Andrei Bukin

Andrei Anatolievich Bukin ( _ru. Андрей Анатольевич Букин) (born June 10 1957 in Moscow) was a Soviet figure skater.

Career

He began figure skating at age seven, entering Children and Youth Sports School of CSKA in Moscow, their group trained at a small stadium in Chapayevsky Park near Pesochnaya Square. At age ten he joined Spartak and began ice dancing, originally training at the Small Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. In the late 1970s he entered a group of the famous coach Tatiana Tarasova. [ [http://icetrio.narod.ru/bukin.htm Ледовое трио ] ] He competed in ice dance with Natalia Bestemianova. Andrei Bukin was the USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearer at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The duo capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal there and at that year's World Figure Skating Championships.

Competitive highlights

(with Bestemianova)

1979
*World Championships - 10th1980
*European Championships - 6th
*Olympics - 8th1981
*European Championships - 4th
*World Championships - 3rd1982
*European Championships - 2nd
*World Championships - 2nd1983
*European Championships - 1st
*World Championships - 2nd1984
*European Championships - 2nd
*Olympics - 2nd
*World Championships - 2nd1985
*European Championships - 1st
*World Championships - 1st1986
*European Championships - 1st
*World Championships - 1st1987
*European Championships - 1st
*World Championships - 1st1988
*European Championships - 1st
*Olympics - 1st
*World Championships - 1st

References

External links

* [http://www.caretoicedance.com/besbuk.html Care to Ice Dance? - Bestemianova & Bukin]
* [http://www.tarasova.ru/ath/archive/nbab/index.html Biographies of Andrei and Natalia at Tatiana Tarasova's website]

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