Vladimir Ivanovich Kurenbin (, born 15 May 1946) is a former

figure skater 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 ...

for the

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. He is the 1964

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bronze medalist, the 1967

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silver medalist, and a five-time Soviet national medalist. A native of

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, he was coached by

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. His only major international competition was the 1968 European Championships, where he finished tenth.

Results

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