Svetlana Liapina

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Svetlana Evgenievna Lyapina (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Ляпина) 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.[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)

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[]

  1. ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04. (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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