Rostislav Sinicyn (, also romanized as Sinitsyn; born 18 October 1955) is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With his wife Natalia Karamyševa (Karamysheva), Sinicyn is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet national champion. Following his retirement from competitive skating, he works as a coach and choreographer and was naturalized as a Czech citizen. Career Rostislav Sinitsyn and Natalia Karamysheva placed 5th at the 1979 European Championships and 7th at the 1980 World Championships. They won the silver medal at the 1981 Winter Universiade. Following his retirement from competitive skating, Sinicyn became a coach and choreographer. His current and former students and clients include: Ice dancing Saskia Brall / Tim Giesen Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn Kamila Hájková / David Vincour Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann Barbora Heroldova / Zdenek Pazdera Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák Karolína Procházková / Michal Češka, Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Single skating Radka Bártová Nika Ceric Annette Dytrt Tatiana Malinina Sara Falotico Ivana Hudziecová Olga Ikonnikova Pavel Kaška Denise Koegl Damjan Ostojič Teodora Poštič Silvio Smalun Tomáš Verner Kristin Wieczorek Aleksandr Selevko Mihhail Selevko Olga Mikutina Personal life Sinicyn is a naturalized Czech citizen. He is married to Natalia Karamyševa. Their son, Alexandr Sinicyn (born 27 March 1996 in Prague), is a competitive ice dancer for the Czech Republic. Sinicyn and Sinitsyn have both been used to romanize his surname. Sinicyn is the Czech-style version. Results (with Karamysheva) References Navigation 1955 births Living people Soviet male ice dancers Figure skating choreographers Russian figure skating coaches Czech figure skating coaches Universiade medalists in figure skating Russian emigrants to the Czech Republic Czech people of Russian descent People from Nizhny Tagil Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1981 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast