Ramil Sarkulov (born June 16, 1981, in Tashkent) is an Uzbekistani former competitive ice dancer. His partnership with Olesya Pronina lasted at least five seasons, until 1999.[1] He then competed for three seasons with Julia Klochko (1999–2002), training under Galina Churilova in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[2] Klochko/Sarkulov won the Uzbekistani national title in the 2001–02 season and appeared at four ISU Championships – two Four Continents and two Junior Worlds.[3] In the 2002–03 season, he competed with Olga Akimova, coached by Churilova.[4] Sarkulov then had a brief partnership with Ashley Taylor but the two never competed together.[5] In 2007, he teamed up with Sun-hye Yu. Coached by Genrikh Sretenski in the United States, they placed 12th at the 2008 Four Continents and 29th at the 2008 World Championships.[6]
| Ramil Sarkulov | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Uzbekistan |
| Born | (1981-06-16) June 16, 1981 (age 41) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Residence | Maryland, United States |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Former partner | Sun-hye Yu Ashley Duenas Olga Akimova Julia Klochko Olesya Pronina |
| Former coach | Genrikh Sretenski Galina Churilova |
| Former choreographer | Julia Sretenski |
| Former training locations | Laure, U.S. Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Began skating | 1986 |
| Retired | 2008 |
Sarkulov works as a skating coach in Maryland.[7] He has coached Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons (2016 World Junior silver medalists)[8] and Eliana Gropman / Ian Somerville.[9]
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| 2004–05 [10] |
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| 2002–03 [4] |
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| 2001–02 [2] |
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| 2000–01 [11] |
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JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[12][13][14] | ||||
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| Event | 2002–03 (Akimova) |
2003–04 (Duenas) |
2004–05 (Duenas) |
2007–08 (Yu) |
| World Championships | 29th | |||
| Four Continents Champ. | 12th | 16th | 12th | |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 11th | 16th | ||
| National[13] | ||||
| Uzbekistani Champ. | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| International[3] | |||
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| Event | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
| Four Continents Champ. | 13th | 12th | |
| World Junior Champ. | 28th | 26th | |
| JGP Bulgaria | 13th | ||
| JGP Poland | 15th | 15th | |
| JGP Ukraine | 13th | ||
| National[3] | |||
| Uzbekistani Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
| National[1] | |||||
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| Event | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 |
| Uzbekistani Champ. | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th |