Gorsha Sur

Georgi "Gorsha" Sur (born January 1, 1967) is a former ice dancer who represented the United States and the Soviet Union.

Due to the depth of the Soviet ice dancing field, the duo decided to leave amateur competition for professional skating.

[3] With Sur's funds running out, American friends put him in touch with the Detroit Skating Club where he was offered a coaching job.

Roca and Sur hoped to win the United States' single berth to the ice dancing event at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

[3] However, their efforts were stymied in late December 1993 when the United States Olympic Committee denied a request for a waiver to the requirement that athletes be citizens by the national championships.

[7] In addition, their main rivals for the Olympic spot, Punsalan and Swallow, were involved in a letter-writing campaign to Congress to attempt to prevent Sur from receiving expedited citizenship.

[5][8] During a warm-up at the 1994 U.S. Championships, Roca was skating backward and collided with the team of Galit Chait and Maksim Sevostyanov, fracturing a bone in her left arm.

Concurrently with his skating career, Sur worked as a coach and choreographer at the Broadmoor Word Arena and later at the Oakland Ice Center.