Gurgen Vardanjan

Gurgen Vardanjan
Personal information
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1963-10-18) 18 October 1963
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Former coach Elena Slepova, Elena Tchaikovskaya, Edouard Pliner
Former skating club Ashkhatank Yerevan
Former training locations Moscow
Retired 1987

Gurgen Vardanjan (Armenian: Գուրգեն Վարդանյան, Russian: Гурген Норикович Варданян, born 18 October 1963)[1] is an Armenian figure skater who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 Grand Prix International St. Gervais silver medalist and a two-time Prague Skate bronze medalist (1981, 1984).[2]

Vardanjan was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union.[1] He was coached by Elena Slepova, Elena Tchaikovskaya, and Edouard Pliner in Moscow.[3] After retiring from competition, he turned to coaching. Vardanjan was based in Budapest, Hungary from the 1990s until April 2010, when he was appointed Director of Skating at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, England.[3] He has coached Júlia Sebestyén,[4] Diána Póth,[5] Tamara Dorofejev,[6] Tigran Vardanjan, and David Richardson.[7] He and Jeranjak Ipakjan are the parents of Tigran, who was born 26 March 1989 in Moscow and competed for Hungary.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Гурген Норикович Варданян" [Gurgen Norikovich Vardanjan] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  2. ↑ "Skate Canada Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. pp. 80–83.
  3. 1 2 "National Ice Centre a New Appointment". National Ice Skating Association. 7 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Diana POTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. 29 July 2007.
  6. ↑ Mittan, J. Barry (2000). "Hungary's Dorofejev Poised on Brink of Success".
  7. ↑ "David RICHARDSON". International Skating Union. 25 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tigran VARDANJAN". International Skating Union. 17 August 2011.
  9. ↑ Bőd, Titanilla (20 February 2011). "Tigran Vardanjan: "I prefer shows to competitions"". Absolute Skating.
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