Ivan Bukin

Ivan Bukin is the heir to a surname known in the figure world. Father Andrey Bukin shone in ice dancing with the "red-haired beast" Natalya Bestemyanova. When the son came to this sport, many feared that Vanya would not acquire his own face and that he would be compared “with that”. But the guy proved that he intends to build his sports biography.

Ivan Bukin was born on September 16, 1993 in Moscow. The boy's father is Soviet figure skater Andrei Bukin, who performed in tandem with Natalya Bestemyanova. Mother Elena Vasyukova is a former loner, an artist of the Theater of Ice Miniatures by Igor Bobrin. There is an older brother on the father's side - Andrey.

Ivan's parents were not going to put pressure on their son. Plus to everything - the father immediately warned that he was not going to "push" him anywhere and that Ivan, if he wanted, would achieve everything himself. Therefore, first Vanya Bukin went to the swimming section. Oddly enough, his grandmother brought him to figure skating. At that time, the boy was 5 years old.

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The boy was in single skating for eight years. And, as he himself says, he was not very enthusiastic about this sport, he did not succeed at all with triple jumps. But soon Ivan switched to ice dancing, paired with Elena Ilinykh. The guys did not ride for a long time and without much results, Elena went to another partner, leaving Bukin alone.

In 2008, Alexandra Stepanova became his partner. At that time he was 13, and she was 11 years old. Sasha skated at the St. Petersburg ice academy with Valentina Chebotareva. Another mentor, Igor Beach, learned that they were looking for a partner for Andrey Bukin's son. The disc with the girls' performances was sent to Moscow. The coaches immediately realized that this tandem was doomed to success.

In 2012, Ivan began dating Alena Samarskaya. The girl is 5 years older than the young man, but this age difference did not bother the couple at all. Alena is a choreographer, previously she worked at the St. Petersburg Mikhailovsky Theater, and now she works for the benefit of the Russian national figure skating team in the team of Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin.

Despite the fact that the guys are not officially married, Ivan and Alena live together, like husband and wife. The skater's parents treated his girlfriend warmly, the couple rested together in their parents' house in Montenegrin Kotor. And this is all that the skater brings to the press regarding his personal life.

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After 2018, rumors appeared that Ivan broke up with his chosen one: their joint pictures stopped appearing on his personal profile on Instagram. The athlete himself did not comment on the situation in any way.

Of course, as often happens in pair figure skating, many fans and journalists attribute novels to partners. Therefore, Ivan and Sasha were not spared such rumors, on top of that, the guys look gorgeous together. Ivan's height is 182 cm, Alexandra's is 167 cm, against the background of stately and charismatic Ivan, the girl becomes even more graceful and sophisticated. But, unfortunately, the fans of the couple, Ivan and Alexandra Stepanova have extremely friendly and sporting relationships.

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Although in an interview published on the website of the Figure Skating Federation, they nevertheless admitted that they were in love in their youth. But now the partners on the ice feel like a brother and sister, perhaps this feeling has appeared, because the guys grew up together, gained experience and went through many difficulties together.

Ivan has a dog - Labrador Pluto. He also loves to drive cars. As he himself says, he barely waited for his majority to get a driver's license. His first car was the Suzuki Swift. Now Ivan is a true BMW fan.

Ivan Bukin has a page on Instagram, where he actively shares photos and videos with fans. In addition to pictures from competitions, the skater often uploads home photos: walks with Alena, travel, sports training, etc. Its page is bright and positive, from every photo Ivan looks with radiant eyes and a sincere smile.

Ivan and Alexandra began to train under the guidance of Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin. Since 2009 Ivan Bukin has been a member of the Russian national team. Together with his partner, he twice participated in the World Junior Championships, winning silver in the first year, and taking gold the next.

The junior Grand Prix ended no less successfully. In 2010 and 2011, the guys were third, but in 2012 they received the highest award - a gold medal. In the same year, the skaters took gold at the Youth Spartakiad.

Since 2013, the Bukin couple began to perform in adult competitions. At the Winter Universiade, they did not manage to climb the podium, but they performed well and took 5th place. Two weeks later, the couple performed at the first Russian championship in the adult league in their life. The guys finished sixth in the competition.

This was predictable, since their opponents were more experienced skaters, including Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Soloviev. But at the Russian Championship among juniors, they easily became champions.

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Bukin and Stepanova were included in the Russian national team. They were supposed to participate in the World Junior Championships, but the couple withdrew from the competition due to illness. For the first time the guys became champions in the senior league at the international tournament Finlandia Trophy.

After 2 years, they again became gold medalists in this competition. In the 2017/2018 season, they took silver. The guys have repeatedly participated in the stages of the Grand Prix.

Since 2015, Bukin and Stepanova have been participating in the European and World Championships. In the world championship, the couple performed three times, but the results by this moment were average, the guys did not rise above 9th place. However, at the 2015 European Championships, they managed to take bronze.

At the end of 2016, the couple performed well at the national championship. The emotional and technically difficult ice dance was rated at 188.28 points, which allowed Stepanova and Bukin to win silver in the championship.

Nevertheless, at the subsequent European Championship, none of the leadership of the national team bet on a pair of Alexandra and Ivan: all efforts were aimed at promoting Bobrova and Solovyov.

This state of affairs angered Natalia Bestemyanova. The figure skater, who, together with Andrey Bukin, joined the couple's training, expressed her opinion publicly, and she was right. The sad result of this policy was not long in coming: the favorites were in third place, while Stepanova and Bukin, who could clearly compete with the strongest pairs of the tournament, were in fifth.

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In December 2017, the Russian Figure Skating Championship was held. Ivan and Alexandra became silver medalists of the 2017/2018 season. Like last year, they lost only to the Olympic champions Yekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov.

In January 2018, Ivan Bukin and Alexandra Stepanova performed at the European Championship, which was held in Moscow. Ivan and Alexandra won bronze medals, losing to Soloviev and Bobrova, as well as to the French Guillaume Sizeron and Gabriella Papadakis.

Bukin, like his colleague from pair skating, Ksenia Stolbova, was not allowed to the long-awaited Olympics in Korea. Moreover, the International Olympic Committee did not even bother to explain the reasons for such an act. The skater is not involved in doping scandals and intended to sue in sports arbitration.

Ivan would not have made it to the tournament, but he hoped to at least find out the reasons for the suspension. Alas, the court refused to consider the appeal of the first group of athletes, which included Ivan. The IOC and CAS stated that the invitation to the Olympic Games is a privilege, and the disqualification of the Russian Olympic Committee is the main reason why athletes are deprived of it.

In such a nervous atmosphere at the World Championships in Italy, in the absence of the strongest couples on the planet, Ivan and Alexandra took 7th place. However, according to the partner, this is not at all a reason to give up. A couple had just begun to be considered equal to the recognized giants of figure skating, and the Russians got angry in a sporty way, they wanted to prove that they had done this in vain.

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In the summer, the Russian Figure Skating Federation presented the composition of the national team for the 2018/2019 season. The duet of Stepanova and Bukin is included in the main team. The athletes began the next 4 years feeling rested, with renewed vigor and a clear head. Ivan noted that everyone will be surprised, and the new rules introduced by the International Skating Union are pushing for progress, "because ice dancing has stagnated a little."

At the test skates, Ivan and his partner demonstrated a short program authored by Irina Zhuk with the support of Tatyana Navka, in which tango and paso doble were combined, and a free blues program - the fruit of Pyotr Chernyshev's fantasy.

The costumes, which Tatyana Tarasova called outstanding, were invented by Valentin Yudashkin for the ice duet.

The first start of the new season confirmed that nothing will knock Alexander Stepanov and Ivan Bukin out of the saddle. At the next Finlandia Trophy, skaters from Russia set 3 world records at once - in short dance, free program and in the sum of both performances.

At the same time, the athletes, at least outwardly, were not at all knocked down by intentional or not - it is unknown, but an unpleasant pause. In rhythm dance (as the short program is now called), a serpentine fell on the ice from somewhere above, as Sasha later said, the judges turned off the music and allowed the couple to skate after removing the “traumatic objects”.

The only thing the skaters later regretted was that the audience did not fully feel the beauty of the program and did not receive all the emotions they hoped for.

In 2019, the couple Stepanova and Burkina did not go without problems: due to Alexandra's injury, the athletes were forced to take a time-out for 2.5 months. After that, there was less than a month left before the preparation for the first stage of the Skate America Grand Prix in the United States.

The guys managed to mobilize, as a result - an honorable 2nd place on the podium of the international competition. The athletes also took silver in Japan, taking part in the NHK Trophy Grand Prix.

The new program allowed the couple to shine at the Russian championship. The silver medalists especially impressed the judges and fans with their free program, and for the demonstration performance the couple used the track “Out-of-Orbit” by Julianna Karaulova. Many professionals agree that skaters manage to combine extraordinary tenderness, vivid emotionality and passion in their projects.

It was the free dance that made it possible for Stepanova and Bukin at the European Championships in early 2020 to score a record score for themselves - 127, 64. The final 211.29 points allowed Ivan and Alexandra to become bronze medalists of the competition. The guys lost the first place to Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, the second - to Gabriele Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeron.

2011 - silver medal at the World Junior Championships 2012 - gold medal at the World Junior Championships 2014, 2016, 2018 - gold medal at the Finlandia Trophy international tournament 2015, 2018, 2020 - bronze medal at the European Championships 2014, 2015 - bronze medal at the championship Russia 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 - silver medal at the Russian championship 2019 - silver medal at the European championship 2019 - silver medal at the Skate America Grand Prix

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