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Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk (Russian: Ирина Владимировна Жук; born 3 December 1966) is a Russian ice dancing coach and a former competitor for the Soviet Union. With Oleg Petrov, she is the 1985 Skate America silver medalist.
Personal life
Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk was born on 3 December 1966 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. She is married to former Soviet ice dancer Alexander Svinin.
Career
Zhuk competed with Oleg Petrov for the Soviet Union. Together, they won gold at the 1984 Grand Prix International St. Gervais, silver at the 1984 Nebelhorn Trophy, and silver at the 1985 Skate America. After retiring from competition, they performed in ice shows in England and the United States.
In collaboration with Alexander Svinin, Zhuk began working as a coach and choreographer at Moscow's Sokolniki ice rink. In 2010, they accepted an offer to move to a new rink, Mechta in the Bibirevo District of Moscow.
Zhuk and Svinin's current students include:
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy
Sofya Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin
Their former students include:
Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov
Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
Daria Morozova / Mikhail Zhirnov
Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer
Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro (May 2009 – spring 2010)
Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov
Valeria Starygina / Ivan Volobuiev
Valeria Loseva / Denis Lunin
Eva Khachaturian / Igor Eremenko
Anna Yanovskaya / Ivan Gurianov
Competitive highlights
(with Petrov)
References
External links
Media related to Irina Zhuk at Wikimedia Commons
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