Aleksandr Gorelik

Aleksandr Yudaevich Gorelik (Russian: Александр Юдаевич Горелик; 9 August 1945 – 27 September 2012) was a Soviet pair skater. He competed with Tatiana Zhuk. They are the 1965 World bronze medalists and the 1966 and 1968 World silver medalists. At the European Figure Skating Championships, they won the bronze medal in 1965 and the silver in 1966. They won the silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Olympic medal record
Figure skating
	1968 Grenoble	Pairs

Aleksandr Gorelik
Aleksandr Gorelik in 1962
Full name	Aleksandr Yudaevich Gorelik
Born	(1945-08-09)9 August 1945 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 September 2012(2012-09-27) (aged 67)
Figure skating career
Country	Soviet Union
Retired	1969
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 1968 Grenoble Pairs World Championships 1968 Geneva Pairs 1966 Davos Pairs 1965 Colorado Springs Pairs European Championships 1968 Västerås Pairs 1966 Bratislava Pairs 1965 Moscow Pairs

Personal life and career

Gorelik is Jewish.^[1] Earlier in his career, he competed with Tatiana Sharanova.^[2][3] They placed 7th at the 1964 European Championships. They were the first in the world pair with a great difference in height. Earlier in his career, he competed with Tatiana Sharanova.^[4][5] They placed 7th at the 1964 European Championships. They were the first in the world pair with a great difference in height.

His competitive career ended in 1969 when Zhuk became pregnant. She and her husband Albert Shesternyov decided to keep the baby and retire from competitive skating.^[6] Gorelik did not want to look for a new partner and start skating over again. After trying without success to train with Irina Rodnina, he also retired. Gorelik worked as a figure skating commentator on radio and was invited to play the main role (Sergei Berestov) in 1969 movie about figure skating Goluboi led.^[6]

He performed at circus on ice shows with Tatiana Zhuk and later worked as a coach. He was a figure skating commentator for Russia TV for a time.^[7]

Results

With Sharanova

International
Event	1961–62	1962–63	1963–64
World Championships			15th
European Championships			7th
Blue Swords		3rd
National
Soviet Championships	3rd	6th	2nd

With Zhuk

International
Event	1965	1966	1967	1968
Winter Olympics				2nd
World Championships	3rd	2nd		2nd
European Championships	3rd	2nd
National
Soviet Championships		2nd

See also

• List of select Jewish figure skaters

References

1. "YIVO | Sport: Jews in Sport in the USSR". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
2. Shelukhin, Anatoly. "Публицистический сборник "Локомотиву - 50"" (in Russian). Lokomotiv Stadium. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
3. Solovyev, Vasily. "Aleksandr Gorelik" (in Russian). Retrieved 3 July 2009.
4. Shelukhin, Anatoly. "Lokomotiv.info" Публицистический сборник "Локомотиву - 50" (in Russian). Lokomotiv Stadium. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
5. Solovyev, Vasily. "Aleksandr Gorelik" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
6. Александр Горелик - биография (in Russian). Kino-Teatr.ru. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
7. "Moda na Don Kihota". № 051 (in Russian). Trud. 20 March 2001. Retrieved 30 July 2009.

• Skatabase: 1960s Europeans
• Skatabase: 1960s Worlds

External links

• Jews in Sports bio
• IMDB bio