Svetlana Evgenievna Lyapina (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Ляпина) is a Soviet figure skating coach and former ice dancer. With partner Georgi "Gorsha" Sur, she won two medals at the World Junior Championships for the Soviet Union.[1] As a coach, she coached Australian ice dancers Portia Rigby and Francis Rigby,[2] as well as many others in Australia.

Svetlana Evgenievna Lyapina

She is the mother of Russian ice dancer Jonathan Guerreiro.[3]

Competitive highlights edit

(with Sur)

International
Event 83–84 84–85 85–86 86–87 87–88 88–89
NHK Trophy 2nd
Skate America 2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd
Prize of Moscow News 8th
Winter Universiade 3rd 1st
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 3rd 2nd
National
Soviet Champ. 5th 5th

References edit

  1. ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04. (11.0 KB)
  2. ^ RIGBY & RIGBY at the International Skating Union
  3. ^ Flade, Tatiana (14 April 2011). "New kids on the block". Golden Skate. Retrieved 16 April 2011.