Artur Minchuk

Artur Leonidovich Minchuk (Russian: Артур Леонидович Минчук; born 7 July 1989) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor.

Artur Minchuk
Minchuk with Silaeva in 2010
Full name	Artur Leonidovich Minchuk
Native name	Артур Леонидович Минчук
Born	(1989-07-07) 7 July 1989 (age 36) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Skating club	SDUSHOR St. Petersburg
Began skating	1993

Career

Competitive

Minchuk's partnership with Ksenia Stolbova lasted three seasons, from 2006–07 to 2008–09. They finished 11th competing on the senior level at the Russian Championships in December 2008.

Minchuk teamed up with Anna Silaeva in 2009. They took the bronze medal at the 2010 Russian Junior Championships and were named in Russia's team to the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. The pair finished 11th after placing 9th in the short program and 14th in the free skate. The following season, they qualified for the 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final in Beijing, where they finished 8th.

Post-competitive

Minchuk joined the Russian Ice Stars in 2011.^[1] He works as a skating coach in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[2] His students include:

• Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii (from 2015), 2021 World bronze medalists, 2020 European champions^[3]
• Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov (from 2020), 2021 World champions^[4]

Programs

(with Silaeva)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2010–11 [5]	Khorobushko performed by Bond	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
2009–10 [6]	Flamenco by Didulia

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Silaeva

International[7]
Event	2009–10	2010–11
World Junior Champ.	11th
JGP Final		8th
JGP Czech Republic		4th
JGP Germany		3rd
National[2]
Russian Junior Champ.	3rd	5th

With Stolbova

National[2]
Event	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Russian Championships			11th
Russian Junior Champ.	12th	10th