Personal information | |
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Country represented | Russia Japan |
Born | December 13, 1975 |
Height | 182cm |
Former partner | Nakako Tsuzuki |
Former coach | Tatiana Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov, Natalia Dubova, Victor Ryzhkin |
Skating club | The Skating Center, L.L.C. |
Retired | 2002 |
Rinat Farkhoutdinov (born December 13, 1975 in Perm, Soviet Union) is a Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for Japan. With partner Nakako Tsuzuki, he is a three-time Japanese national champion and competed three times at the Four Continents and World Championships. They were unable to compete during the latter half of the 2001/2002 Olympic season due to an injury to Tsuzuki. Their partnership ended following that season. Farkhoutdinov now works as a coach and choreographer. He has coached Julia Golovina & Oleg Voiko, among others.