Alexander Vedenin

Coaching and Consulting Qualifications:

• 36 years of coaching experience in USSR, Austria, Germany and USA.
• 1974-1988: Head Coach of USSR National Squad in singles figure skating
• 1988-1993: Head Coach at Dynamo Sports Club (one of the largest sports clubs in Russia)
• 1993-1997: Head Coach and Sports Director of Union Linz Sport Club (Austria)
• 1998-2004: Head Coach of the Bavarian Ice Sports Federation (Germany), coach of the German National Team
• Since 2005: Coach and Consultant at Twin Rinks Ice Sports Centre (Buffalo Grove, IL, USA)

Management

• 1995-1998: participation in work out of the ISU Development Program.
• 1997: Project Manager and Moderator of the First ISU World Coaches Seminar.
• 1998-2005: Vice President of the European Professional Skating Coaches Association (EPSA)
• 2000-2002: Chairman of the Coaches Commission of the German Federation.

Judging

• 1977-1992: Judge and referee for International competitions and judge for ISU Championships.
• 1982-1988: Judged European, World Championships and Olympic Games.
• 2006-2007: Technical Specialist in New International Judging System in USA

Alexander’s unique experience lies not only in his work as a coach, but also as a creator of rigorous and innovative development programmes for the clubs and National Squads. During his time as the Head Coach of the USSR team, Alexander trained and developed a number of promising young coaches who in their turn became mentors to World and Olympic-level skaters. The best coaches, who were prepared in that system within the period of 1979 – 1993:

• G.Zmievskaja - World and Olympic coach (nowadays works in USA)
• L.Maslukova - World coach (nowadays works in USA).
• R.Arutjunjan - World and Olympic coach (coached 5 times World Champion M.Kwan, 2006 Olympic medalist J.Buttle, 2007 World medalist M.Asada)
• S.Tchubenko-Folle - World and Olympic coach (coached and assisted in designing programs: Olympic champion 2006 S.Arakawa, 5 times World champion M.Kwan, 3 times USA champion J.Weir, 2007 World medalist M.Asada)
• M.Amirkhanova - World and Olympic coach (coach of World and European prize winner E.Ljashenko)
• E.Lutkov - World coach (nowadays works as a coach of Swedish National team)

Today Alexander is working in cooperation with ELITA Live team to help skating clubs and federations develop bespoke training programmes for coaches and athletes.

Alexander's “Basic Skills” video lectures will be available soon through our web site.