Rostislav Sinicyn
Soviet-Czech ice dancer
Rostislav Alexandrovich Sinicyn (Russian: Ростислав Александрович Синицын, also romanized as Rostislav Sinitsyn) (born 18 October 1955) is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With his wife Natalia Karamyševa (Karamysheva), Sinicyn is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet national champion. Following his retirement from competitive skating, he has wrked as a coach and choreographer. He was naturalized as a Czech citizen.
01Career
Rostislav Sinitsyn and Natalia Karamysheva placed 5th at the 1979 European Championships and 7th at the 1980 World Championships. They won the silver medal at the 1981 Winter Universiade.
Following his retirement from competitive skating, he became a coach and choreographer. His current and former students and clients include:
Ice dancing
- Saskia Brall / Tim Giesen
- Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn
- Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas
- Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy
- Kamila Hájková / David Vincour
- Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann
- Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
- Barbora Heroldova / Zdenek Pazdera
- Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák
- Karolína Procházková / Michal Češka
- Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
- Milla Ruud Reitan / Nikolaj Majorov
- Lilia Schubert / Nikita Remeshevskiy
- Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
Single & pair skating
- Radka Bártová
- Lukas Britschgi
- Nika Ceric
- Burak Demirboğa
- Annette Dytrt
- Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert
- Sara Falotico
- Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
- Ivana Hudziecová
- Olga Ikonnikova
- Kristina Isaev
- Kai Jagoda
- Pavel Kaška
- Denise Koegl
- Yehor Kurtsev
- Tatiana Malinina
- Olga Mikutina
- Damjan Ostojič
- Teodora Poštič
- Annabelle Prölß / Ruben Blommaert
- Ivan Righini
- Nicole Schott
- Aleksandr Selevko
- Mihhail Selevko
- Silvio Smalun
- Tomáš Verner
- Valtter Virtanen
- Kristin Wieczorek
02Personal life
Sinicyn is a naturalized Czech citizen. He is married to Natalia Karamyševa. Their son, Alexandr Sinicyn (born 27 March 1996 in Prague), is a competitive ice dancer for the Czech Republic.
"Sinicyn" and "Sinitsyn" have both been used to romanize his surname. "Sinicyn" is the Czech-style version.
03Results
(with Karamysheva)
| International | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 77-78 | 78-79 | 79-80 | 80-81 | 81-82 | 82-83 |
| World Champ. | 7th | |||||
| European Champ. | 5th | |||||
| NHK Trophy | 3rd | 2nd | ||||
| Prize of Moscow News | 3rd | |||||
| Rotary Watches | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
| Skate Canada | 3rd | |||||
| Winter Universiade | 2nd | |||||
| International | ||||||
| Soviet Champ. | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | ||
Sources and credits
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- Cup of Russia 2010 - Rostislav Sinitsyn.jpg by deerstop, CC0
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