Figure skating is a spectacular sport. How spectacular, so hard. Alexander Svinin began his sports career in ice dancing. After which he took up coaching.
Starting conditions
Long-term observations indicate that the boys choose power and team sports. Fighting or boxing, football or hockey - this is a worthy choice for a man. However, figure skating requires the athlete no less courage, willpower and physical endurance. Alexander Vasilievich Svinin began to engage in figure skating by chance. He came to see how hockey players train in a closed ice palace. At that time, the training schedule changed, and ice skaters were engaged in ice. He looked closely and two days later came to his first lesson.
The famous figure skating coach was born on July 7, 1958 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in the famous city of Leningrad. My father taught electrical engineering at a university. Mother worked as an economist at an engineering plant. A child from an early age showed good plasticity of movements. Grew up energetic and slim. In the elementary grades, his parents wanted to enroll him in a dance club, some accident prevented him from doing this. When Sasha decided to do figure skating, no one held him back. By that time, the boy already had good skates “on the shoes”.
Sport and creativity
Starting regular exercises on the ice, Alexander felt a lack of time for study. Then he was transferred to a youth sports school, where, along with a special one, he received secondary education. In the early years, Svinin danced with Tatyana Evteeva. This duet did not achieve any worthy results. After some time he was invited to Moscow, where a successful duet was formed. Alexander Svinin "paired up" with Olga Volozhinsky. Speaking for the first time at the 1981 World Cup, they took 5th place. Coached by dancers Elena Tchaikovskaya.
A couple of Volozhinsaya-Svinin several times became the winner of the USSR championship. The highest achievement for them was the silver medals of the European Championship in 1983. After completing his sports career, Alexander and his partner switched to the professional league. And here they occupied only the second and third places. After some time, the dancers decided to go to the Tatyana Tarasova ice theater "All Stars". Seven years later, the theater collapsed. After which Svinin already performed alone in an ice show on the ice of scrupulous London.
