Yuri Razguliaiev
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Yuri Razguliaiev (born March 20, 1973) is a Latvia
n ice dancer who has competed internationally for the Soviet Union
, Uzbekistan
, Japan
, and for his native Latvia
. He won the 1991 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
with partner Aliki Stergiadu
for the Soviet Union. Following the dissolution of that country, he and Stergiadu competed for Uzbekistan. They won the bronze medal at the 1993 NHK Trophy
and placed 13th at the 1994 Winter Olympics
When that partnership ended, Razguliaiev teamed up with Nakako Tsuzuki
, with whom he is a two-time Japanese national champion. They placed 16th at the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships
. The next year, he teamed up with Jenny Dahlen to compete for Latvia. They placed 24th at the 1997 Worlds and 22nd at the 1997 European Figure Skating Championships
.
Razguliaiev retired from competitive skating in 1997. He is currently an Assistant Director, coach and choreographer at the Scarboro Figure Skating Club in Ontario, Canada.
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n ice dancer who has competed internationally for the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and for his native Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. He won the 1991 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...
with partner Aliki Stergiadu
Aliki Stergiadu
Aliki Stergiadu is a former Soviet ice dancer. She won the 1991 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with partner Yuri Razguliaiev. Following the dissolution of that country, she and Razguliaiev competed for Uzbekistan. They won the bronze medal at the 1993 NHK Trophy and placed 13th at the...
for the Soviet Union. Following the dissolution of that country, he and Stergiadu competed for Uzbekistan. They won the bronze medal at the 1993 NHK Trophy
NHK Trophy
The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....
and placed 13th at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Referee:* Britta LindgrenAssistant Referee:* Gerhardt BubníkJudges: Wendy Utley Jan Olesinski Jarmila Portová Alfred Korytek Yang Jiasheng Margaret Ann Wier Noriko Shirota Audrey Williams Jan Hoffmann Monique Petis -Pairs:...
When that partnership ended, Razguliaiev teamed up with Nakako Tsuzuki
Nakako Tsuzuki
is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She is a multiple Japanese national champion and national medalist with four partners. She has competed with Kazu Nakamura, Yuri Razguliaiev, Rinat Farkhoutinov, and Kenji Miyamoto. She retired following the 2005/2006 season....
, with whom he is a two-time Japanese national champion. They placed 16th at the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...
. The next year, he teamed up with Jenny Dahlen to compete for Latvia. They placed 24th at the 1997 Worlds and 22nd at the 1997 European Figure Skating Championships
European Figure Skating Championships
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...
.
Razguliaiev retired from competitive skating in 1997. He is currently an Assistant Director, coach and choreographer at the Scarboro Figure Skating Club in Ontario, Canada.