union in his competitive career. With his partner Natalia Bestemianova, he is the 1988 Olympic Champion, 1984 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World champion, three-time World silver medalist, and five-time European champion.
Career
Bukin began figure skating at age seven, entering the Children and Youth Sports School of CSKA in Moscow. The group trained at a small stadium in Chapayevsky Park near Pesochnaya Square. At age ten, he joined Spartak and began ice dancing, originally training at the Small Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. In his early career, he was coached by Nadezhda Shirokova and his ice dancing partner was Olga Abankinka, whom he married. In 1977, he joined the group of the famous coach Tatiana Tarasova,[1] who paired him with Natalia Bestemianova. Bukin was the USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearer at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The duo capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal there and at that year's World Championships.
Personal life
Bukin married former ice dancing partner, Olga Abankina, with whom he has a son Andrei (born 1993).[2] With his current partner, Elena Vasiuk, a former ice dancer, he has a son, Ivan Bukin, born in 1993, who is also a competitive ice dancer.[3][2]
Competitive highlights
With Bestemianova
International | |||||||||||
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Event | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 |
Olympics | 8th | 2nd | 1st | ||||||||
Worlds | 10th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
Europeans | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
Skate America | 2nd | ||||||||||
NHK Trophy | 1st | 1st | |||||||||
Moscow News | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |||
National[4] | |||||||||||
Soviet Champ. | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
With Abankina
Event | 1975–1976 |
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Soviet Championships | 5th |
Programs
(With Bestemianova)
Season | Original set pattern | Free dance | Exhibition |
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1987–1988 | |||
1986–1987 | |||
1985–1986 | |||
1984–1985 | |||
1983–1984 | |||
1982–1983 | |||
1981–1982 | |||
1980–1981 | |||
1979–1980 |
References
- ^ Ледовое трио Archived August 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Zanimonets, Anna (April 23, 2008). В моей жизни все запущено, меня вообще считают двоеженцем! (in Russian). 7dn.ru. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
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(help) - ^ Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin at the International Skating Union
- ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 3
External links
- "Bobrin's Moscow Stars on Ice official site"
- Care to Ice Dance? - Bestemianova & Bukin
- Template:Ru icon Biographies of Andrei and Natalia at Tatiana Tarasova's website
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- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
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- Sportspeople from Moscow
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
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- Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
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