Alexander "Sasha" Abt (born October 22, 1976 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian figure skater and coach. He competed as an elite senior skater for about ten years. He placed fifth at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Career

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Abt's first experience with figure skating came at the age of six when his grandmother first took him to a figure skating rink. He first began training with Sergei Volkov; however, Volkov was suffering from cancer and sent Abt to be trained by Rafael Arutunian before he died. Soon after, Abt began to make a name for himself on the junior circuit, placing second at the 1991 Junior World Championships.

His early career was hindered by a series of injuries, the most serious of which took place in 1996, when, while training at a rink in Mexico, Abt crashed into the boards, causing his skate blade to cut into his leg and forcing Abt into the hospital for several weeks.

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