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Residence
  
Moscow, Russia


Name
  
Irina Zhuk

Former partner
  
Oleg Petrov

Irina Zhuk

Full name
  
Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk

Born
  
3 December 1966 (age 57) (
1966-12-03
)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Former country(ies) represented
  
Soviet Union


Similar
  
Ekaterina Rubleva, Elena Kustarova, Ivan Shefer

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Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk (Russian: Ирина Владимировна Жук; born 3 December 1966) is a Russian ice dancing coach and a former competitor for the Soviet Union. With Oleg Petrov, she is the 1985 Skate America silver medalist.

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Personal life

Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk was born on 3 December 1966 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. She is married to former Soviet ice dancer Alexander Svinin.

Career

Zhuk competed with Oleg Petrov for the Soviet Union. Together, they won gold at the 1984 Grand Prix International St. Gervais, silver at the 1984 Nebelhorn Trophy, and silver at the 1985 Skate America. 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
  • Anna Yanovskaya / Ivan Gurianov
  • Competitive highlights

    (with Petrov)

    References

    Irina Zhuk Wikipedia


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