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 Russian Championships 2016 Yekaterinburg 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]

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]

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

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.

In his season's debut at the

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.

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

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.

In 2016, Petrov started his season at the

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.

Petrov placed seventh at the 2019 Russian Championships.

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

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

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

• C= Cancelled.

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