Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Уланов; born 4 November 1947[1]) is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union.

[2] Ulanov began figure skating in 1954 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1964.

They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.

By this point Ulanov had fallen in love with fellow skater Lyudmila Smirnova.

[4] Irina became a pair skater, who skated with Alexander Smirnov[5] and Maxim Trankov for about three years.