Artur Minchuk

Artur Leonidovich Minchuk (Russian: Артур Леонидович Минчук; born 7 July 1989) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor.

Artur Minchuk
Grand Prix Final 2010 – Juniors – Anna Silaeva Artur Minchuk Nikolai Velikov.jpg
Minchuk with Silaeva in 2010
Full nameArtur Leonidovich Minchuk
Native nameАртур Леонидович Минчук
Born (1989-07-07) 7 July 1989 (age 34)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia
Skating clubSDUSHOR St. Petersburg
Began skating1993

Career

Competitive

Minchuk's partnership with Ksenia Stolbova lasted three seasons, from 2006–07 to 2008–09. They finished 11th competing on the senior level at the Russian Championships in December 2008.

Minchuk teamed up with Anna Silaeva in 2009. They took the bronze medal at the 2010 Russian Junior Championships and were named in Russia's team to the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. The pair finished 11th after placing 9th in the short program and 14th in the free skate. The following season, they qualified for the 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final in Beijing, where they finished 8th.

Post-competitive

Minchuk joined the Russian Ice Stars in 2011.[1] He works as a skating coach in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2] His students include:

Programs

(with Silaeva)

SeasonShort programFree skating
2010–11
[5]
  • Khorobushko
    performed by Bond
2009–10
[6]
  • Flamenco
    by Didulia
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Silaeva

International[7]
Event2009–102010–11
World Junior Champ.11th
JGP Final8th
JGP Czech Republic4th
JGP Germany3rd
National[2]
Russian Junior Champ.3rd5th

With Stolbova

National[2]
Event2006–072007–082008–09
Russian Championships11th
Russian Junior Champ.12th10th

References