Born on 11, September, 1944 in Sverdlovsk.

Honoured Coach of the Russian Federation. President of Rock Climbing Federation of Russia.

Started mountaineering and rock climbing activity in 1963.

Since 1967 he is the head-coach of the rock climbing team of Yekaterinburgh region. Such well known climbers were members of the team that time: S. Efimov, A. Lebedikhin, T. Samoilina, E. Vinogradski, V. Pershin.

1982-1987 - head-coach of the Russian combined team, 1989-1992 - of All-Union combined one and CIS team. 1992 - 1999 - the fist Vice President and head-coach of Rock Climbing Federation of Russia. 200 times members of his team became winners of Russia, Union and International competitions.

A. Piratinsky is one of the leaders on theory and practice of rock climbing activity, he is the author of "Rock climber's training" monograph (Moscow, 1987) and also of 30 more works.

In 1997 in Slovenia he was elected as Vice President of Rock Climbing Counsel (ICC) of UIAA. July, 1998 - the representative of ICC for Youth World Rock Climbing Championship in Moscow. In 2001 he was elected again as Vice President of Rock Climbing Counsel (ICC) of UIAA!

A. Piratinski is an All Union (1983) and International Referee. In 1999 he was elected as President of Rock Climbing Federation of Russia.