Alexei Ulanov

Alexei Ulanov

Ulanov and Rodnina in 1970
Personal information
Full name Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov
Country represented  Soviet Union
Born (1947-11-04) 4 November 1947
Moscow, Russia
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Former partner Liudmila Smirnova
Irina Rodnina
Former coach Tatiana Tarasova
Stanislav Zhuk
Skating club Soviet Army Moscow
Retired 1980
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1972 Sapporo Pairs
World Championships
1974 Munich Pairs
1973 Bratislava Pairs
1972 Calgary Pairs
1971 Lyon Pairs
1970 Ljubljana Pairs
1969 Colorado Springs Pairs
European Championships
1974 Zagreb Pairs
1973 Cologne Pairs
1972 Gothenburg Pairs
1971 Zürich Pairs
1970 Leningrad Pairs
1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs

Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Уланов, born 4 November 1947[1]) is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time (1969–1972) world champion. With later partner Lyudmila Smirnova, he is a two-time world silver medalist.[2]

Career

Ulanov began figure skating in 1954 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1964.[1] Rodnina / Ulanov began skating together in the 1960s and won several World and European Championships. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.[3] The culmination of their career was their 1972 Olympics win. By this point Ulanov had fallen in love with fellow skater Lyudmila Smirnova. Rodnina and Ulanov separated, and Ulanov began skating with Smirnova.

Smirnova and Ulanov competed together for two seasons. They won silver medals at the 1973 World and European Championships. The next season, they won European bronze and world silver medals.

Ulanov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1972.[3]

Personal life

Ulanov and Smirnova married and later divorced after having two children, Nikolai Ulanov and Irina Ulanova.[4] Irina became a pair skater, who skated with Alexander Smirnov[5] and Maxim Trankov for about three years.[6] Ulanov moved to the United States in 1995 and currently lives in South Florida.

Results

With Rodnina

Ulanov and Rodnina c. 1973
Event 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72
Winter Olympics 1st
World Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st
European Championships 5th 1st 1st 1st 1st
Soviet Championships 3rd 3rd 1st 1st
Prize of Moscow News 1st 2nd 1st

With Smirnova

Event 1972–1973 1973–1974
World Championships 2nd 2nd
European Championships 2nd 3rd
Soviet Championships 3rd
Prize of Moscow News 1st

References

  1. 1 2 Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Aleksey Ulanov. sports-reference.com
  3. 1 2 Khavin, Boris (1979). All about the Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 585.
  4. ↑ Deryagin, Nikolai (17 December 2010). Алексей Уланов: "Талантливый человек в любой момент может предать" [Alexei Ulanov interview]. yagazeta.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Ice Dinasty Family. icedinasty.com
  6. ↑ Izotov, Ilya (29 April 2011). Первый лед Транькова [Trankov's early years on the ice]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.

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