Sergei Alexandrovich Chetverukhin (russian: Серге́й Александрович Четверухин; born 12 January 1946) is a former

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. He is the 1972 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time

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medalist, and a four-time

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medalist.

Personal life

Chetverukhin was born on 12 January 1946 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 ...

, Soviet Union. He moved to Canada in 1990 at the invitation of Canadian figure skater Donald Jackson. He holds Russian and Canadian citizenship. He is married and has a daughter.

Career

Chetverukhin trained at VSS Trud in

. He was coached by Tatyana Tolmacheva and later by

Stanislav Zhuk Stanislav Alekseyevich Zhuk (russian: Станислав Алексеевич Жук, ; 25 January 1935 – 1 November 1998) was a pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Nina, he won three silver medals at the European Figur ...

. Chetverukhin began appearing at major international events in 1965 and won his first Soviet national title in the 1966–67 season. The following season, he repeated as the national champion and also took gold at the

1968 Winter Universiade The 1968 Winter Universiade, the V Winter Universiade, took place in Innsbruck, Austria. Medal table Alpine skiing Men: Slalom Gold – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia) Silver – Per Sunde (Norway) Bronze – Bill Marolt (United States) Men ...

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, ahead of Marián Filc of Czechoslovakia. He finished 5th at the 1968 European Championships in

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, Sweden; 9th at the

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, France; and 9th at the 1968 World Championships in

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, Switzerland. Chetverukhin's first ISU Championship medal, bronze, came at the 1969 Europeans in

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, West Germany. The following year, he finished just off the podium at the continental event. Chetverukhin was awarded medals at both ISU Championships in the 1970–71 season. After winning silver at the 1971 European Championships in Zurich, where he finished second to Czechoslovakia's

Ondrej Nepela Ondrej Nepela (22 January 1951 – 2 February 1989) was a Slovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia. He was the 1972 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (1971–73), and a five-time European champion (1969–73). Later in h ...

, he received bronze at the 1971 World Championships in

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, France, behind Nepela and France's

Patrick Péra Patrick Péra (born 17 January 1949 in Lyon) is a French figure skater. He won the bronze medal in men's singles in the 1968 Winter Olympics, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists. He won the bronze medal again a ...

. The following season, he won silver at the 1972 European Championships in

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, Sweden;

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, Japan; and 1972 World Championships in

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, Canada. Each time he finished second to Nepela. At the Olympics, Chetverukhin was third in the compulsory figures and first in the free skate. In his final competitive season, Chetverukhin received silver medals at the 1973 European Championships in

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, West Germany, and the 1973 World Championships in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

, Czechoslovakia. At both events he placed second to Nepela. Chetverukhin worked as a skating coach in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

before relocating to

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

Results

References

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