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Rostislav Sinicyn

Rostislav Alexandrovich Sinicyn is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With his wife Natalia Karamyševa (Karamysheva), Sinicyn is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet national champion. Following his retirement from competitive skating, he works as a coach and choreographer and was naturalized as a Czech citizen.

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Rostislav Sinicyn
Rostislav Sinicyn at the 2010 Cup of Russia
Personal information
Other namesRostislav Alexandrovich Sinitsyn
Born (1955-10-18) 18 October 1955
Nizhny Tagil,1 Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union

Rostislav Alexandrovich Sinicyn2 (Russian: Ростислав Александрович Синицын, also romanized as Rostislav Sinitsyn) (born 18 October 1955) is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With his wife Natalia Karamyševa (Karamysheva), Sinicyn is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet national champion. Following his retirement from competitive skating, he works as a coach and choreographer and was naturalized as a Czech citizen.1

Career

Rostislav Sinitsyn and Natalia Karamysheva placed 5th at the 1979 European Championships and 7th at the 1980 World Championships. They won the silver medal at the 1981 Winter Universiade.

Following his retirement from competitive skating, Sinicyn became a coach and choreographer. His current and former students and clients include:

Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn source ↗

Ice Dancing

Single & Pair Skating

Personal life

Sinicyn is a naturalized Czech citizen.1 He is married to Natalia Karamyševa. Their son, Alexandr Sinicyn (born 27 March 1996 in Prague), is a competitive ice dancer for the Czech Republic.4

Sinicyn and Sinitsyn have both been used to Romanize his surname. Sinicyn is the Czech-style version.

Results

(with Karamysheva)

International
Event 77–78 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83
World Champ. 7th
European Champ. 5th
NHK Trophy 3rd 2nd
Prize of Moscow News 3rd
Rotary Watches 3rd 3rd
Skate Canada 3rd
Winter Universiade 2nd
International
Soviet Champ. 1st 3rd 1st 3rd
References

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