[1] Orlov studied gymnastics in Moscow, and was trained as coach.
[3] in 1986 he moved to the Netherlands as part of an exchange program with the Russian gymnastics federation and worked for a while in France.
He was for four years head trainer for the Dutch gymnastics federation (KNGU) at National Sports Centre Papendal.
[4] Between 1996 and 2008 he was also head trainer at the gymnastics club GTV De Hazenkamp in Nijmegen.
He coached, among others, the Dutch successful gymnasts Suzanne Harmes, Renske Endel and Verona van de Leur.