Nina Zhuk
Full nameNina Alexeevna Zhuk
Other namesNina Alexeevna Bakusheva
Figure skating career
Country Soviet Union
CoachPyotr Orlov
Skating clubDynamo, Leningrad
Retired1961
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Pairs' Figure skating
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1960 Garmisch-PartenkirchenPairs
Silver medal – second place 1959 DavosPairs
Silver medal – second place 1958 BratislavaPairs

Nina Alexeevna Zhuk (nee: Bakusheva) (Russian: Нина Алексеевна Жук (Бакушева); born 9 July 1934 in Savino, Yaroslavl Oblast) is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union in competition. With her husband Stanislav Zhuk, she is the 1958-1960 European silver medalist. They placed 6th at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Competitive highlights

(with Zhuk)

Event 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Winter Olympic Games6th
World Championships8th5th
European Championships6th2nd2nd2nd
Soviet Championships3rd3rd1st1st1st1st

References

    • "ISU Results: European Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
    • Sports-reference profile


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