Vladimir Grigorievich Kotin (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Котин; born 28 March 1962) is a former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. He is a four-time European silver medalist (1985–88), the 1978 World Junior silver medalist,[1] and the 1985 Soviet national champion. Kotin competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where he placed eighth, and at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where he placed sixth. He now works as a coach in collaboration with Elena Tchaikovskaia.
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Full name | Vladimir Grigorievich Kotin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1962-03-28) 28 March 1962 (age 60) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Igor Moskvin, Elena Tchaikovskaia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former skating club | Dynamo Moskva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Event | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 |
Olympics | 8th | 6th | |||||||||
Worlds | 9th | 11th | 9th | 8th | 5th | 4th | 4th | ||||
Europeans | 6th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |||
NHK Trophy | 8th | ||||||||||
Moscow News | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |||
International: Junior | |||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 2nd | ||||||||||
National | |||||||||||
Soviet Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 3rd |
Soviet champions in figure skating – Men's singles | |
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