Svetlana Vladimirovna Sokolovskaya (russian: Светлана Владимировна Соколовская; born 10 December 1965) 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.

Personal life

Sokolovskaya was born in Norilsk to a family of doctors. She studied at the Ust-Kamenogorsk Pedagogical Institute in

Oskemen Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Name The city has two official names. In th ...

. Together with her husband, she has a daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1990. Her grand-daughter Alexandra began skating at age 3. Sokolovskaya enjoys skiing and playing basketball.

Skating career

Sokolovskaya began skating at age six in Norilsk. Her first coach was

Zhanna Gromova Zhanna Fyodorovna Gromova (russian: Жанна Фёдоровна Громова; born 22 January 1949 in Vologda) is a Russian figure skating coach. Among her former and current students are Nikolai Morozov, Ilia Averbukh, Sergei Dobrin, Abzal ...

, who also coached Irina Slutskaya. She failed to achieve significant results in single skating and grew 12 cm tall, so her coach transferred her to ice dancing under the guidance of Yuri Razbeglov. Sokolovskaya quickly came to the conclusion that she really did not want to skate, but wanted to teach. She then entered the Pedagogical Institute in Oskemen in order to began her coaching career.

Coaching career

After graduating from high school in 1987, Sokolovskaya began coaching. Her current students include: *

Alexander Samarin Alexander Vladimirovich Samarin (russian: Александр Владимирович Самарин; born 15 June 1998) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2019 European silver medalist, the 2019 Internationaux de France silver medalist, the ...

Alexandra Trusova Alexandra "Sasha" Vyacheslavovna Trusova ( rus, Александра Вячеславовна Трусова, , ɐlʲɪˈksandrə ˈtrusəvə; born 23 June 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic silver medalist, the 2021 Wor ...

Alina Urushadze Alina Urushadze ( ka, ალინა ურუშაძე, russian: Алина Урушадзе; born 7 January 2004) is a Latvian-born Georgian-Russian figure skater who represents Georgia. She is the 2019 Bosphorus Cup silver medalist and t ...

* Georgy Fedorov *

Maria Levushkina Maria Levushkina ( bg, Мария Левушкина; born 18 July 2004) is a Bulgarian figure skater. She is a two-time Bulgarian junior national champion (2019–20) and competed in the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships. ...

Mark Kondratiuk Mark Valeryevich Kondratiuk (russian: Марк Валерьевич Кондратюк, born 3 September 2003) is a Russian figure skater. He is a 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, 2022 European champion, a two-time Challenger Series m ...

* Nikolai Kolesnikov *

Sofia Samodelkina Sofia Vladimirovna Samodelkina (russian: Софья Владимировна Самоделкина; born 18 February 2007) is a Russian figure skater. She is 2021 JGP Slovenia silver medalist, 2021 JGP Russia bronze medalist, and 2021 Denis ...

* Timofei Platonov Former students: * Anastasiya Galustyan * / Anna Ovcharova * Arina Martynova * Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya *

Elizabet Tursynbaeva Elizabet Tursynbaeva ( kz, Элизабет Тұрсынбаева, ''Elizabet Tūrsynbaeva''; born 14 February 2000) is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh retired figure skater. She is the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships, 2019 World silver medalist, ...

* Ivan Blagov *

Katarina Gerboldt Katarina Alexandrovna Gerboldt (russian: Катарина Александровна Гербольдт; born 28 March 1989) is a Russian retired figure skater. In single skating, her best result at an ISU Championship was sixth at the 2009 Europ ...

* Lilia Biktagirova *

Maria Sotskova Maria Romanovna Sotskova (pron. ''SOT-skoh-vah''; russian: Мария Романовна Сотскова; born 12 April 2000) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time Internationaux de F ...

Nelli Ioffe Nelli Ioffe ( he, נלי יופה; russian: Нелли Иоффе; born 29 January 2004) is a Russian-Israeli figure skater. She is the 2020 Israeli national silver medalist and competed at the Junior Grand Prix Series, Junior World Championship ...

* /

Polina Shelepen Polina Sergeyevna Shelepen (russian: Поли́на Серге́евна Ше́лепень; born 28 July 1995) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is a two-time (2009, 2011) JGP Final silver medalist and a two-time (2011, 2012) Russian nati ...

* Svetlana Panova *

Zhan Bush Zhan Viacheslavovich Bush (russian: Жан Вячеславович Буш born 1 April 1993) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2013 Cup of Nice bronze medalist, a four-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and 2011 Russian nat ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolovskaya, Svetlana 1965 births Living people Russian female ice dancers Russian female single skaters Russian figure skating coaches People from Norilsk Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Krai Female sports coaches