Sergey Volkov (figure skater)

Sergey Volkov
Personal information
Native name Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1949-04-19)19 April 1949
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died 31 August 1990(1990-08-31) (aged 41)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Coach Viktor Kudriavtsev (1959–1975)
Stanislav Zhuk (1976–1978)[2]
Skating club Spartak Moscow
Soviet Army Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Championships
1975 Colorado SpringsMen's singles
1974 MunichMen's singles
European Championships
1974 ZagrebMen's singles

Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Волков; 19 April 1949 – 31 August 1990) was a Soviet figure skater. He won the 1975 World titles and placed second in 1974.

Personal life

Volkov was born on 19 April 1949 in Moscow.[1] He was the brother of Elena Buriak, an international skating referee.[2] With his first wife, Lyudmila, he had a son, Aleksandr, and with his second wife, Oksana, he had twin daughters, Ekaterina and Anastasia. He died from stomach cancer on 31 August 1990 in Kharkiv and was buried in Kuntsevo Cemetery in Moscow.[2]

Volkov dreamed to be a pilot and twice tried to enter the flight academy in Rostov-on-Don. He failed the medical test both time because of his soft and weak knees and ankles, which would fail upon landing after a parachute jump. For the same reason he struggled with landing his jumps throughout his skating career.[3]

Career

Volkov debuted at the 1968 European Championship, and placed 12th. In 1974, he won the silver medal at the European and World Championships. Volkov won the individual world title in 1975, becoming the first Soviet men to do so. Domestically he won two Soviet titles, in 1974 and 1976.

Volkov participated in eight European and four Worlds Championships. He was unbeatable in special and compulsory figures. After retiring from competitions he worked as a figure skating coach, and spent four month in Austria in 1990 in this capacity.[2]

Results

International
Event 67–68 68–69 69–70 70–71 71–72 72–73 73–74 74–75 75–76 76–77 77–78
Olympics18th5th
Worlds7th10th2nd1st
Europeans12th7th5th6th5th2nd4th5th
Universiade3rd
Moscow News2nd1st2nd3rd2nd3rd2nd
National
Soviet Champ.4th3rd2nd2nd2nd3rd1st2nd1st3rd5th

References

  1. 1 2 "Sergey Volkov". Sports Reference.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Valiev, Boris (19 April 2003). Крутая спираль Сергея Волкова [Steep spiral of Sergei Volkov]. sovsport.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Vaitsekhovskaya, Elena (14 March 2005) Сергей ВОЛКОВ. sport-express.ru
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