Valentin Piseev
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Valentin Nikolaevich Piseev (Russian: Валентин Николаевич Писеев; 28 September 1941 – 12 August 2024) was a general director of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (until 2014)[1] and the member of Russian Olympic Committee. He had been the president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (from 1992 to 2010) before becoming a director, and the president of the Figure Skating Federation of the USSR (from 1988 to 1992, till the dissolution of the Soviet Union).
Piseev was born in Volokolamsk, but his mother, Anna, soon left to her home village Khotrovo. He started skating at that time.[2] In 1948 the family moved to Moscow. Piseev continued skating at the Young Pioneers rink, where he was noticed by a figure skating coach Igor Vonzblein and invited to his skating class.[2] He was later coached by Tatiana Tolmacheva.[3] He didn't achieve notable results in figure skating, competing at the local and regional competitions. Piseev stopped skating due to injury. Tatiana Tolmacheva advised him to try coaching.[2]
In 1964 he graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism with a qualification of Physical Education Teacher. After graduation, he worked as a coach and later as a senior coach of the Young Pioneers rink.[3] From 1965 to 1967 Piseev headed the All-Union Board of Judges.[3] From 1967 he was working as the secretary of the Figure Skating Federation of the USSR. Beginning in 1968 he monitored the work of other coaches.[2]
As a figure skating judge, he was among the judge crews at the European Figure Skating Championships, World Figure Skating Championships from 1972 to 1977.[3] He also judged the Winter Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976. From 1977 he was a part of the International Skating Union (ISU) technical committee.
In 1989 Piseev was elected the president of the Figure Skating Federation of the USSR and after its dissolution the Federation of Russia. In 2010, he decided not to participate in the next presidential election and Aleksandr Gorshkov became a new president of the Federation.[4]
His wife Alla Shekhovtsova is a figure skating judge.[5][6] She was 23 years younger than her husband. He had a daughter Kristina (born 1974) from prior marriage, and a son Stanislav (born 1989) from Alla Shekhovtsova.[2]
