Dmitri Kurakin (born 5 June 1975 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n 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 also competed internationally for

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. He originally competed with Anna Mosenkova for Estonia. They were multiple medalists at the

Estonian Figure Skating Championships The Estonian Figure Skating Championships ( et, Eesti Meistrivõistlused) are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Estonia. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladie ...

and competed at the

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...

, the

European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, an ...

, and the

World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships (''"World Juniors"'' or ''"Junior Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for ...

. He teamed up with

Jill Vernekohl Jill Vernekohl (born 10 November 1980, in Bochum) is a German former ice dancer. With partner Dmitri Kurakin, she is the 2001 & 2002 German silver medalist. They competed for two seasons on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, with a highest pl ...

in 2001 and they are the 2001 and 2002 German silver medalists. Kurakin is the older brother of

Juri Kurakin Juri Kurakin (born 3 August 1987) is a former competitive ice dancer who is best known for his partnership with Barbora Silná for Austria. Together, they won three Austrian national titles and reached the final segment at three ISU Championship ...

, who is also an ice dancer.

References

External links

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Estonian male ice dancers German male ice dancers 1975 births Living people Figure skaters from Tallinn Estonian people of Russian descent {{Germany-figure-skating-bio-stub