Maxim Kurdyukov

Maxim Kurdyukov

Kurdyukov with Petaikina in 2011
Personal information
Full name Maxim Andreyevich Kurdyukov
Former country(ies) represented Russia
Born (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Partner Brianna de la Mora
Former partner Kristina Astakhova, Ekaterina Petaikina, Alexandra Malakhova, Kosareva, Katasonova
Former coach Sergei Dobroskokov
Former choreographer A. Zhelezniakov
Skating club Texas Gulf Coast FSC
Former skating club SDUSSHOR 37
Training locations Sugar Land, Texas
Former training locations Moscow
Began skating 2000

Maxim Andreyevich Kurdyukov (Russian: Максим Андреевич Курдюков; born 28 September 1990) is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Ekaterina Petaikina, he placed 6th at the 2012 Junior Worlds and is the 2012 Russian Junior silver medalist.

Career

In Russia

Early in his pairs career, Kurdyukov competed with Ekaterina Petaikina. They made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in 2009. In the 2011–12 JGP season, the pair finished fourth in Latvia and won bronze in Austria. Their results qualified them for the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth. Petaikina/Kurdyukov took the silver medal at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships and were sent to the 2012 World Junior Championships where they finished sixth. They parted ways in May 2012.

Later in 2012, Kurdyukov teamed up with Kristina Astakhova. Their partnership lasted two seasons.

In the United States

In 2015, he teamed up with U.S. skater Brianna de la Mora, with whom he trains at Texas Gulf Coast FSC in Sugar Land, Texas. They finished 8th at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

Programs

With Astakhova

Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014

With Petaikina

Season Short program Free skating
2011–2012
[1]

Competitive highlights

With de la Mora

National
Event 2015–16
U.S. Championships 8th
Midwestern Sectionals 2nd

With Astakhova

International[2]
Event 2012–13 2013–14
Ice Star 1st
National[3]
Russian Championships 10th 9th

With Petaikina

International[4]
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
World Junior Champ. 6th
JGP Final 4th
JGP Austria 3rd
JGP Czech Republic 5th
JGP Germany 6th
JGP Latvia 4th
National[3]
Russian Championships 7th 8th 7th
Russian Junior Champ. 2nd
JGP: Junior Grand Prix

References

  1. ↑ "Ekaterina PETAIKINA / Maxim KURDYUKOV: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Competition Results: Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Maxim KURDYUKOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Максим Андреевич Курдюков" [Maxim Andreyevich Kurdyukov] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  4. ↑ "Competition Results: Ekaterina PETAIKINA / Maxim KURDYUKOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014.

External links

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