Gurgen Vardanjan

Gurgen Vardanjan (Armenian: Գուրգեն Վարդանյան, Russian: Гурген Норикович Варданян,[1] born 18 October 1963) is an Armenian figure skating coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 Grand Prix International St. Gervais silver medalist and a two-time Prague Skate bronze medalist (1981, 1984).[2]

Gurgen Vardanjan
Gurgen Vardanyan at the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships
Born (1963-10-18) 18 October 1963
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union
Began skating1976
Retired1987

Personal life

Vardanjan was born on 18 October 1963 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union.[3] His sister, Asmik, is a former figure skater, and his wife, Jeranjak Ipakjan, is a skating coach and choreographer.[1] Their son, Tigran Vardanjan, was born on 26 March 1989 in Moscow and skated for Hungary.[4][5]

Vardanjan lived in Hungary from 1989[1] until April 2010, when he moved to Nottingham, England.[6]

Career

Competitive

Vardanjan began skating in 1976 at an outdoor rink in Yerevan.[1] His first coach was Elena Slepova.[7] After moving to Moscow, he was coached by Edouard Pliner and then by Elena Tchaikovskaya, from 1980 to 1986.[1][7]

International
Event 81–82 82–83 83–84 84–85 85–86
Prague Skate3rd3rd
Prize of Moscow News6th
International St. Gervais2nd

Post-competitive

Vardanjan returned to Armenia in 1987 and became a coach at the same school where he had started skating.[1] He began working in Hungary in December 1989, teaching at an outdoor rink before relocating to the capital, Budapest.[7] He was based in Budapest until April 2010, when he was appointed Director of Skating at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, England.[6][8]

Vardanjan is best known for his work with Júlia Sebestyén,[9] whom he began teaching in late 1989.[1] He has also coached Diána Póth,[10] Tamara Dorofejev,[11] Tigran Vardanjan, and David Richardson.[12]

References
  1. Asaturov, Ilya (March 2007). "Гурген Варданян: "Без помощи государства фигурному катанию не обойтись"" [Gurgen Vardanjan interview]. Noev Kovcheg, N 03 (114) (in Russian).
  2. "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009.
  3. "Гурген Норикович Варданян" [Gurgen Norikovich Vardanjan] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  4. "Tigran VARDANJAN". International Skating Union. 17 August 2011.
  5. Bőd, Titanilla (20 February 2011). "Tigran Vardanjan: "I prefer shows to competitions"". Absolute Skating.
  6. "National Ice Centre a New Appointment". National Ice Skating Association. 7 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010.
  7. Geikhman, Tatiana (28 October 2009). "Варданян: Юля для меня уже как дочь" [Julia is like a daughter to me]. championat.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  8. "An interview with Gurgen Vardanjan at the National Ice Centre…". National Ice Centre, Nottingham, England. 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010.
  9. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010.
  10. "Diana POTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. 29 July 2007.
  11. Mittan, J. Barry (2000). "Hungary's Dorofejev Poised on Brink of Success". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
  12. "David RICHARDSON". International Skating Union. 25 February 2014.
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