Juris Razgulajevs, sometimes spelled ''Yuri Razguliaiev'', (born March 20, 1973) is a Canadian

ice dancing 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. A ...

coach and former competitor who represented the

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, Latvia,

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, and Japan. He is the 1991 World Junior champion with partner Aliki Stergiadu for the Soviet Union.

Personal life

Razgulajevs was born on March 20, 1973, in Riga, Latvia. He moved to the United States in 1995 and then to Canada in 1999. His wife is named Irina. Their son,

Dmitre Razgulajevs Dmitre Razgulajevs (born November 19, 1996) is a Canadian ice dancer, who currently competes with Molly Lanaghan. With his former partner Mackenzie Bent, he was the 2016 Canadian national junior champion and finished in the top ten at the 2 ...

, was born on November 19, 1996, in

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and competes in ice dancing for Canada. Their second son, Alexie, was born in 2000 and plays hockey.

Career

Partnership with Stergiadu

Early in his career, Razgulajevs competed with Aliki Stergiadu for the Soviet Union. Coached by

Natalia Linichuk Natalya Vladimirovna Linichuk (; born 6 February 1956) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With partner and husband Gennadi Karponosov, she is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World cham ...

in Moscow, they won the 1991 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary. Stergiadu/Razgulajevs moved up to the senior level in the 1991–92 season. The Soviet Union having dissolved, they decided to compete for Latvia. They placed tenth at the 1992 World Championships in

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. In the 1992–93 season, Stergiadu/Razgulajevs began representing

. They won a silver medal at the 1992 Piruetten in

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and finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships in

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. They were awarded bronze at the 1993 NHK Trophy in Chiba, Japan. In February 1994, Stergiadu/Razgulajevs competed at the

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in Lillehammer and finished 13th. Their last competition together was the 1994 World Championships in Chiba, where they placed 11th.

Later career

In 1995, Razgulajevs relocated with Linichuk's group to the United States. He teamed up with Nakako Tsuzuki to compete for Japan. They were coached by

Natalia Dubova Natalia Ilinichna Dubova (russian: Наталья Ильинична Дубова; born 31 March 1948) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer. Career Competing as Natalia Bakh with partner Vladimir Pavlikhin, she wo ...

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. They were two-time Japanese national champions and placed 16th at the 1996 World Championships.Skatabase: 1990s Worlds
They parted ways at the end of the season. His next partner was Jenny Dahlen, with whom he competed for Latvia. They placed 24th at the 1997 World Championships and 22nd at the 1997 European Championships.Skatabase: 1990s Europeans
Razgulajevs retired from competitive skating in 1997. He became an Assistant Director, coach and choreographer at the Scarboro Figure Skating Club in

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, Canada. Skaters who Razgulajevs has choreographed for include: * Ilia Malinin

Results

With Stergiadu for the Soviet Union, Latvia and Uzbekistan

With Tsuzuki for Japan

With Dahlen for Latvia

References

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