Alexei Nikolaevich Mishin (born in 1941) is a Russian former figure skater and a current coach. For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ...

Among Mishin's pupils are Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov, World and Olympic Champions Alexei Yagudin, and Evgeni Plushenko and several champions of the Soviet Union and Russia. Mishin also advises many other skaters from other countries during his seminars in the summer. Among those who have benefited from his expertise are Romania's Georghe Chiper and Swiss skater Stéphane Lambiel. Alexei Urmanov is a Russian figure skater who participated in the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. ... Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (born March 18, 1980 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is an Olympic Champion (2002), a four-time World Champion and a three-time European Champion in figure skating. ... Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko, (Russian: ) (b. ... Stéphane Lambiel (born April 2, 1985 in Martigny, Switzerland) is a Swiss figure skater, known for his creative and beautiful spins. ...

Mishin started skating at the age of 15. He competed in singles within the Soviet Union and in 1966 he started competing internationally in pairs with Tamara Moskvina. Together they won the 1969 USSR Championship -- defeating both the two-time Olympic Gold medalists Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov, and the future champions Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov -- and placed second at the 1969 World Figure Skating Championships. They won the Silver medal (1968) and the Bronze medal (1969) at the European Championships. They later decided to retire to concentrate on a coaching career. Mishin was only 28. Tamara (Bratus) Moskvina (b. ... Ludmila Yevgeniyevna Belousova ( b. ... Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov (b. ... Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina (born September 12, 1949, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet figure skater. ... Alexei Ulanov (Алексе́й Никола́евич Ула́нов, born November 4, 1947) was a Soviet pairs figure skater and Olympic champion. ... The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. ... The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual event in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion. ...

Mishin graduated from university with a degree in mechanics and started his dissertation on the mechanical base of figure skating technique. He started teaching singles, both men and ladies and soon became a well-known coach thanks to his exercise techniques and methods for conditioning that made the skaters learn jumps very quickly. Mechanics (Greek ) is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effect of the bodies on their environment. ... This article is about the thesis in dialectics and academia. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Rotation Landing Figure skating jumps are a major element of competitive figure skating. ...