Yubileyny Sport Club
The Yubileyny Sports Palace's ice rink is home to the Yubileyny Sport Club, a prominent training center for figure skating. It is also referred to as SDUSHOR St. Petersburg (Russian: СДЮШОР (Санкт-Петербург)). During the 1990s, the rink often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time even for the 1994 Olympic champion, Alexei Urmanov. Conditions improved in the next decade. Coaches have included Alexei Mishin, Igor Moskvin, and Tamara Moskvina, while skaters who have trained there include:
- Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev
- Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev
- Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze
- Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov
- Alexei Urmanov
- Alexei Yagudin
- Evgeni Plushenko
- Artur Gachinski
- Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Coordinates: 59°57′01″N 30°17′31″E / 59.95028°N 30.29194°E / 59.95028; 30.29194
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