Svetlana Liapina
Appearance

Svetlana Evgenievna Lyapina (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Ляпина) (born January 14, 1967)[1] is a Soviet figure skating coach and former ice dancer. With partner Georgi "Gorsha" Sur, she won two medals at the World Junior Championships for the Soviet Union.[2] As a coach, she coached Australian ice dancers Portia Rigby and Francis Rigby,[3] as well as many others in Australia.
She is the mother of Russian ice dancer Jonathan Guerreiro.[4]
Competitive highlights
[edit](with Sur)
| International | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 |
| NHK Trophy | 2nd | |||||
| Skate America | 2nd | |||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 2nd | |||||
| Prize of Moscow News | 8th | |||||
| Winter Universiade | 3rd | 1st | ||||
| International: Junior | ||||||
| World Junior Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | ||||
| National | ||||||
| Soviet Champ. | 5th | 5th | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Реестр Тренеров - Ляпина Светлана Евгеньевна". Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04. (11.0 KB)
- ^ RIGBY & RIGBY at the International Skating Union
- ^ Flade, Tatiana (14 April 2011). "New kids on the block". Golden Skate. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
Categories:
- Living people
- Russian figure skating coaches
- Soviet female ice dancers
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Female sports coaches
- Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
- 1967 births
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Competitors at the 1987 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 1989 Winter Universiade
- Soviet figure skating biography stubs