- Andrei Bukin
Andrei Anatolievich Bukin ( _ru. Андрей Анатольевич Букин) (born
June 10 1957 inMoscow ) was a Soviet figure skater.Career
He began figure skating at age seven, entering
Children and Youth Sports School ofCSKA inMoscow , their group trained at a small stadium in Chapayevsky Park near Pesochnaya Square. At age ten he joined Spartak and beganice dancing , originally training at the Small Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. In the late 1970s he entered a group of the famous coachTatiana Tarasova . [ [http://icetrio.narod.ru/bukin.htm Ледовое трио ] ] He competed in ice dance withNatalia Bestemianova . Andrei Bukin was the USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearer at the1988 Winter Olympics . The duo capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal there and at that year'sWorld 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 - 1stReferences
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]Navigation
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