Stanislav Zhuk

Stanislav Zhuk

Stanislav Alekseevich Zhuk (Russian: Станислав Алексеевич Жук, listen ) (January 25, 1935, Ulyanovsk - November 1, 1998, Moscow) was a pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner and wife Nina, he won three silver medals at the European Figure Skating Championships and finished sixth at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

He later went on to a long career as a coach. Among the pairs he coached were Olympic gold medalists Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev and Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov.

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