Career
They represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia. Coach Natalia Dubova paired him with Maya Usova in 1980. In 1988, they made their first appearance at the European Championships, placing fourth.
The next two seasons, they took bronze at Worlds.
Usova/Zhulin ended their season with silver at the 1992 World Championships in Oakland, California. They moved with Dubova from Moscow to Lake Placid, New York in September 1992.
The next season, they were third at the 1994 European Championships in Copenhagen, behind Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean and Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov. Usova/Zhulin skated together professionally from 1994 to 1997.
After retiring, Zhulin became a skating coach and choreographer.
He coached in New Jersey before moving back to Russia in 2006. He is based in Moscow and often coaches in collaboration with Oleg Volkov. Zhulin has also been involved in Russian ice shows, such as Ice Age.
Among others, Zhulin has coached:
Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov, the 2006 Olympic champions.
Coached from 2000 to end of career. Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat, the 2011 European champions.
Coached from July 2008 to April 2011. Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, the 2010 World Junior champions.
Coached until the end of the 2010–2011 season.
Naomi Language / Peter Tchernyshev
Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov, from mid-2011 to mid-2013. His current students include:
Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar, from December 2012. Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev, from 25 April 2012.
(2013 World bronze medalists)
Eva Khachaturian / Andrei Bagin
Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, from February 2012.
Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin, from mid-2013. Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin, from mid-2011.
With Usova
With Grishuk
With Usova for the Soviet Union (United Research Services), Commonwealth of Independent States (Commonwealth of Independent States ), Unified Team at the Olympics (EUN), and Russia (RUS):.