Yuri Bureiko
Yuri Bureiko (born 21 June 1967)[1] is a former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. He is the 1981 World Junior silver medalist.[2][3]
After retiring from competition, Bureiko performed in various ice shows in "Hot Ice" in Blackpool, England.[4] After being skating director in Romford and head coach of free skating in National Ice centre in Nottingham he opened his own school of skating ("International School of Skating") in partnership with biggest ice rink operating company in Europe - Planet Ice. Today ISS is located in Coventry and Milton Keynes. The school has been involved in short term projects with Cardiff, Altrincham, Cannock and Uttoxeter ice rinks. The success of his students led him to be awarded with highest Level 5 coaching category in the UK. In 2003, he was named British Figure Skating Coach of the year.[5] He has coached Jenna McCorkell,[6][7] Taras Rajec,[8] Dean Timmins,[9] Edward Chow[10] Matthew Wilkinson,[11] Kevin van der Perren,[12] Natasha McKay,[13] David Richardson,[14] Jason Thompson,[15] Elliot Hilton,[16] Damian Ostojic,[17] and Phillip Harris.[18] His students became national champions of UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, Slovakia, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong. At 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games he represented United Kingdom and Belgium with two of his students: Jenna McCorkell,[6][7] and Kevin van der Perren,.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Coach Profile - Yuri BUREYKO". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018.
- ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championship: Men's medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Bureiko Yuri". Fskate.ru. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ Anderson, Jack (2 February 1996). "ICE SKATING REVIEW;Elegance With Some Eccentricity". The New York Times.
- ^ Smyth, Grant (18 September 2003). "Skating: Bureiko has it all figured for Jenna's world target". Belfast Telegraph.
- ^ a b Switek, Molly (21 January 2003). "McCorkell finds her feet". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "Jenna McCORKELL". Archived from the original on 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Taras RAJEC". Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Dean TIMMINS". Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Edward Ka-Yin CHOW". Archived from the original on 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Matthew WILKINSON". Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Kevin VAN DER PERREN". Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Natasha MCKAY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018.
- ^ "David RICHARDSON". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Jason THOMPSON". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Elliot HILTON". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Damjan OSTOJIC". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Phillip HARRIS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018.
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