Yuri Ovchinnikov (figure skater)

Yuri Ovchinnikov Lvovitch (Russian Юрий Львович Овчинников, born June 3, 1950 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet figure skater, who started in a single run.

In 1975, he became Soviet champions. From 1969 to 1978 he participated in all European Championships. There, he cut never worse than ninth place, his best result at the same time his only medal in a major tournament was won bronze at the European Championships 1975 in Copenhagen behind his compatriot Vladimir Kovalev and the British John Curry. From 1969 to 1977 Ovchinnikov participated in every World Cup. Here were his best results a sixth place respectively in 1973 and 1975. He represented the Soviet Union at two Olympic Games. Sapporo in 1972 he was twelfth and 1976 in Innsbruck eighth.

Results

1975 European Figure Skating Championships Single skating 1973 World Figure Skating Championships 1975 World Figure Skating Championships Winter Olympic Games List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1969 World Figure Skating Championships 1971 World Figure Skating Championships 1977 World Figure Skating Championships 1969 European Figure Skating Championships 1970 European Figure Skating Championships 1971 European Figure Skating Championships 1972 European Figure Skating Championships 1973 European Figure Skating Championships 1974 European Figure Skating Championships 1976 European Figure Skating Championships 1977 European Figure Skating Championships 1978 European Figure Skating Championships Russian Figure Skating Championships Sergei Chetverukhin Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov Alexei Urmanov
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