Irina rodnina and alexander zaitsev performance appraisal
Irina rodnina and alexander zaitsev
Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater) Facts for Kids.
Figure skater Alexander Zaitsev: biography, sporting achievements
What names, what surnames come up in memory at the mention of the name of the legendary Alexander Gennadievich Zaitsev, who was born on June 16, 1952 in Leningrad!
This is Irina Rodnina, and Stanislav Zhuk, and Tatyana Tarasova! And what achievements! Two-time Olympic champion (Innsbruck 1976, Lake Plessid 1980), six-time world champion (1973-1978), seven-time European champion (1973-1978, 1980)!
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In those years, when Alexander Zaitsev began to study, there were no indoor ice rinks with artificial ice.
Irina rodnina and alexander zaitsev performance appraisal
Winter in Leningrad, where the skater started, is short and rainy. The main part of training in the spring and summer took place in tennis and athletics. Classes with Stanislav Zhuk began with a misunderstanding: the coach always shouted at the figure skater.
Alexander Zaitsev decided that he did not fit until they explained to him that Zhuk was deaf. Yes, and getting carried away with work, he very much de