Tatyana Zhuk
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Representing  Soviet Union
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1968 Grenoble | Pairs |
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| Full name | Tatyana Alekseyevna Zhuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1946 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 March 2011 Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tatyana Alekseyevna Zhuk (Russian: Татьяна Алексеевна Жук, January 1, 1946 - March 21, 2011) was a Soviet/Russian pair skater. With partner Aleksandr Gorelik, she was the 1968 Winter Olympics silver medalist. They were also the 1965 World bronze medalists and the 1966 and 1968 World silver medalists, as well as the 1965 European bronze and 1966 silver medalists.
Zhuk previously competed with Aleksandr Gavrilov, with whom she medaled at the 1963 and 1964 European Championships and the 1963 World Championships. They placed 5th at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
In 1969, Zhuk became pregnant. She and her husband Albert Shesternyov decided to keep the baby and retire from competitive skating.[1]
Results
[edit]Ladies' singles
[edit]| National | |
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| Event | 1963 |
| Soviet Championships | 2nd |
Pairs with Gavrilov
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| Event | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
| Winter Olympics | 5th | ||||
| World Championships | 3rd | 6th | |||
| European Championships | 10th | 3rd | 3rd | ||
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| Soviet Championships | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | |
Pairs with Gorelik
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| Event | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| Winter Olympics | 2nd | |||
| World Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | |
| European Championships | 3rd | 2nd | ||
| National | ||||
| Soviet Championships | 2nd | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Александр Горелик - биография (in Russian). Kino-Teatr.ru. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2011 deaths
- Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg
- Soviet female pair skaters
- Russian female pair skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- 20th-century Russian sportswomen