Alexei Ulanov

Olympic medal record
Figure skating
	1972 Sapporo	Pairs

Alexei Ulanov
Personal information
Full name	Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	November 4, 1947 Moscow
Former partner	Liudmila Smirnova Irina Rodnina
Former coach	Tatiana Tarasova Stanislav Zhuk
Retired	1980
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 1972 Sapporo Pairs World Championships 1974 Munich Pairs 1973 Bratislava Pairs 1972 Calgary Pairs 1971 Lyon Pairs 1970 Ljubljana Pairs 1969 Colorado Springs Pairs European Championships 1974 Zagreb Pairs 1973 Cologne Pairs 1972 Gothenburg Pairs 1971 Zürich Pairs 1970 Leningrad Pairs

Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Ула́нов) (born November 4, 1947 in Moscow^[1]) is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time (1969-1972) World champion. With later partner Lyudmila Smirnova, he is a two-time World silver medalist.

Career

Ulanov began figure skating in 1954 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1964.^[1] Rodnina / Ulanov began skating together in the 1960s and won several World and European Championships. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.^[2] The culmination of their career was their 1972 Olympics win. By this point Ulanov had fallen in love with fellow skater Lyudmila Smirnova. Rodnina / Ulanov separated, and Ulanov began skating with Smirnova.

Smirnova / Ulanov competed for two seasons. They won silver medals at the 1973 World and European Championships. The next season, they won European bronze and World silver medals.

Ulanov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1972.^[2]

Personal life

Ulanov and Smirnova married and later divorced after having two children, Nikolai Ulanov and Irina Ulanova.^[3] Their daughter, Irina Ulanova, is a former pair skater who skated with Alexander Smirnov,^[4] and Maxim Trankov for about three years.^[5]

Ulanov moved to the United States in 1995 and is currently living in South Florida.

Results

With Rodnina

Event	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72
Winter Olympics					1st
World Championships		1st	1st	1st	1st
European Championships	5th	1st	1st	1st	1st
Soviet Championships	3rd	3rd	1st	1st
Prize of Moscow News	1st	2nd	1st

With Smirnova

Event	1972–1973	1973–1974
World Championships	2nd	2nd
European Championships	2nd	3rd
Soviet Championships	3rd
Prize of Moscow News		1st

References

1. Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 45.
2. Khavin, Boris (1979). All about the Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 585.
3. Deryagin, Nikolai (17 December 2010). Алексей Уланов: "Талантливый человек в любой момент может предать" [Alexei Ulanov interview]. yagazeta.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
4. Ice Dinasty Family
5. Izotov, Ilya (29 April 2011). Первый лед Транькова [Trankov's early years on the ice]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.

External links

• Rodnina and Ulanov pair profile
• Smirnova and Ulanov competition results

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