Andrei Suraikin
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Andrei Suraikin (Russian: Андрей Александрович Сурайкин) (born October 20, 1948 in Leningrad[1]; † about 1992) was a Russian figure skater.
Suraikin began figure skating in 1957 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1968.[1] He trained at Spartak in Leningrad.[2] His skating partner was Liudmila Smirnova. Smirnova and Suraikin won the silver medal in pair figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics. In 1972 Suraikin was awarded the Medal For Labour Heroism.[1]
In 1972 Suraikin retired from figure skating because Smirnova left the partnership.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c (1973) Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 50.
- ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 448.
