Background
Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin was born on 7 July 1958 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin was born on 7 July 1958 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
As a skater
Svinin competed with Olga Volozhinskaya for the Soviet Union. Winners of the 1980 Grand Prix International Saint Gervais, they made their senior International Skating Union Championship debut later that season at the 1981 World Championships, placing fifth. Volozhinskaya/Svinin were fourth at the 1982 European Championships and sixth at the 1982 World Championships.
Their best international results came the next year — silver at the 1983 European Championships and fourth at the 1983 World Championships.
Volozhinskaya/Svinin placed fifth at the 1984 European Championships and were assigned to the 1984 Winter Olympics where they placed seventh. Although no longer sent to International Skating Union Championships, they competed for two more seasons, winning gold at the 1984 Skate Canada International, bronze at the 1984 Prize of Moscow News, and silver at the 1985 Skate Canada International.
After retiring from competition, they performed in ice shows in England and the United States. As a coach
In collaboration with Irina Zhuk, Svinin began working as a coach and choreographer at Moscow"s Sokolniki ice rink.
In 2010, they accepted an offer to move to a new rink, Mechta in the Bibirevo District of Moscow.
Svinin and Zhuk"s current students include:
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin (2006–present)
Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov
Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov
Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Their former students include:
Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (2003–2010)
Daria Morozova / Mikhail Zhirnov
Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer
Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro (May 2009 – spring 2010)
Valeria Starygina / Ivan Volobuiev
Valeria Loseva / Denis Lunin
Eva Khachaturian / Igor Eremenko
with Volozhinskaya.
