Alexander Markuntsov

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**Alexander Markuntsov**
Personal Info
Country:	Russia
Date of birth:	February 21, 1982 (1982-02-21) (age 26)
Height:	181 cm
Former Partner:	Yuko Kawaguchi (JPN), Valentina Razskazova (RUS)
Former Coach:	Igor Moskvin, Tamara Moskvina

Alexander Markuntsov (born February 21, 1982 in Leningrad) is a Russian pair skater who has also competed internationally for Japan. He had the most success with Yuko Kawaguchi, competing for Japan. They teamed up in 1999 and were the first pair team representing Japan to medal at an ISU Championship, which they did when they won the silver medal at the 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. They are the 2002 and 2003 Japanese national champions. Their highest placement at a senior ISU Championship was seventh at the 2003 Four Continents Championships. They were coached by Tamara Moskvina. They ended their partnership following the 2002-2003 season.

Before teaming up with Kawaguchi, Markuntsov competed internationally for Russia on the junior level with Valentina Razskazova.

[edit] Competitive highlights

(with Kawaguchi)

Event	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003
World Championships	15th	13th	14th
Four Continents Championships	8th	9th	7th
World Junior Championships	2nd
Japanese Championships		1st	1st
Japanese Junior Championships	1st
NHK Trophy		WD	5th
Skate America		6th	5th
Trophee Lalique		6th
Junior Grand Prix Final	3rd
Junior Grand Prix, China	3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Mexico	1st