Tatyana Alekseyevna Zhuk (russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Жук, January 1, 1946 - March 21, 2011) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

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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 ...

. With partner

Aleksandr Gorelik Aleksandr Yudaevich Gorelik (russian: Александр Юдаевич Горелик; 9 August 1945 – 27 September 2012) was a Soviet Union, Soviet pair skater. He competed with Tatiana Zhuk. They are the 1965 World Figure Skating Champi ...

, she was the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

silver medalist. They were also the 1965 World bronze medalists and the 1966 and 1968 World silver medalists, as well as the 1965

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bronze and 1966 silver medalists. Zhuk previously competed with Aleksandr Gavrilov, with whom she medaled at the 1963 and 1964 European Championships and the 1963 World Championships. They placed 5th at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

. In 1969, Zhuk became pregnant. She and her husband

Albert Shesternyov Albert Alekseyevich Shesternyov ( rus, Альбе́рт Алексе́евич Шестернёв, p=ɐlʲˈbʲert ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪvʲɪtɕ ʂɨsʲtʲɪrˈnʲɵf; 20 June 1941 – 5 November 1994) was a football player for CSKA Moscow and the So ...

decided to keep the baby and retire from competitive skating.

Results

Ladies' singles

Pairs with Gavrilov

Pairs with Gorelik

References

External links

Database Olympics

Pairs on Ice: Zhuk & Gorelik

Pairs on Ice: Zhuk & Gavrilov

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhuk, Tatyana 1946 births 2011 deaths Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg Soviet female pair skaters Russian female pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics