Background
Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk was born on 3 December 1966 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.
Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk was born on 3 December 1966 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.
With Oleg Petrov, she is the 1985 Skate America silver medalist. Zhuk competed with Oleg Petrov for the Soviet Union. After retiring from competition, they performed in ice shows in England and the United States.
In collaboration with Alexander Svinin, Zhuk 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. Zhuk and Svinin"s current students include:
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov
Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov
Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Their former students include:
Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
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.
