Sergey Volkov (figure skater)

Sergey Volkov
Personal information
Native name
Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov
Born(1949-04-19)19 April 1949
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died31 August 1990(1990-08-31) (aged 41)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union
CoachViktor Kudriavtsev (1959–1975)Stanislav Zhuk (1976–1978)[1]
Skating clubSpartak MoscowSoviet Army Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1975 Colorado SpringsMen's singles
Silver medal – second place1974 MunichMen's singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1974 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 title and placed second in 1974.

Personal life

Volkov was born on 19 April 1949 in Moscow.[2] He was the brother of Elena Buriak, an international skating referee.[1] 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.[1]

Volkov dreamed of becoming a pilot and tried twice to enter the flight academy in Rostov-on-Don. He failed the medical test both times due to 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 man to do so. Domestically he won two Soviet titles, in 1974 and 1976.

Volkov participated in eight European and four World Championships. He was unbeatable in special and compulsory figures. After retiring from competition he worked as a figure skating coach, and spent four months in Austria in 1990 in this capacity.[1]

Results

International
Event 67–6868–69 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. ^ abcdValiev, Boris (19 April 2003). Крутая спираль Сергея Волкова [Steep spiral of Sergei Volkov]. sovsport.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ ab"Sergey Volkov". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. ^Vaitsekhovskaya, Elena (14 March 2005) Сергей ВОЛКОВ. sport-express.ru
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