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Andrei Bukin

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Andrei Bukin
Full nameAndrei Anatolyevich Bukin
Born (1957-06-10) 10 June 1957 (age 67)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Retired1988
Medal record
Figure skating
Ice dancing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1984 Sarajevo Ice dancing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Budapest Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1987 Cincinnati Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1986 Geneva Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1985 Tokyo Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1984 Ottawa Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1983 Helsinki Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1982 Copenhagen Ice dancing
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Hartford Ice dancing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Prague Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1987 Sarajevo Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1986 Sarajevo Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1985 Gothenburg Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1984 Budapest Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1983 Dortmund Ice dancing
Silver medal – second place 1982 Lyon Ice dancing

Andrei Anatolyevich Bukin (Russian: Андрей Анатольевич Букин, born 10 June 1957) is a Soviet and 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

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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 Abankina, 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

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Bukin married former ice dancing partner, Olga Abankina, with whom he has a son Andrei (born 1983).[2] With his current partner, Yelena Vasyukova, a former ice dancer, he has a son, Ivan Bukin, born in 1993, who is also a competitive ice dancer.[3][2]

Competitive highlights

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With Bestemianova

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International
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

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Event 1975–1976
Soviet Championships 5th

Programs

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(With Bestemianova)

Season Original set pattern Free dance Exhibition
1987–1988 Tango Hernando's Hideaway Polovetsian Dances
1986–1987 Cabaret medley
1985–1986 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
1984–1985 Carmen
1983–1984 Paso Doble
1982–1983
1981–1982 FD: "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khatchaturian, "Romeo and Juliet" by Tchiakovsky,

Finale from "William Tell" Overture by Rossini (modern piano version)

1980–1981
1979–1980

References

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  1. ^ Ледовое трио Archived August 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Zanimonets, Anna (April 23, 2008). В моей жизни все запущено, меня вообще считают двоеженцем! (in Russian). 7dn.ru. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  3. ^ Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin at the International Skating Union
  4. ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 3
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