Andrei Anatolyevich Bukin (russian: Андрей Анатольевич Букин, born 10 June 1957) is a Soviet and Russian former
ice dancer
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
who represented the
Soviet Union
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in his competitive career. With his partner
Natalia Bestemianova
Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova or Bestemyanova (russian: Наталья Филимоновна Бестемьянова, born 6 January 1960) is a Soviet and Russian former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her par ...
, he is the
1988 Olympic Champion,
1984 Olympic silver medalist, four-time
World champion
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, 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
A sports school (russian: Детско-Юношеская Спортивная Школа, ДЮСШ) is a type of educational institution for children that originated in the Soviet Union. Sports schools were the basis of the powerful system of ph ...
of
CSKA in
Moscow
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. The group trained at a small stadium in Chapayevsky Park near Pesochnaya Square. At age ten, he joined
Spartak and began
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
, originally training at the Small Sports Arena of the
Central Lenin Stadium
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. 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
Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (; born 13 February 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser. Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. Her students h ...
,
[ who paired him with ]Natalia Bestemianova
Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova or Bestemyanova (russian: Наталья Филимоновна Бестемьянова, born 6 January 1960) is a Soviet and Russian former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With her par ...
. Bukin was the USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearer at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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. The duo capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal there and at that year's World Championships
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.
Personal life
Bukin married former ice dancing partner, Olga Abankina, with whom he has a son Andrei (born 1983).[ With his current partner, Yelena Vasyukova, a former ice dancer, he has a son, ]Ivan Bukin
Ivan Andreyevich Bukin (russian: Иван Андреевич Букин; born 16 September 1993) is a Russian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Alexandra Stepanova, he is a four-time European medalist (silver in 2019, bronze in 2015, 2018 a ...
, born in 1993, who is also a competitive ice dancer.[
]
Competitive highlights
With Bestemianova
With Abankina
Programs
(With Bestemianova)
References
External links
"Bobrin's Moscow Stars on Ice official site"
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1957 births
Living people
Figure skaters from Moscow
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Olympic figure skaters of the Soviet Union
Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in figure skating
Russian male ice dancers
Soviet male ice dancers
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
European Figure Skating Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics