Name Juri Kurakin Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Role Ice dancer Siblings Dmitri Kurakin | Partner Barbora Silna Began skating 1992 | |
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Former partner Ina DemirevaAlexandra Baurina Former coach Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Dmitri Sildoja, Vitali Schulz, Svetlana Alexeeva, Oksana Podtykova | ||
Former country(ies) represented BulgariaEstonia Skating club Grazer Eislaufverein | ||
Barbora Silna - Juri Kurakin, Ice Dance, Free Skating, Finlandia Trophy 2015
Juri Kurakin (born 3 August 1987) is a former competitive ice dancer who is best known for his partnership with Barbora Silná for Austria. Together, they won three Austrian national titles and reached the final segment at three ISU Championships. Earlier in his career, Kurakin competed for Estonia and Bulgaria.
Contents
- Barbora Silna Juri Kurakin Ice Dance Free Skating Finlandia Trophy 2015
- Valentine Day Edition A MOMENT WITH Barbora Silna and Juri Kurakin AUT
- Personal life
- Early career
- Partnership with Siln
- Results
- References
Valentine Day Edition: A MOMENT WITH... Barbora Silna and Juri Kurakin (AUT)
Personal life
Kurakin was born 3 August 1987 in Tallinn, Estonia. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Kurakin, an ice dancer who competed internationally for Estonia and Germany.
Early career
Kurakin began learning to skate in 1992. Early in his career, he competed with Alexandra Baurina for Estonia.
In 2005, Kurakin began skating with Ina Demireva, with whom he represented Bulgaria. Initially coached by Oksana Potdykova, Demireva/Kurakin decided to train under Svetlana Alexeeva and Elena Kustarova in Moscow in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons. They switched to Oleg Volkov and Alexander Zhulin for their final season together, 2008–09.
Partnership with Silná
Kurakin teamed up with Czech-Austrian skater Barbora Silná in 2010. The two decided to represent Austria. In the 2010–11 season, they were coached by Dmitri Sildoja and Vitali Schulz in Dortmund and Vienna. The following season, training under Muriel Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer in Lyon and Graz, they won their first Austrian national title. During the next two seasons, they finished second to Kira Geil / Tobias Eisenbauer at the Austrian Championships. In the 2013–14 season, they switched to Barbara Fusar-Poli in Milan.
Having missed qualifying for the free dance at three ISU Championship, Silná/Kurakin were successful for the first time at the 2015 Europeans in Stockholm, where they finished 18th. At the 2015 Worlds in Shanghai, they ranked 21st in the short and did not advance further.
Stefano Caruso joined Fusar-Poli as the duo's coach in the 2015–16 season. Silná/Kurakin reached the final segment at the 2016 Europeans in Bratislava and at the 2016 Worlds in Boston, where they placed 17th and 20th, respectively. They announced their retirement on 3 August 2016 due to Silná's back problems.
Results
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix