Andrei Suraikin

Olympic medal record
Figure Skating
Competitor for  Soviet Union
	1972 Sapporo	Pairs

Andrei Suraikin
Personal information
Full name	Andrei Alexandrovich Suraikin
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	October 20, 1948 Leningrad
Died	October, 1996 Saint Petersburg
Former partner	Lyudmila Smirnova
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 1972 Sapporo Pairs World Championships 1972 Calgary Pairs 1971 Lyon Pairs 1970 Ljubljana Pairs European Championships 1972 Gothenburg Pairs 1971 Zürich Pairs 1970 Leningrad Pairs

Andrei Alexandrovich Suraikin (Russian: Андрей Александрович Сурайкин; born October 20, 1948 in Leningrad;^[1] † about 1992) was a Russian pair skater. With partner Liudmila Smirnova, he was the 1972 Olympic silver medalist.

Career

Suraikin began figure skating in 1957 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1968.^[1] He trained at Spartak in Leningrad.^[2]

Suraikin competed with Liudmila Smirnova, coached by Maya Belenkaya.^[3] Smirnova and Suraikin won the silver medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics. In 1972 Suraikin was awarded the Medal For Labour Heroism.^[1]

In 1972 Suraikin retired from figure skating because Smirnova left the partnership.

Results

(with Smirnova)

Event	1969–1970	1970–1971	1971–1972
Winter Olympic Games			2nd
World Championships	2nd	2nd	2nd
European Championships	2nd	2nd	2nd
Soviet Championships	2nd	2nd
Prize of Moscow News	2nd	1st	2nd
Winter Universiade	1st

References

1. Обзор 1972 Спортивного Года [Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year] (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 50.
2. Khavin, Boris (1979). Все об Олимпийских Играх [All about the Olympic Games] (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 448.
3. Легендарная фигуристка М.П.Беленькая (in Russian). Ledyanaya Fabrika. 2009. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010.