Alexandre Fadeev

For other people named Alexander Fadeyev, see Alexander Fadeyev (disambiguation).
Alexandre Fadeev

Personal information
Native name Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Фаде́ев
Full name Alexandre Vladimirovich Fadeev
Alternative names Alexander/Aleksandr Fadeyev
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1964-01-04) 4 January 1964
Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Retired 1990

Alexandre Vladimirovich "Sasha" Fadeev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Фаде́ев; born 4 January 1964) is a Russian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. Fadeyev is the 1985 World champion and a four-time European champion.

Personal life

Alexandre "Sasha" Fadeev[1] was born in Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He is married to a Canadian figure skater, Cydèle Fadeeva, and resides in Illinois.[2][3]

Career

Fadeev won bronze at the 1979 World Junior Championships and then gold the following year.[4] In the 1983–84 season, he won his first European title[5] and stepped onto his first World podium, taking the bronze medal.

At the 1986 World Championships, Fadeev entered the long program with a comfortable lead and needed only a third place in the long program to defend his title. Five major mistakes, however, placed him fifth in the segment and third overall. He took the bronze medal behind Brian Orser and Brian Boitano.

Receiving several 6.0s, Fadeev regained his European title in 1987. He repeated as the bronze medalist at the World Championships, finishing third again behind Orser and Boitano in Cincinnati.

In the 1987–88 season, Fadeev won his fourth national title and third European title. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he skated the best compulsory figures but his placements in the short (9th) and free programs (4th) dropped him out of the medals to fourth overall.[6] He withdrew from the World Championships.

In 1988–89, Fadeev won the NHK Trophy and fifth Soviet national title. He scored four perfect 6.0s on the way to his fourth European title. At the 1989 World Championships, he led after the compulsory figures but dropped to fourth overall after poor placements in the short and free programs.

In the 1989–90 season, Fadeev took the silver medal at the 1989 NHK Trophy, second to Petrenko but ahead of reigning World champion Kurt Browning. He defeated Viktor Petrenko to win the 1990 Soviet national title but did not appear again in amateur competition.

Fadeev was a cast member of the 1998 movie The Christmas Angel: A Story on Ice,[7] as well as the Gershwin on Ice theatre show with Tiffany Chin. He works as a coach in the Chicago area.[3]

Results

International
Event 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Olympics 7th 4th
Worlds 14th 10th 4th 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd WD 4th
Europeans 9th 5th 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st
NHK Trophy 9th 2nd 1st WD 1st 2nd
Moscow News 5th 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 3rd 1st
National
Soviet Champ. 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
WD = Withdrew

Note: At the 1988 World Championships, Fadeev was in 1st place after the compulsory figures before withdrawing from the competition before the short program.

References

  1. Pohl, Kimberly; Ferrarin, Elena (July 12, 2012). "Champion Hoffman figure skater, 12, eyes Olympics". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.
  2. Huston, John P. (December 14, 2010). "Two nationally ranked junior figure skaters train in Wilmette". TribLocal. Archived from the original on December 21, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "2014 - 2015 Coach/Instructor Compliance" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. December 5, 2014. p. 84. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2014.
  4. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
  5. "European Figure Skating Championship: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2013.
  6. "Boitano Takes Lead". The New York Times. 19 February 1988.
  7. Yahoo! TV profile

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