Name Rafael Arutyunyan | Role Coach | |
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Full name Rafael Vladimirovich Arutyunyan Alternative names Rafael Arutunian/Harutyunyan People also search for John Nicks, Ashley Wagner, Nadezda Kanaeva | ||
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Rafael Arutyunyan (Armenian: Ռաֆայել Հարությունյան, Harutyunyan; Russian: Рафаэль Владимирович Арутюнян; born July 5, 1957) is an Armenian figure skating coach. He coached in Armenia before moving to Russia and then the United States.
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- Coach rafael arutyunyan on hopes for 2016 17 figure skating season
- Personal life
- Coaching career
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Coach rafael arutyunyan on hopes for 2016 17 figure skating season
Personal life
Arutyunyan was born on July 5, 1957 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, and studied in Yerevan, Armenian SSR at the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture. He is married to a skating coach, Vera, and moved to the United States in 2000. They have a son – a pianist born in the mid-1980s, and a daughter, who is an artist.
Coaching career
Arutyunyan coached young skaters in Yerevan from 1976 to 1985 and then moved to Moscow, Russian SFSR. After moving to the United States, he coached at a rink in Lake Arrowhead, California. In August 2013, he relocated to the East West Ice Palace in Artesia, California. He collaborates with his wife, Vera Arutyunyan, and Nadezda Kanaeva. He moved to Lakewood ICE in Lakewood, California on June 25, 2016.
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