Sergei Dobrin

Sergei Dobrin
Dobrin in 2007.
Full name	Sergei Vladimirovich Dobrin
Native name	Сергей Владимирович Добрин
Born	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986 (age 38) Lipetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Skating club	Trade Union Club
Began skating	1991
Retired	2010
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Men's singles World Junior Championships 2005 Kitchener Men's singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2000–01 Ayr Men's singles 2002–03 The Hague Men's singles European Youth Olympic Festival 2003 Bled Men's singles

Sergei Vladimirovich Dobrin (Russian: Серге́й Владимирович Добрин, born 22 September 1986) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2005 World Junior bronze medalist and a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist. On the senior level, he won bronze medals at the 2006 Trophée Éric Bompard, 2006 Finlandia Trophy, and two Russian Championships (2006 and 2007).

Personal life

Dobrin was born on 22 September 1986 in Lipetsk and has a sister, Maria, who is 18 years younger.^[1] He learned ballroom dancing from age 7 to 10.^[1]

Career

Dobrin started skating in 1991 and trained in Lipetsk until the age of 11.^[1] He then relocated to Moscow at the invitation of Zhanna Gromova.^[2] She would coach him until 2007.

Dobrin debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2000. After winning silver medals in Ukraine and the Czech Republic, he qualified for the JGP Final in Ayr, Scotland, where he also took silver. After winning the Russian junior title, he was sent to the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He placed 5th in his qualifying group, 20th in the short program, 12th in the free skate, and 12th overall.

During the 2002–03 JPG season, Dobrin was awarded gold at both of his assignments – Chemnitz, Germany and Milan, Italy – and silver at the JGP Final in The Hague, Netherlands. He won silver at the Russian Junior Championships and gold at the 2003 European Youth Olympic Festival in Bled, Slovenia. He finished 5th at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after ranking fourth in his qualifying group, second in the short, and sixth in the free.

In early March 2005, Dobrin won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. His senior international debut came later that month, at the 2005 World Championships in Moscow; he placed 5th in his qualifying group, 15th in the short, 15th in the free, and 17th overall.

Dobrin received his first Grand Prix assignments in the 2005–06 season. After placing 7th at the 2005 Trophée Éric Bompard and 10th at the 2005 Cup of Russia, he won his first senior national medal, bronze, at the 2006 Russian Championships. Ranked 14th in the short and 17th in the free, he finished 15th at the 2006 European Championships in Lyon, France.

Dobrin began the 2006–07 season with a bronze medal at the 2006 Finlandia Trophy. Competing in the Grand Prix series, he won bronze at the 2006 Trophée Éric Bompard and placed 8th at the 2006 Cup of Russia. He was awarded bronze at the 2007 Russian Championships and placed 18th at the 2007 European Championships in Warsaw after ranking 15th in the short and 19th in the free.

In August 2007, Dobrin relocated to Saint Petersburg to train under Alexei Mishin.^[1] He placed 5th at the 2007 NHK Trophy. He withdrew from the 2008 Russian Championships and finished 13th at the 2009 Russian Championships. In 2009, he left Mishin and joined Victoria Volchkova in Moscow. After placing 12th at the 2010 Russian Championships, Dobrin retired from competition. He worked as a coach in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Oblast from 2011 to 2014 and then relocated to Krasnodar.^[3]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2007–08 [1]	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky	The Mask of Zorro by James Horner
2005–07 [4][5]	Sarabande by George Frideric Handel (modern arrangement)	The Mask of Zorro by James Horner
2004–05 [6]	Black Cat, White Cat by Goran Bregović	Faust by Charles Gounod
2003–04 [7]	Freedom to Move (Suite No. 4 in D-minor) by George Frideric Handel	The Phantom of the Opera on Ice by Robert Danova
2002–03 [8]	Duel by Bond	Variations on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
2001–02 [8]		Variations on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
2000–01 [9]	Toccata by Johann Sebastian Bach	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[10]
Event	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10
Worlds						17th
Europeans							15th	18th
GP Bompard							7th	3rd
GP Cup of Russia							10th	8th
GP NHK Trophy									5th
Finlandia Trophy								3rd
International: Junior[10]
Junior Worlds		12th		5th	8th	3rd
JGP Final		2nd		2nd	5th	5th
JGP Bulgaria			7th
JGP Croatia					3rd
JGP Czech Rep.		2nd			2nd
JGP Germany				1st
JGP Italy				1st
JGP Romania						2nd
JGP Serbia						3rd
JGP Sweden			6th
JGP Ukraine		2nd
EYOF				1st
National[3]
Russian Champ.			9th	7th	6th	5th	3rd	3rd	WD	13th	12th
Russian Junior	9th	1st	6th	2nd	2nd	3rd
WD: Withdrew

References

1. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008.
2. "Interview with Sergei Dobrin, Russian Nationals 2007, Mytishchi". figureskating-online. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012.
3. "Сергей Владимирович Добрин" [Sergei Vladimirovich Dobrin] (in Russian). fskate.ru. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
4. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007.
5. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.
6. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005.
7. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004.
8. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 June 2003.
9. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2001.
10. "Competition Results: Sergei DOBRIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

External links

• Sergei Dobrin at the International Skating Union