Dmitri Sukhanov (russian: Дмитрий Суханов) is a Russian
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 ...
. Competing for the Soviet Union with
Evgenia Chernyshova, he won gold at the
1989 World Junior Championships, after taking silver a year earlier. They were coached by
Natalia Pavlova
Natalia Yevgenievna Pavlova (russian: Наталья Евгеньевна Павлова, née Dongauzer, Донгаузер) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union.
Personal life
Natalia Yevgenievna Dongauz ...
in
Saint Petersburg
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. Sukhanov later competed with
Oksana Kazakova
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for Russia, winning silver at the
1994 Nations Cup
The 1994 Bofrost Cup on Ice, Nations Cup was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 17–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Results Men
Ladies
Pairs
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In 1995, Sukhanov retired from competition and moved to England. He began performing in shows in 1996 with his partner and wife Fiona Zaldua; they continue to perform as adagio pair skaters worldwide.
Results
With Kazakova
With Chernyshova
References
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Soviet male pair skaters
Russian male pair skaters
Living people
World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg
Universiade medalists in figure skating
Year of birth missing (living people)
Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Competitors at the 1991 Winter Universiade
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