With Olga Volozhinskaya, he is the 1983 European silver medalist, 1985 Skate Canada International champion, and competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin was born on 7 July 1958 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

After retiring from competition, they performed in ice shows in England and the United States.

[4][3] In collaboration with Irina Zhuk, Svinin began working as a coach and choreographer at Moscow's Sokolniki ice rink.

[3] In 2010, they accepted an offer to move to a new rink, Mechta in the Bibirevo District of Moscow.