Evgueni Borounov (born 10 June 1979) is a Russian-Australian former competitive

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 ...

. Competing for Australia with his wife,

Maria Borounov Maria Borounov (born 14 May 1982) is an Australian former competitive ice dancer. Competing with her husband, Evgueni Borounov, she became the 2006–2007 Australian national champion and competed at six Four Continents Championships. Person ...

, he became the 2006–2007 Australian national champion and competed at six

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Personal life

Evgueni Borounov was born 10 June 1979 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

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. He graduated with a nursing degree in Russia. He emigrated to Australia in 1999 and married Australian

in 2002.

Skating career

Early years

Borounov began learning to skate in Russia in 1984. When he was eleven years old, he switched from singles to

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 ...

at the suggestion of ice dancing coach Gennadi Akkermann. He and Svetlana Kulikova skated together for four years. They intended to compete for

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at the 1995 World Junior Championships but were withdrawn after Lithuania's skating federation decided against having a pair of Russians represent the country.

For Australia

After moving to Australia, Borounov began training under Andrei Filippov in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. He teamed up with

(until then a singles skater) in 2002, and coached his wife through all of her dance tests. During their career, the Borounovs trained in

, Australia, and

, Russia. They began traveling to Russia in 2005, to train under

Elena Kustarova Elena Vladimirovna Kustarova (russian: Елена Владимировна Кустарова; born 26 July 1976) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. She is a two-time (1990, 1991) World Junior medalist with Sergei Romashkin, a ...

and Svetlana Alexeeva. Their first major international was the 2006 Four Continents Championships, where they placed 14th. They won the Australian national title in the 2006–2007 season and took the bronze medal at the 2007 NRW Trophy. They competed at six consecutive Four Continents, from 2006 to 2011. Kustarova and Alexeeva served as their coaches until the end of the 2008–2009 season. The Borounovs retired from competition in 2011. Evgueni Borounov is a coach at

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in Perth.

Programs

(with Maria Borounov)

Competitive highlights

(with Maria Borounov)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Borounov, Evgueni Australian male ice dancers Russian male ice dancers 1979 births Living people Russian emigrants to Australia Figure skaters from Moscow