Svetlana Liapina

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Evgenievna and the family name is Lyapina.

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.

Liapina in 2016

She is the mother of Russian ice dancer Jonathan Guerreiro.^[4]

Competitive highlights

(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