Alexei Mishin
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Alexei Nikolaevich Mishin is a Russia
n figure skating
coach
and former pair skater
. With partner Tamara Moskvina
, he was the 1969 World silver medalist
and USSR national champion
.
Among Mishin's current and former students are Olympic champions Alexei Urmanov
, Alexei Yagudin
, and Evgeni Plushenko
. Mishin also runs summer seminars. Among the skaters who have attended those are Stéphane Lambiel
and Sarah Meier
. He has authored several books on the biomechanics
of figure skating.
and afterwards moved to Leningrad
with his family. He was always interested in mechanics. He started skating relatively late, at age 15, after his parents brought him to the rink. His father skated with him to get him interested in the activity. Mishin was first coached by Nina Lepninskaya, a pupil of Nikolai Panin
.
. They were coached by Igor Moskvin
. Together they won the 1969 Soviet Championships
, defeating both the two-time Olympic champions Ludmila Belousova
and Oleg Protopopov
, and the future champions Irina Rodnina
and Alexei Ulanov
. They went on to win silver at the 1969 World Championships
. At the European Championships
, they won silver in 1968
and bronze in 1969
. Moskvina took time off to have a baby and they decided to retire to concentrate on their coaching careers, with Mishin focusing on coaching singles while Moskvina focused on pairs. Mishin was 28 when he retired from competition and he said he was glad to start coaching when he was young.
He comments:
and his dissertation focused on the mechanical base of figure skating
technique. He started with coaching junior ladies to success at national and international competitions, but later switched to men's singles. He rapidly became a well-known coach, due to his training methods that made the skaters learn jumps very quickly. In addition, he has authored several books on the biomechanics of figure skating and jumps which have been published in Russia, Germany
, China
, Japan
and several other countries.
Mishin prefers to work with men's single skaters:
Mishin has stated that women are "delicate material" and "better one man of average talent than two super-talented ladies". Nevertheless, one of his current students is ladies' single skater Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
, a three-time Russian senior national medalist
. Mishin was criticized for making Tuktamysheva participate in the senior Russian Championships at only 12 years of age, but he responded that "one with sustainable future won't break", and if a person cannot do triple lutz at 12 he will never be able to do it. Mishin also coaches Artur Gachinski
, the 2011 World bronze medalist.
Mishin is a professor at the Lesgaft School of Sports Science and Physical Education and gives seminars all over the world. He is taking part in the development of a figure skating device which measures the number of revolutions in jumps when attached to the skater's body. According to Mishin, this device has already been patent
ed.
Mishin is based at Saint Petersburg's Yubileyny Sports Palace
for most of the season but has summer training camps in various locations, such as Jaca
(Spain), Tartu
(Estonia), and Pinzolo
(Italy) for the 2011–2012 season
.
(née Oleneva), a former figure skater, and they coach together and separately. They have two sons, Andrei, born in 1977, and Nikolai, born in 1983.
Men's singles
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n figure skating
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
and former pair skater
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...
. With partner Tamara Moskvina
Tamara Moskvina
Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina , née Bratus is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater. In pair skating with partner Alexei Mishin, she was the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national champion. In ladies singles, she was a five-time Soviet national champion...
, he was the 1969 World silver medalist
1969 World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion....
and USSR national champion
Soviet Figure Skating Championships
The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union...
.
Among Mishin's current and former students are Olympic champions Alexei Urmanov
Alexei Urmanov
Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov is a Russian figure skater, who currently works as a coach. He is the 1994 Olympic champion and an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation.- Career :...
, Alexei Yagudin
Alexei Yagudin
Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin is a former Russian figure skater. His major achievements in his six years of eligible sports career include:*2002 Olympic Champion*Four-time World Champion...
, and Evgeni Plushenko
Evgeni Plushenko
Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics Gold Medalist, 2002 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, and 2010 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion and an eight-time...
. Mishin also runs summer seminars. Among the skaters who have attended those are Stéphane Lambiel
Stéphane Lambiel
Stéphane Lambiel is a Swiss figure skater and a choreographer. He is a two-time World Champion, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Champion and a nine-time Swiss national champion...
and Sarah Meier
Sarah Meier (figure skater)
Sarah Meier is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2011 European champion, 2007 & 2008 European silver medalist, the 2006–2007 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and an eight-time Swiss national champion.-Biography:-Early career:Sarah Meier first stepped on the ice at the age of two years...
. He has authored several books on the biomechanics
Biomechanics
Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to biological systems, such as humans, animals, plants, organs, and cells. Perhaps one of the best definitions was provided by Herbert Hatze in 1974: "Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of...
of figure skating.
Early years
Mishin spent his childhood in TbilisiTbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
and afterwards moved to Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
with his family. He was always interested in mechanics. He started skating relatively late, at age 15, after his parents brought him to the rink. His father skated with him to get him interested in the activity. Mishin was first coached by Nina Lepninskaya, a pupil of Nikolai Panin
Nikolai Panin
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin, was a Russian figure skater and coach. He won the gold medal in special figures in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Panin was Russia's first Olympic champion. He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2009.-Biography:Panin was born in...
.
Competitive career
Mishin competed in singles within the Soviet Union and won the bronze medal at the 1964 Soviet Championships. In 1966, he took up pair skating as an experiment, teaming up with his first and only partner, Tamara MoskvinaTamara Moskvina
Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina , née Bratus is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater. In pair skating with partner Alexei Mishin, she was the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national champion. In ladies singles, she was a five-time Soviet national champion...
. They were coached by Igor Moskvin
Igor Moskvin
Igor Borisovich Moskvin is a former Soviet pair skater, Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of the USSR. He was the flag bearer for the Soviet Union at the 1964 Winter Olympics...
. Together they won the 1969 Soviet Championships
Soviet Figure Skating Championships
The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union...
, defeating both the two-time Olympic champions Ludmila Belousova
Ludmila Belousova
Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova is a Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With her partner Oleg Protopopov, she is a two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion .- Career :Belousova started skating relatively late, at age 16. She met Protopopov in 1954 and they began...
and Oleg Protopopov
Oleg Protopopov
Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov is a Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his partner Ludmila Belousova, he is a two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion .- Career :Protopopov started skating relatively late, at age 15...
, and the future champions Irina Rodnina
Irina Rodnina
Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is one of the most successful figure skaters ever and the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships and three successive Olympic gold medals . She initially competed with Alexei Ulanov and later teamed up with Alexander Zaitsev...
and Alexei Ulanov
Alexei Ulanov
Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time World champion. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He later competed with wife...
. They went on to win silver at the 1969 World Championships
1969 World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion....
. At the European Championships
European Figure Skating Championships
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...
, they won silver in 1968
1968 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1968 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1967-1968 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion...
and bronze in 1969
1969 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1969 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1969-1970 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion...
. Moskvina took time off to have a baby and they decided to retire to concentrate on their coaching careers, with Mishin focusing on coaching singles while Moskvina focused on pairs. Mishin was 28 when he retired from competition and he said he was glad to start coaching when he was young.
He comments:
Coaching career
Mishin graduated from university with a degree in mechanicsMechanics
Mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the behavior of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effects of the bodies on their environment....
and his dissertation focused on the mechanical base of figure skating
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
technique. He started with coaching junior ladies to success at national and international competitions, but later switched to men's singles. He rapidly became a well-known coach, due to his training methods that made the skaters learn jumps very quickly. In addition, he has authored several books on the biomechanics of figure skating and jumps which have been published in Russia, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and several other countries.
Mishin prefers to work with men's single skaters:
Mishin has stated that women are "delicate material" and "better one man of average talent than two super-talented ladies". Nevertheless, one of his current students is ladies' single skater Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Elizaveta Sergeyevna "Liza" Tuktamysheva is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2011 World Junior silver medalist, 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, three-time senior Russian Nationals medalist, and 2011 Russian Junior champion.- Personal life :...
, a three-time Russian senior national medalist
Russian Figure Skating Championships
The Russian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Russia. Skaters compete at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The first Russian national...
. Mishin was criticized for making Tuktamysheva participate in the senior Russian Championships at only 12 years of age, but he responded that "one with sustainable future won't break", and if a person cannot do triple lutz at 12 he will never be able to do it. Mishin also coaches Artur Gachinski
Artur Gachinski
Artur Andreyevich Gachinski is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2011 World bronze medalist and Russian National silver medalist. He is the 2010 Russian Junior national champion.- Personal life :...
, the 2011 World bronze medalist.
Mishin is a professor at the Lesgaft School of Sports Science and Physical Education and gives seminars all over the world. He is taking part in the development of a figure skating device which measures the number of revolutions in jumps when attached to the skater's body. According to Mishin, this device has already been patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
ed.
Mishin is based at Saint Petersburg's Yubileyny Sports Palace
Yubileyny Sports Palace
Yubileyny Sports Palace , also translated as Yubileiny Palace of Sports, is an indoor sports arena and concert complex located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It houses 7,012 seats for ice hockey and up to 7,700 seats for basketball. It is accessible from the Sportivnaya metro station...
for most of the season but has summer training camps in various locations, such as Jaca
Jaca
Jaca is a city of northeastern Spain near the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca...
(Spain), Tartu
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the...
(Estonia), and Pinzolo
Pinzolo
Pinzolo is a small town and comune situated in Val Rendena in Trentino in the northern Italian Alps at an altitude of 800 m.It is mainly known as a ski resort during the winter months.-External links:...
(Italy) for the 2011–2012 season
2011–2012 figure skating season
The 2011–2012 figure skating season begins on July 1, 2011, and ends on June 30, 2012. During this season, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2012 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships...
.
Personal life
Mishin is married to Tatiana MishinaTatiana Mishina
-Navigation:...
(née Oleneva), a former figure skater, and they coach together and separately. They have two sons, Andrei, born in 1977, and Nikolai, born in 1983.
Competitive highlights
Pairs with Tamara MoskvinaTamara Moskvina
Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina , née Bratus is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater. In pair skating with partner Alexei Mishin, she was the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national champion. In ladies singles, she was a five-time Soviet national champion...
| Event | 1965–66 | 1966–67 | 1967–68 | 1968–69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating... |
5th | |||
| World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion... |
6th | 4th | 2nd | |
| European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion... |
6th | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Soviet Championships Soviet Figure Skating Championships The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union... |
3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st |
| Prize of Moscow News Prize of Moscow News The Prize of Moscow News , also known as the Moscow Skate, Nouvelles de Moscou, and the Moscow News Trophy, was an international, senior-level figure skating competition held in the former Soviet Union from 1966 to 1990... |
1st | 1st | ||
| Winter Universiade | 3rd |
Men's singles
| Event | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Soviet Championships Soviet Figure Skating Championships The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union... |
3rd |
Orders and rewards
- Order of Friendship of PeoplesOrder of Friendship of PeoplesThe Order of Friendship of Peoples was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons , organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in strengthening of inter-ethnic and international friendship and cooperation, for...
(1994) - Meritorious Worker of Physical Education of Russian Federation (2002)
- Honoured Master of Sports of the USSRUnified Sports Classification System of the USSRUnified Sports Classification System of the USSR is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for athletes. The classification was established in 1935 and was based on separate classifications, which existed for several sports disciplines before...
- Honoured Coach of Sports of the USSR
- Honoured Coach of Sports of Russian Federation
- Commendation of the President of Russia (2002)
- Honorary title "Best in Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
's Sports" (2006)