MOSCOW, July 2 Figure skating coach Stanislav Leonovich, who died in France , where he worked in recent years, had a desire to return to work in Russia, said Honored Coach of Russia Elena Buyanova. On Saturday, the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) announced that the Soviet figure skater Leonovich had died at the age of 63. «Stas was a wonderful person and friend We trained in the same group with (Stanislav) Zhuk, he was one of the outstanding partners in Soviet pair skating, a very hardworking and intelligent athlete who, becoming a coach, achieved excellent results with (Ekaterina) Gordeeva and (Sergey) Grinkov, and then revived pair skating in France, which thanks to him rose to unprecedented heights. I know that in recent years he wanted to return to Russia, but, apparently, it did not work out, «Buyanova said.
