Tatyana Zhuk

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameTatyana Alekseyevna•Zhuk (-Shesternyova, -Sokolova)
Used nameTatyana•Zhuk
Original nameТатьяна Алексеевна•Жук (-Шестернёва, -Соколова)
Born1 January 1946 in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg (RUS)
Measurements156 cm / 52 kg
AffiliationsDynamo St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg (RUS) / VS Moskva, Moskva (RUS)
NOC Soviet Union
Nationality Russian Federation
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Tatyana Zhuk’s older brother Stanislav and his wife Nina were the first leading Soviet figure skating pair and they also coached Tatyana throughout her entire career. Zhuk started to skate pairs with Aleksandr Gavrilov and they won the Soviet Championships in 1960, when their coaches, Stanislav and Nina Zhuk, did not compete. In 1963 Tatyana Zhuk won silvers at the Soviet Championships in both singles, and pairs with Gavrilov, and they won bronzes at both the World and European Championships, to which they added another bronze at the 1964 European Championships. At the 1964 Olympics they finished in fifth place and at the 1964 World championships they were sixth. Later in 1964 Zhuk started to skate with Aleksandr Gorelik and although they never won a Soviet Championships medal together, they were quite successful at the international level. They won bronzes at the 1965 World and European Championships, which they turned to silver in 1966. In 1968 Gorelik and Zhuk won an Olympic silver and then in their last competition won another silver at the 1968 World Championships. In 1965 Zhuk married the famous Soviet footballer Albert Shesternyov and after the 1968 World Championships Zhuk decided to end her competitive career to give a birth to a child. She later skated professionally with her old partner Gorelik in ice shows.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1964 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) URS RUS Tatyana Zhuk
Pairs, Mixed (Olympic) Aleksandr Gavrilov 5
1968 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) URS RUS Tatyana Zhuk
Pairs, Mixed (Olympic) Aleksandr Gorelik 2 Silver

Olympic family relations

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