Alexander Petrov (figure skater)

Alexander Petrov

Petrov in December 2014
Personal information
Native name Александр Дмитриевич Петров
Full name Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov
Country represented Russia
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Home town Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Alexei Mishin
Tatiana Mishina
Former coach Oleg Tataurov
Choreographer Stéphane Lambiel
Benoît Richaud
Tatiana Prokofieva
Former choreographer Edvald Smirnov
Irina Manuilova
Skating club Olympic School St. Petersburg
Training locations Saint Petersburg
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 231.53
2014 Warsaw Cup
Short program 76.95
2016 European
Free skate 155.79
2014 Warsaw Cup
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Men's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2014–15 Barcelona Men's singles

Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Петров; born 26 April 1999) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2016 Russian National bronze medalist. On the junior level, he is the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2015 Russian Junior National champion.[1] Petrov holds the title of Master of Sports of Russia.[2]

Personal life

Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov was born 26 April 1999 in Saint Petersburg.[2][3] He is the eldest child in his family and has one younger sister. Besides skating, Petrov also enjoys listening to music, playing soccer, snowboarding and skateboarding.[3] He supports FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[4]

Career

Early career

Petrov began skating at the age of 5 in 2004.[3] His parents first took him skating because he had contracted bronchitis at a very young age. Under doctor’s orders they were asked to either take him swimming or to the skating rink. Because he was only 5 years old, Petrov took up figure skating instead of ice hockey.[4] Tatiana Mishina and Oleg Tataurov were his earliest coaches.[2]

In the 2009–10 season Petrov brought home the silver medal in the novice event at the 2010 GAM Nestle Nesquik Cup and finished just shy of a medal at Rostelecom Crystal Skate. The following season, Petrov won gold at the 2011 Mentor Nestle Nequik Cup, his first international gold medal. In the 2011-12 season, he won the novice event at the 2011 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany and finished second in the junior event at Rostelecom Crystal Skate. Making his debut at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships, he finished 12th.

2012–13 season

Petrov became age eligible for the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012-13 season and was assigned two JGP events in his debut season. He finished 5th in his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in Courchevel, France, and won the silver medal at his second JGP event in Turkey. A triple axel was included in his programs for his first season on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. This jump was landed and ratified in his second JGP event, albeit with a negative Grade of Execution (GOE). As the 2012-13 season progressed, Petrov went on to land several clean triple axels with positive GOE, including one at the 4th stage of the Cup of Russia series in November 2012. Weeks later, at the 5th stage of the Cup of Russia series, Petrov landed a combined total of three clean triple axels including a 3A-3T in the long program. He won that competition with a score of 221.15. On the international scene, Petrov won gold medals in the junior events at the 2012 Coupe de Nice and the 2013 20th Volvo Open Cup. At the Russian Championships, he was tenth in his senior-level debut and won the bronze medal in the junior event. In his final competition of the season, Petrov won the junior gold medal at the 2013 Triglav Trophy with an overall score of 192.97 points, which included a 3A (1.00 GOE) in the short and 3A (2.00 GOE) and 3A-2T (1.00 GOE) in the long program.[5]

2013–14 season

In 2013, Alexei Mishin became Petrov's coach alongside Tatiana Mishina. Petrov won silver in his season's debut at the Junior Grand Prix event in Gdańsk, Poland and another silver medal in Ostrava, Czech Republic. He qualified for his first JGP Final.[1] In November, Petrov competed in the first senior international of his career at the 2013 22nd Volvo Open Cup in Riga, Latvia and won the silver medal there. He beat several experienced skaters including compatriots Sergey Borodulin and Zhan Bush, finishing behind 4-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko. At Riga he landed a total of three clean 3As, including a 3A-2T in the long program. Petrov then finished 5th at the Junior Grand Prix Final held in Fukuoka, Japan. At the Russian Championships, Petrov ranked eighth on the senior level and improved on his previous showing by winning silver in the junior event, finishing 1.88 points behind Adian Pitkeev. He placed 4th at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

2014–15 season

In his season's debut at the Junior Grand Prix series, Petrov took the silver medal in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he led China's Jin Boyang after the short program and finished 3.84 points behind Jin overall after the latter landed three quadruple jumps in the long program. He went on to win gold in Tallinn, Estonia, outscoring Japan's Sota Yamamoto by 5.67 points, and qualified for his second consecutive Junior Grand Prix Final, where he would eventually take home the bronze medal after finishing second in the free skate. Competing on the senior level at the 2014 Finlandia Trophy, he placed second in the short and third in the free skate, taking the bronze medal behind American Adam Rippon. Petrov won his first international senior title at the 2014 Cup of Nice after placing first in both programs and outscoring fellow medalists Artur Dmitriev, Jr. and Keiji Tanaka by over thirty points. He then followed that win with a gold medal at the 2014 Volvo Open Cup. On November 22, Petrov placed first at the 2014 Warsaw Cup posting personal best scores with a total of 231.53 points.

In early 2015, Petrov fell ill several times with an acute respiratory infection.[6] Illness took its toll on his performance at the World Junior Championships where he finished 6th overall after winning a bronze medal for the short program. Petrov ended the season in the top 20 in the ISU World Standings with a Seasonal Best score in the top 20 as well. In the ISU Seasonal World Standings, he was ranked 12th at the end of the 2014-2015 season and finished second in the Challenger Series rankings.

2015–16 season: Full Senior debut

In 2015, Petrov moved up to the senior Grand Prix circuit and received two GP assignments. Petrov made his senior Grand Prix debut at 2015 Skate Canada International. He finished 6th overall and was subsequently invited to the gala event where he did an exhibition number to the song All Star. At his second Grand Prix event, 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, Petrov completed another clean skate and placed 6th going into the free skate. Due to the tragic events of the Paris terrorist attacks, the free skating event was cancelled. Eventually, the ISU decided to award points from the competition based on the placing of the skaters after the short program.

At the 2016 Russian Championships in Ekaterinburg in December, Petrov once again skated a clean program and placed 5th after the short program. He completed a flawless free skate to move up two placings and win the bronze medal, his first senior Russian Championships medal at the young age of 16 years. Petrov’s TES in the free skate was the highest in the entire competition. His triple axel combination received 2.00 GOE and his solo triple axel received 1.71 GOE. It was revealed after the event that he had in fact been carrying a ligament injury to his leg going into the competition, after falling badly just one and a half weeks before the Championships. This was not the first time this season that he had been injured.[7]

After finishing on the podium at the 2016 Russian Championships, Petrov earned the right to represent Russia at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava. Due to an illness contracted after returning from a training camp in Estonia a fortnight before the European Championships, he had not been able to train until three days before he flew to Bratislava.[8] Even so, he fought hard and skated both programs cleanly, being the only Russian man to do so and eventually finishing 8th overall on his debut. He also set a new personal best in the short program and a season's best in the free skate.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[9]
2014–2015
[10]
  • Selection of music
    (modern arrangement)
    by Antonio Vivaldi
    choreo. by Edvald Smirnov
2013–2014
[11]
2012–2013
[12]
2011–2012
2010–2011
2009–2010
  • Bumble Boogie
2008

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Europeans 8th
GP Bompard 6th[13]
GP Skate Canada 6th
CS Finlandia Trophy 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup 1st
CS Volvo Open Cup 1st
Cup of Nice 1st 6th
Sarajevo Open 2nd
Sportland Trophy 2nd
Volvo Open Cup 2nd
International: Junior, Novice[14]
Junior Worlds 4th 6th
JGP Final 5th 3rd
JGP Czech Republic 2nd
JGP Estonia 1st
JGP France 5th
JGP Poland 2nd
JGP Slovenia 2nd
JGP Turkey 2nd
Cup of Nice 1st J.
Triglav Trophy 1st J.
Volvo Open Cup 1st J.
Rostel. Crystal Skate 4th N. 2nd J.
NRW Trophy 1st N.
Nestle Cup 2nd N. 1st N.
National[14]
Russian Champ. 10th 8th 9th 3rd
Russian Junior 12th 3rd 2nd 1st
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

Detailed results

(Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at World and World Junior Championships.)

Senior level

2015–2016 season
Date Event SP FS Total
2–6 March 2016 2016 Sportland Trophy 2
67.83		 2
143.01		 2
210.84
4–7 February 2016 2016 Sarajevo Open 2
69.67		 2
140.47		 2
210.14
26–31 January 2016 2016 European Championships 10
76.95		 7
152.74 		8
229.69
24–27 December 2015 2016 Russian Championships 5
81.61		 3
167.03		 3
248.64
13–15 November 2015 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard 6
74.64		 cancelled 6
30 October – 1 November 2015 2015 Skate Canada International 7
71.44		 7
149.58		 6
221.02
16–18 October 2015 2015 International Cup of Nice 3
75.90		 6
133.19		 6
208.99

Junior level

2014–2015 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 3
75.28		 10
130.95		 6
206.23
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
77.89		 2
140.18		 1
218.07
24–28 December 2014 2015 Russian Championships Senior 6
76.87		 10
129.00		 9
205.87
11–14 December 2014 2014-15 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 4
70.07		 2
137.07		 3
207.14
20–23 November 2014 2014 Warsaw Cup Senior 1
75.74		 1
155.79		 1
231.53
5–9 November 2014 2014 25th Volvo Open Cup Senior 1
74.49		 1
144.29		 1
218.78
15–19 October 2014 2014 International Cup of Nice Senior 1
74.91		 1
156.79		 1
231.70
9–12 October 2014 2014 Finlandia Trophy Senior 2
73.29		 3
141.21		 3
214.50
24–27 September 2014 2014 ISU JGP Tallinn Cup Junior 1
70.74		 1
137.63		 1
208.37
27–30 August 2014 2014 ISU JGP Ljubljana Cup Junior 1
74.59		 2
141.74		 2
216.33
2013–2014 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
10–16 March 2014 2014 World Junior Championships Junior 5
69.72		 4
140.31		 4
210.03
22–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
79.14		 2
148.57		 2
227.71
22–27 December 2013 2014 Russian Championships Senior 7
71.79		 7
144.68		 8
216.47
5–8 December 2013 2013-14 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 4
70.92		 5
127.71		 5
198.63
7–10 November 2013 2013 22nd Volvo Open Cup Senior 2
73.77		 2
144.98		 2
218.75
2–5 October 2013 2013 ISU JGP Czech Skate Junior 2
70.08		 2
133.36		 2
203.44
18–21 September 2013 2013 ISU JGP Baltic Cup Junior 2
63.70		 2
131.70		 2
195.40
2012–2013 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
27–31 March 2013 2013 Triglav Trophy Junior 1
66.56		 1
126.41		 1
192.97
31 January – 3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 3
66.55		 3
145.37		 3
211.92
10–13 January 2013 2013 20th Volvo Open Cup Junior 1
60.40		 1
108.91		 1
169.31
24–28 December 2012 2013 Russian Championships Junior 8
67.83		 8
135.74		 10
203.57
24–28 October 2012 2012 International Cup of Nice Junior 1
58.23		 1
130.72		 1
188.95
19–22 September 2012 2012 ISU JGP Istanbul Bosphorus Cup Junior 2
60.28		 2
114.17		 2
174.45
22–25 August 2012 2012 ISU JGP Courchevel Junior 6
51.74		 6
107.94		 5
159.68
2011–2012 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
26–28 April 2012 2012 Rostelecom Crystal Skate Junior 3
47.00		 1
116.97		 2
163.97
4–7 February 2012 2012 Russian Junior Championships Junior 13
54.12		 11
106.37		 12
160.49
29 November – 4 December 2011 2011 NRW Trophy Junior 1
48.44		 1
87.76		 1
136.20
2010–2011 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
6–8 January 2011 2011 Mentor Nestle Nesquik Cup Novice 1
34.19		 1
67.18		 1
101.37
2009–2010 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
24–25 April 2010 2010 Rostelecom Crystal Skate Novice 4
32.86		 4
85.73		 4
118.59
7–10 January 2010 2010 GAM Nestle Nesquik Cup Novice 2
33.77		 1
69.64		 2
103.41

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Alexander PETROV". International Skating Union.
  2. 1 2 3 Петров Александр Дмитриевич [Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Alexander PETROV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union.
  4. 1 2 Из Плющенко получился бы хороший тренер ["From Plushenko would have made a good coach": Young skater Alexander Petrov told about his idols and future plans]. gazeta.ru (in Russian). 19 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Triglav Trophy 2013 Entries/Results". Drsalni Klub Jesenice.
  6. ↑ Алексей Мишин: «Главные события нового олимпийского цикла разворачивались в Йошкар-Оле» [Alexei Mishin: "The main event of the new Olympic cycle unfolded in Yoshkar-Ola"]. fsrussia.ru (in Russian). 8 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Фигурист Петров ставит на ЧЕ цели ввести в программу четверной прыжок и показать себя [Figure skater Petrov targets to put a quadruple jump in the program at the European Championships and be noticed]. rsport.ru (in Russian). 27 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Фигурист Петров: подготовка к чемпионату Европы получилась смазанной из-за отравления [Figure skater Petrov's preparation for the European Championships hampered due to poisoning]. rsport.ru (in Russian). 1 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Алексей Мишин: возможно, показательные номера Туктамышевой и Петрова станут произвольными программами [Mishin: Perhaps, gala programs of Tuktamysheva and Petrov will become free programs]. allsportinfo.ru (in Russian). 6 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Alexander PETROV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Alexander PETROV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Alexander PETROV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.
  13. ↑ Skaters did not compete their free skating/free dance programs, as the second day of competition was cancelled due to the November 2015 Paris attacks.
  14. 1 2 Петров Александр Дмитриевич [Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov] (in Russian). fskate.ru.

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