Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (, ; born 17 November 1973) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995–96 Champions Series Final champion, a four-time Russian national champion, and the 1992 Soviet national champion.
Personal life Urmanov was born on 17 November 1973 in Leningrad, Soviet Union.
In 2001, his partner, Viktoria, gave birth to twins, Ivan and Andrei. The couple married in 2004.
After coaching Mikhail Shaidorov to win gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan bought Urmanov a three-bedroom apartment in Almaty.
Career
Urmanov started skating in 1977. Early in his career, he was coached by N. Monakhova and Natalia Golubeva.
Competing for the Soviet Union, Urmanov won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships. After the end of the Soviet Union, he chose to compete for Russia. In 1991, at age 17, he landed a quadruple jump at the European Championships.
Urmanov competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where he placed 5th. He won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he won the gold medal, becoming one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions.
Urmanov chose to remain in the competitive ranks. He became the 1997 European champion, but an injury forced him out of the 1997 World Championships after the short program and kept him from competing for a berth to the 1998 Olympics. He retired from Olympic-eligible skating in 1999 and won the World Professional Championships the same year. Urmanov was coached by Alexei Mishin at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg. During the 1990s, the rink often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time.
Coaching career
Urmanov is an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation. He works as a skating coach and an International Skating Union technical specialist. He was based in Saint Petersburg until 2014, when he moved to Sochi, to coach at the Iceberg Skating Palace. He sometimes holds summer camps or clinics in other locations such as Luleå, Sweden, and Paris, France.
His current and former students include: Sergei Voronov Nodari Maisuradze Zhan Bush Gordei Gorshkov Nikol Gosviani Polina Agafonova Anastasiia Gubanova Deniss Vasiļjevs Yulia Lipnitskaya Stanislava Molchanova Mikhail Shaidorov (coached to win the 2026 Winter Olympic gold medal)
Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 1998–99 Toccata and Fugue in D minor Tanguera El Choclo Taquito Militar 1997–98 1996–97 Twilight Zone Princess of the Circus . www.skatemusiclist.com. Beatles medley 1995–96 Night on Bald Mountain 1994–95 Rigoletto Swan Lake 1993–94 The Barber of Seville Skating Music . www.frogsonice.com. 1992–93 Piano Concerto No. 1 Don Quixote Piano Concerto No. 1 1991–92 Boléro Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Competitive highlights GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix
International Event 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 98–99 Olympics 5th 1st Worlds 8th 8th 3rd 4th 4th 5th WD 5th Europeans 6th 3rd 5th 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd Final 1st 3rd 2nd Nations Cup 4th 1st Cup of Russia 1st 1st Skate America 2nd 3rd Skate Canada 1st Goodwill Games 1st 2nd Inter. de Paris 3rd Moscow News 1st NHK Trophy 3rd 3rd 3rd Skate America 3rd St. Gervais 1st International: Junior Junior Worlds 2nd National Russian Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd Soviet Champ. 6th 3rd 1st WD: Withdrew
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