Alexei Ulanov

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 his then-wife Lyudmila Smirnova, he is a two-time world silver medalist.[2]

Alexei Ulanov
Alexei Ulanov in 1970
Full nameAlexei Nikolaevich Ulanov
Born (1947-11-04) 4 November 1947
Moscow, Russia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Soviet Union
Skating clubSoviet Army Moscow
Retired1980
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1972 SapporoPairs
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1974 MunichPairs
Silver medal – second place1973 BratislavaPairs
Gold medal – first place1972 CalgaryPairs
Gold medal – first place1971 LyonPairs
Gold medal – first place1970 LjubljanaPairs
Gold medal – first place1969 Colorado SpringsPairs
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1974 ZagrebPairs
Silver medal – second place1973 ColognePairs
Gold medal – first place1972 GothenburgPairs
Gold medal – first place1971 ZürichPairs
Gold medal – first place1970 LeningradPairs
Gold medal – first place1969 Garmisch-PartenkirchenPairs

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 Olympics1st
World Championships1st1st1st1st
European Championships5th1st1st1st1st
Soviet Championships3rd3rd1st1st
Prize of Moscow News1st2nd1st

With Smirnova
Event 1972–1973 1973–1974
World Championships2nd2nd
European Championships2nd3rd
Soviet Championships3rd
Prize of Moscow News1st

References
  1. Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 45.
  2. Aleksey Ulanov. sports-reference.com
  3. 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 3 June 2013.
  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 20 March 2012.
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