Russian ice dancer
Andrei Bukin Full name Andrei Anatolyevich Bukin Born (1957-06-10 ) 10 June 1957 (age 67) Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet UnionHeight 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Retired 1988
Andrei Anatolyevich Bukin (Russian : Андрей Анатольевич Букин , born 10 June 1957) is a Soviet and Russian former ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union in his competitive career. With his partner Natalia Bestemianova , he is the 1988 Olympic Champion , 1984 Olympic silver medalist , four-time World champion , three-time World silver medalist, and five-time European champion .
Career
Bukin began figure skating at age seven, entering the Children and Youth Sports School of CSKA in Moscow . The group trained at a small stadium in Chapayevsky Park near Pesochnaya Square. At age ten, he joined Spartak and began ice dancing , originally training at the Small Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium . In his early career, he was coached by Nadezhda Shirokova and his ice dancing partner was Olga Abankina, whom he married. In 1977, he joined the group of the famous coach Tatiana Tarasova ,[ 1] who paired him with Natalia Bestemianova . Bukin was the USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearer at the 1988 Winter Olympics . The duo capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal there and at that year's World Championships .
Personal life
Bukin married former ice dancing partner, Olga Abankina, with whom he has a son Andrei (born 1983).[ 2] With his current partner, Yelena Vasyukova, a former ice dancer, he has a son, Ivan Bukin , born in 1993, who is also a competitive ice dancer.[ 3] [ 2]
Competitive highlights
With Bestemianova
With Abankina
Programs
(With Bestemianova)
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1952 , 53 , 54 –55 : Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy
1956 : Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas
1957 –58 : June Markham & Courtney Jones
1959 –60 : Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones
1962 , 63 , 64 –65 : Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman
1966 , 67 , 68 –69 : Diane Towler & Bernard Ford
1970 , 71 , 72 , 73 –74 : Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
1975 : Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov
1976 : Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
1977 : Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov
1978 –79 : Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov
1980 : Krisztina Regőczy & András Sallay
1981 , 82 , 83 –84 : Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean
1985 , 86 , 87 –88 : Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin
1989 –90 : Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko
1991 : Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay
1992 : Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko
1993 : Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin
1994 , 95 , 96 –97 : Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov
1998 –99 : Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov
2000 : Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat
2001 : Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio
2002 : Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh
2003 : Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz
2004 –05 : Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov
2006 –07 : Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski
2008 : Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder
2009 : Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin
2010 : Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
2011 : Meryl Davis & Charlie White
2012 : Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
2013 : Meryl Davis & Charlie White
2014 : Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte
2015 –16 : Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
2017 : Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
2018 –19 : Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
2021 : FSR Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov
2022 : Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
2023 –24 : Madison Chock & Evan Bates