Svetlana Liapina

Svetlana Evgenievna Liapina (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Ляпина) is a former Soviet ice dancer who now works as a coach. With partner Georgi "Gorsha" Sur, she won two medals at the World Junior Championships for the Soviet Union.[1] As a coach, she coached Australian ice dancers Portia Rigby and Francis Rigby,[2] as well as many others in Australia.

She is the mother of Russian ice dancer Jonathan Guerreiro.[3]

Competitive highlights

(with Sur)

Event 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
NHK Trophy 2nd
Skate America 2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd
Winter Universiade 3rd 1st
Junior Worlds 3rd 2nd
Soviet Championships 5th 5th

References

  1. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance" (PDF). (11.0 KB)
  2. RIGBY & RIGBY at the International Skating Union
  3. Flade, Tatiana (14 April 2011). "New kids on the block". Golden Skate. Retrieved 16 April 2011.


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