Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov

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Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov
Personal information
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1949-04-19)19 April 1949
Died
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Medal record World Championships 1975 Colorado Springs Men's singles 1974 Munich Men's singles European Championships 1974 Zagreb Men's singles

Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Во́лков) (b. 19 April 1949 in Moscow, Soviet Union – d. 31 August 1990 in Kharkiv) was a Soviet figure skater. He was the 1975 World champion and an Honored Sports Master.

Career

Volkov debuted at the 1968 European Championship, finishing in 12th place. In 1974, he won the silver medal at the European and World Championships. Volkov won the World title in 1975, becoming the first Soviet men's skater to do so. He won two USSR national titles, in 1974 and 1976.

Volkov participated in eight European and four Worlds Championships. His coaches were Viktor Kudriavtsev (1959–1975) and Stanislav Zhuk (in 1976–1978). Volkov was unbeatable in special and compulsory figures.

After he retired from competition, Volkov worked as a coach.

Personal life

His sister is Elena Buriak, an international skating referee. With his first wife, Lyudmila, he had a son, Alexander, and with his second wife, Oksana, he had twin daughters, Ekaterina and Anastasia. He died from stomach cancer on 31 August 1990 in Kharkiv and was buried in Kuntsevo Cemetery in Moscow.

Results

Event	1967-68	1968-69	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72	1972-73	1973-74	1974-75	1975-76	1976-77	1977-78
Winter Olympics	18th								5th
World Championships			7th		10th		2nd	1st
European Championships	12th	7th	5th	6th		5th	2nd	4th	5th
Soviet Championships	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	5th
Winter Universiade			3rd
Prize of Moscow News	2nd		1st	2nd	3rd			2nd		3rd	2nd