Aleksandr Gorelik
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Figure skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1968 Grenoble | Pairs | |
Aleksandr Gorelik was a Soviet figure skater. He competed with Tatiana Zhuk. They are the 1965 World bronze medalists and the 1966 and 1968 World silver medalists. At the European Figure Skating Championships, they won the bronze medal in 1965 and the silver in 1966. They won the silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Earlier in his career, he competed with Tatiana Tarasova. They placed 7th at the 1964 European Championships.
They were the first in the world pair with a great difference in height.
In 2001 Gorelik was occasionally a TV figure-skating commentator.

