Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva (russian: Светлана Львовна Алексеева; born 16 March 1955) is a Russian

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

coach and 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 ...

Career

Competitive

Alekseeva competed in ice dancing with Alexander Boychuk. They won the Soviet junior title in 1970.

Later career

Alekseeva began coaching in 1977 and worked with

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for thirteen years. Since 2001, she coaches with

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. In the summer of 2006, they moved to Blue Bird FSC in Moscow and then to a new rink in Medvedkovo in the summer of 2012. Alekseeva coaches in collaboration with Elena Kustarova and Olga Riabinina. Her current students include (years coached in brackets): *

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. * Polina Ivanenko / Daniil Karpov. * Irina Shtork /

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(c. 2013–present), 2018 World Junior champions. *

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(2017–present). Her former students include: *

Svetlana Liapina Svetlana Evgenievna Lyapina (russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Ляпина) is a Soviet figure skating coach and former ice dancer. With partner Georgi "Gorsha" Sur, she won two medals at the World Junior Championships for the Sovie ...

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Oleg Ovsyannikov Oleg Vladimirovich Ovsyannikov (russian: Олег Владимирович Овсянников; born 23 January 1970) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Anjelika Krylova, he is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time ...

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Ekaterina Bobrova Ekaterina Alexandrovna Bobrova (russian: link=no, Екатерина Александровна Боброва, born 28 March 1990) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Dmitri Soloviev, she is the 2014 Olympic champion in the team even ...

Dmitri Soloviev Dmitri Vladimirovich Soloviev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Соловьёв, born July 18, 1989) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Ekaterina Bobrova, he is the 2014 Olympic champion in the team event, the 2013 World bro ...

(2000 – April 2012), 2011–12 European silver medalists. *

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Elena Ilinykh Elena Ruslanovna Ilinykh (russian: Елена Руслановна Ильиных; born 25 April 1994) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2015 Russian national champion. With former partne ...

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(2014–2016), 2015 Russian national champions. *

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(2009 – February 2012), 2011 World Junior champions. * Anna Nagornyuk / Viktor Kovalenko (2011–2013). *

Anastasia Platonova Anastasia Alexandrovna Platonova (russian: Анастасия Александровна Платонова; born 28 August 1986) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Alexander Grachev, she is a two-time (2008–2009) Finlandia Troph ...

/ Alexander Grachev (2007–2009). *

Ekaterina Riazanova Ekaterina Vladimirovna Riazanova (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Рязанова, born 6 April 1991) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With former partner Ilia Tkachenko, she is the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard si ...

(2006–2009), 2009 World Junior bronze medalists. *

Ekaterina Rubleva Ekaterina Borisovna Rubleva (russian: Екатерина Борисовна Рублёва; born 10 October 1985) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Ivan Shefer, she is the 2009 Cup of Russia bronze medalist, the 2004 Bofro ...

/ Ivan Shefer (?–2006). *

Victoria Sinitsina Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina (russian: Виктория Александровна Синицина; born 29 April 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With Nikita Katsalapov, she is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, 2022 Olympic silve ...

(c. 2008 – April 2014), 2012 World Junior champions. *

Anna Yanovskaya Anna Sviatoslavovna Yanovskaya (russian: Анна Святославовна Яновская; born 23 November 1996) is a Russian ice dancer. Competing for Hungary with Ádám Lukács, she is a three-time Hungarian national champion (2018–1 ...

Sergey Mozgov Sergey Alexandrovich Mozgov (russian: Серге́й Александрович Мозгов; born 10 March 1995) is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer. With former partner Betina Popova, he is the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup champion. With former ...

(2011–2016), 2015 World Junior champions. *

Nelli Zhiganshina Nelli Nailevna Zhiganshina (russian: Нелли Наильевна Жиганшина; born 31 March 1987) is a Russian-born German ice dancer. With Alexander Gazsi, she is a six-time German national champion (2007, 2011–2015) and has won twel ...

Alexander Gazsi Alexander Gazsi (born 6 October 1984) is a German ice dancer. With partner Nelli Zhiganshina, he is a six-time German national champion (2007, 2011–2015) and has won twelve international medals. They have placed as high as 6th at the European ...

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Julia Zlobina Julia Sergeyevna Zlobina (russian: Юлия Серге́евна Злобина; born 28 June 1989) is a former competitive ice dancer. Competing for Azerbaijan with Alexei Sitnikov, she is the 2013 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, 2013 Volvo Open ...

Alexei Sitnikov Alexei Alexandrovich Sitnikov (russian: Алексей Александрович Ситников; born 23 May 1986) is a former competitive ice dancer. Competing for Azerbaijan with Julia Zlobina, he is the 2013 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, ...

(2009–2011).

Personal life

Alekseeva is the mother of

Competitive highlights

(with Boychuk)

References

External links

Svetlana Alekseeva
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