Alexei Mishin
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| Full name | Alexei Nikolayevich Mishin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexei Nikolayevich Mishin (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Мишин; born 8 March 1941) is a Russian figure skating coach and former pair skater. With partner Tamara Moskvina, he is the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national champion.
Mishin is based in Saint Petersburg at Yubileyny Sports Palace. His former students include Olympic champions Alexei Urmanov, Alexei Yagudin, and Evgeni Plushenko. Mishin also runs summer seminars. Among the skaters who have attended those are Stéphane Lambiel and Sarah Meier. He has authored several books on the biomechanics of figure skating.