Svetlana Alekseeva (figure skater)

Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva (Russian: Светлана Львовна Алексеева; born 16 March 1955) is a Russian figure skating coach and former ice dancer.

Svetlana Alekseeva
Alexeeva at the 2010 Cup of Russia
Full nameSvetlana Lvovna Alekseeva
Born (1955-03-16) 16 March 1955 (age 69)
Berlin, West Germany
Figure skating career
Skating clubBlue Bird FSC

Career

Alekseeva (far right) with Elena Kustarova (far left) and Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev

Competitive

Alekseeva competed in ice dancing with Alexander Boychuk. They won the Soviet junior title in 1970.

Later career

Alekseeva began coaching in 1977 and worked with Tatiana Tarasova for thirteen years.[1] Since 2001, she coaches with Elena Kustarova.[1] In the summer of 2006, they moved to Blue Bird FSC in Moscow and then to a new rink in Medvedkovo in the summer of 2012.[1]

Alekseeva coaches in collaboration with Elena Kustarova and Olga Riabinina. Her current students include (years coached in brackets):

Her former students include:

Personal life

Alekseeva is the mother of Elena Kustarova.[1]

Competitive highlights

(with Boychuk)

International
Event1969–701970–711971–721972–731973–74
Prize of Moscow News6th5th4th3rd
National
Soviet Championships4th4th3rd
Soviet Junior Champ.1st

References