Alexander Petrov (figure skater)

Alexander Petrov
Petrov in December 2014
Full name	Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov
Native name	Александр Дмитриевич Петров
Born	(1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 25) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Hometown	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Alexei Mishin
Skating club	Olympic School St. Petersburg
Began skating	2004
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 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion and 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.^{[citation needed]} Besides skating, Petrov also enjoys listening to music, playing soccer, snowboarding and skateboarding.^[3] He supports FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.^[4]

Career

For jump abbreviations, see figure skating jumps.

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, Oleg Tataurov and Svetlana Frantsuzova were his earliest coaches.^[2]

In the 2009–10 season Petrov brought home the silver medal in the novice event at the 2010 Toruń Cup and finished just shy of a medal at Rostelecom Crystal Skate. The following season, Petrov won gold at the 2011 Toruń 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 (JGP) series in the 2012–13 season and was assigned two JGP events in his debut season. He finished 5th in his JGP 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 3A 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 3A including a 3A-3T in the free skate. 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 free skate.^[5]

2013–14 season

In the 2013–14 season, Alexei Mishin began coaching Petrov alongside Tatiana Mishina and Oleg Tataurov. 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. In 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

Petrov at the 2014-15 Junior Grand Prix Final podium

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 free skate. 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.

aaron (center) at the 2014–15 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final podium.

2015–16 season: Full senior debut

In 2015, Petrov moved up to the senior Grand Prix circuit and received two GP assignments. He 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 November 2015 Paris 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.^[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 eighth overall on his debut. He also set a new personal best in the short program and a season's best in the free skate.

2016–17 season

In 2016, Petrov started his season at the 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy where he won gold after placing first in both the short and free skate with a total of 232.21 points. For the 2016-17 Grand Prix season, Petrov has been assigned the 2016 Skate Canada International and the 2016 Cup of China.

2017–18 season

Petrov began the season at 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy, finishing seventh, and then competed at a second Challenger event, the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he came ninth. He was assigned to the 2017 Cup of China and the 2017 Skate America, coming eleventh at the Cup of China before withdrawing from Skate America. He then competed at a third Challenger, the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, coming eighth. He withdrew from the 2018 Russian Championships.

2018–19 season

Petrov placed seventh at the 2019 Russian Championships.

2020-21 season

In October, it was announced that he had changed coaches to work with Evgeni Plushenko.^[9]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2017–2018 [10]	Sabre Dance by Aram Khatchaturian	My Kind of Town Chicago I'm Gonna Live Till I Die by Frank Sinatra choreo. by Misha Ge and Benoît Richaud
2016–2017 [11]	Ritual Fire Dance by Manuel de Falla	My Kind of Town Chicago I'm Gonna Live Till I Die by Frank Sinatra choreo. by Misha Ge and Benoît Richaud	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Edvald Smirnov Can't Stop the Feeling! by Justin Timberlake choreo. by Alexander Petrov
2015–2016 [12]	La Leyenda del Beso by Raúl di Blasio choreo. by Stephane Lambiel	Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Benoît Richaud	All Star by Smash Mouth choreo. by Alexander Petrov El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Edvald Smirnov Just A Gigolo by Lou Bega choreo. by Alexander Petrov
2014–2015 [13]	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Edvald Smirnov	Selection of music (modern arrangement) by Antonio Vivaldi choreo. by Edvald Smirnov
2013–2014 [14]	The Godfather by Nino Rota choreo. by Edvald Smirnov	Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Edvald Smirnov	Mr Pinstripe Suit by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy choreo. by Alexander Petrov Mirrors by Justin Timberlake choreo. by Alexander Petrov
2012–2013 [15]	Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach	Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Edvald Smirnov	Blood Diamond by James Newton Howard
2011–2012	Summer by David Garrett	Blood Diamond by James Newton Howard
2010–2011	Summer by David Garrett	Kalinka Cossack Patrol
2009–2010	Bumble Boogie	Kalinka Cossack Patrol
2008		Axel F (from Beverly Hills Cop) by Harold Faltermeyer

Competitive highlights

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

Petrov at the 2014–15 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

International[1]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Europeans							8th
GP Cup of China								6th	11th
GP Bompard							6th[16]
GP Skate America									WD
GP Skate Canada							6th	7th
CS Finlandia						3rd		6th	9th
CS Golden Spin								4th	8th
CS Lombardia									7th
CS Nebelhorn								1st
CS Warsaw Cup						1st
CS Volvo Cup						1st
Cup of Nice						1st	6th
Dragon Trophy										1st
Sarajevo Open							2nd
Sportland Trophy							2nd
Triglav Trophy								1st
Volvo Open Cup					2nd
International: Junior, Novice[17]
Junior Worlds					4th	6th		4th
JGP Final					5th	3rd
JGP Czech Rep.					2nd
JGP Estonia						1st
JGP France				5th
JGP Poland					2nd
JGP Slovenia						2nd
JGP Turkey				2nd
Cup of Nice				1st J
Sofia Trophy								1st J
Triglav Trophy				1st J
Volvo Open Cup				1st J
RTC Crystal Skate	4th N		2nd J
NRW Trophy			1st N
Toruń Cup	2nd N	1st N
National[17]
Russian Champ.				10th	8th	9th	3rd	6th	WD	7th
Russian Junior			12th	3rd	2nd	1st		2nd
Russian Cup Final								2nd		2nd	6th
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior level

2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
18–22 February 2019	2019 Russian Cup Final domestic competition	3 79.80	3 155.05	2 234.85
7–10 February 2019	2019 Dragon Trophy	2 79.69	1 136.94	1 216.63
19–23 December 2018	2019 Russian Championships	13 61.64	5 158.30	7 219.94
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
19–24 December 2017	2018 Russian Championships	15 65.08	WD	WD
6–9 December 2017	2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	8 74.44	7 146.15	8 220.59
3–5 November 2017	2017 Cup of China	9 68.58	12 117.44	11 186.02
6–8 October 2017	2017 CS Finlandia Trophy	11 59.42	8 139.15	9 198.57
14–17 September 2017	2017 CS Lombardia Trophy	8 68.79	6 139.86	7 208.65
2016–17 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
5–9 April 2017	2017 Triglav Trophy	2 75.62	1 141.94	1 217.56
22–25 December 2016	2017 Russian Championships	9 75.97	5 160.96	6 236.93
7–10 December 2016	2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	11 66.63	1 156.29	4 222.92
18–20 November 2016	2016 Cup of China	9 74.21	6 154.23	6 228.44
28–30 October 2016	2016 Skate Canada	8 71.50	6 152.89	7 224.39
6–10 October 2016	2016 CS Finlandia Trophy	7 69.71	3 142.09	6 211.80
22–24 September 2016	2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	1 75.13	1 157.08	1 232.21
2015–16 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	C	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

• C= Cancelled.

Junior level

2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
15–19 March 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	4 81.29	5 162.18	4 243.47
8–12 February 2017	2017 Sofia Trophy	Junior	1 77.52	1 134.08	1 211.60
1–5 February 2017	2017 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	3 79.19	2 161.07	2 240.26
2014–15 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 Junior Grand Prix Final	Junior	4 70.07	2 137.07	3 207.14
20–23 November 2014	2014 CS Warsaw Cup	Senior	1 75.74	1 155.79	1 231.53
5–9 November 2014	2014 CS 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 CS Finlandia Trophy	Senior	2 73.29	3 141.21	3 214.50
24–27 September 2014	2014 JGP Tallinn Cup	Junior	1 70.74	1 137.63	1 208.37
27–30 August 2014	2014 JGP Ljubljana Cup	Junior	1 74.59	2 141.74	2 216.33
2013–14 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 Junior Grand Prix Final	Junior	4 70.92	5 127.71	5 198.63
7–10 November 2013	2013 Volvo Open Cup (22nd)	Senior	2 73.77	2 144.98	2 218.75
2–5 October 2013	2013 JGP Czech Skate	Junior	2 70.08	2 133.36	2 203.44
18–21 September 2013	2013 JGP Baltic Cup	Junior	2 63.70	2 131.70	2 195.40
2012–13 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 JGP Istanbul Bosphorus Cup	Junior	2 60.28	2 114.17	2 174.45
22–25 August 2012	2012 JGP Courchevel	Junior	6 51.74	6 107.94	5 159.68
2011–12 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
2010–11 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
6–8 January 2011	2011 Toruń Cup	Novice	1 34.19	1 67.18	1 101.37
2009–10 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 Toruń Cup	Novice	2 33.77	1 69.64	2 103.41

References

1. "Competition Results: Alexander PETROV". International Skating Union.
2. Петров Александр Дмитриевич [Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
3. "Alexander PETROV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
4. 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. Angels of Plushenko (October 21, 2020). "Рабочие моменты. Отрабатываем прыжки. На льду старшая группа Евгения Плющенко и Сергея Розанова" [Working moments. Practicing jumps. On the ice, the elder group of Evgeni Plushenko and Sergei Rozanov.] (Instagram) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
10. "Alexander PETROV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017.
11. "Alexander PETROV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017.
12. 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.
13. "Alexander PETROV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
14. "Alexander PETROV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014.
15. "Alexander PETROV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.
16. 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.
17. Петров Александр Дмитриевич [Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov]. fskate.ru (in Russian).

External links

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