Alexander Vlassov (russian: Александр Власов; born 25 February 1955) is a former

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

who currently works as a coach. With partner

Irina Vorobieva Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva (russian: Ирина Николаевна Воробьёва; 30 June 1958 – 12 April 2022) was a Russian pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With her then-husband Igor Lisovsky, she was the 1981 World ch ...

, he won the silver medal at the

1977 World Figure Skating Championships The 1977 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan from March 1 to 6. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The ISU ...

and the silver medal at the

1977 European Figure Skating Championships The 1977 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Helsinki, Finland. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the discipli ...

. They placed 4th at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

. They were coached by

Tamara Moskvina Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina (, née Bratus, Братусь; born 26 June 1941) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater. Competing in pairs with Alexei Mishin, she became the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national ...

. He later skated with Zhanna Ilina.Julia Vlassov and Drew Meekins
, figureskatersonline.com; accessed 21 November 2016.

Family

Vlassov is the father and coach of

Julia Vlassov Julia Vlassov (born August 29, 1990) is an American retired pair skater. She and partner Drew Meekins are the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2006 World Junior Champions. Personal life Vlassov was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the ...

. Currently Alexander and his wife Laura are working as a figure skating coaches in Washington, DC Competitive highlights

With Vorobieva

*1974 Spartakiada results used for Soviet Nationals

With Ilina

References

Links

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Skatabase: 1970s Europeans

Soviet male pair skaters Olympic figure skaters of the Soviet Union Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Living people 1955 births World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Russian expatriates in the United States {{USSR-figure-skating-bio-stub