Alla Loboda

Alla Andreyevna Loboda (Russian: Алла Андреевна Лобода; born 10 December 1998) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With her former skating partner Pavel Drozd, she is a two-time World Junior medalist (silver in 2017, bronze in 2016), a three-time JGP Final silver medalist (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17), and the 2016 Russian junior national champion.

Alla Loboda
Loboda/Drozd at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Native name	Алла Андреевна Лобода
Full name	Alla Andreyevna Loboda
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1998-12-10) 10 December 1998 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Former partner	Anton Shibnev, Pavel Drozd, Emil Samvelian
Coach	Anjelika Krylova, Oleg Volkov
Former coach	Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva
Choreographer	Benoît Richaud, Igor Rasporski
Former choreographer	Mikhail Kolegov
Skating club	Megasport
Former skating club	Sambo 70, CSKA
Training locations	Moscow Novogorsk
Retired	July 30, 2019
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	164.37 2017 Junior Worlds
Short dance	67.59 2017 Junior Worlds
Free dance	96.91 2016 JGP Russia
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2017 Taipei Ice dancing 2016 Debrecen Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2016–17 Marseille Ice dancing 2015–16 Barcelona Ice dancing 2014–15 Barcelona Ice dancing

Personal life

Alla Andreyevna Loboda was born on 10 December 1998 in Moscow.[1] She graduated from secondary school in the spring of 2016, planning to enroll at a sports institute.[2] Her elder sister, Lilia, is an economist.[3]

Career

Early years

Loboda began learning to skate at age four.[3] She trained in single skating at CSKA Moscow, coached by Sofia Kitasheva,[3] before trying out successfully at Ksenia Rumiantseva's ice dancing school around 2009.[2] She competed with Emil Samvelian from 2010 to 2012.

Start of partnership with Drozd

On 10 March 2012, Loboda began skating with Pavel Drozd, who trained under the same coaches.[2] Led by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Volobueva in Moscow, they placed 11th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.

2013–2014 season

Loboda/Drozd debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2013–14 season, obtaining bronze medals in Riga, Latvia and Gdańsk, Poland. They finished fifth at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships.

2014–2015 season

Loboda/Drozd's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Courchevel, France. Ranked second in the short dance and first in the free dance, they won the gold medal by a margin of 2.82 points over Canada's Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang. They took silver in Aichi, Japan, finishing second to Edwards/Pang by 0.44 points. Loboda/Drozd qualified for the JGP Final in Barcelona, where they won the silver medal behind teammates Anna Yanovskaya / Sergei Mozgov. Having finished 4th at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships, they were not named in Russia's team to the 2015 World Junior Championships.

2015–2016 season

In the 2015–16 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd won the silver medal in Bratislava, Slovakia, and then gold in Linz, Austria, before taking silver behind Americans Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter at the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona. After winning their first junior national title, they were awarded the bronze medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, having finished third behind McNamara/Carpenter and Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons.

2016–2017 season

Competing in the 2016–17 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd won gold medals in Saransk, Russia, and Tallinn, Estonia. In December 2016, they were awarded the silver medal behind the Parsons at the 2016–17 JGP Final in Marseille, France.

In March 2017 they won the silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships.[4]

2017–2018 season

Loboda/Drozd started their senior career by winning the silver medal at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy. In October 2017 they made their Grand Prix debut at the 2017 Skate Canada where they placed 5th. Next month they competed at their 2nd GP event of the season, the 2017 Internationaux de France, where they placed 9th. In December 2017 they competed at the 2018 Russian Championships where they placed 6th after placing 6th in both the short dance and the free dance.

Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Volkov became their new coaches in May 2018.[5] Loboda and Drozd ended their partnership by July 2018.[6]

2018–2019 season

Loboda teamed up with Anton Shibnev in summer 2018. Loboda/Shibnev made their international debut at the 2019 Egna Trophy where they won the bronze medal.

Programs

(with Drozd)

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2017–2018 [7]	Samba: Largadinho by Claudia Leitte Rhumba: Diles by Malú Samba	Chicago (musical soundtrack)	Sous le ciel de Paris[8] by Zaz, Pablo Alborán
2016–2017 [3][9]	Blues: St. Louis Blues Swing	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2015–2016 [10]	Waltz: Nr. 10 in H minor, op. 69.2 by Frédéric Chopin March: Storming Pleven (from The Turkish Gambit)	Lo ti penso amore performed by David Garrett, Nicole Scherzinger Caprice No. 5 performed by Edvin Marton	The Winner Takes It All by ABBA
2014–2015 [11]	Samba: Samabando Rhumba Samba	Giselle by Adolphe Adam
2013–2014 [12]	Quickstep: Jeepers Creepers by Bennett Salvay Foxtrot: Work Song by Chantz	Vivo per lei performed by Andrea Boccelli, Hélène Ségara Dance of the Knights (from Romeo and Juliet) by Sergei Prokofiev Vivo per lei
2012–2013	That's Life Time to Swing by Helmut Lotti	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Records and achievements

(with Drozd)

• Set the junior-level ice dance record for the combined total score to 164.37 points at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Competitive highlights

Loboda/Drozd at the 2014-15 Junior Grand Prix Final

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

With Shibnev

International
Event	2018–19
Egna Dance Trophy	3rd

With Drozd

International[13]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
GP France						9th
GP Skate Canada						5th
CS Golden Spin						10th
CS Lombardia						2nd
Shanghai Trophy						4th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds				3rd	2nd
JGP Final			2nd	2nd	2nd
JGP Austria				1st
JGP Estonia					1st
JGP France			1st
JGP Japan			2nd
JGP Latvia		3rd
JGP Poland		3rd
JGP Russia					1st
JGP Slovakia				2nd
Ice Challenge	3rd
National[14]
Russian Champ.						6th
Russian Jr. Champ.	11th	5th	4th	1st	2nd

Detailed results

With Shibnev

2018–2019 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
1–3 February 2019	2019 Egna Trophy	2 64.98	5 87.50	3 152.48

Loboda/Drozd at the 2016-16 Junior Grand Prix Final

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

With Drozd

2017–18 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
21–24 December 2017	2018 Russian Championships	6 63.07	6 96.92	6 159.99
6–9 December 2017	2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	11 59.42	9 90.90	10 150.32
24–26 November 2017	2017 Shanghai Trophy	–	4 95.27	4 95.27
17–19 November 2017	2017 Internationaux de France	7 60.43	9 85.42	9 145.85
27–29 October 2017	2017 Skate Canada	6 62.60	5 93.12	5 155.72
14–17 September 2017	2017 CS Lombardia Trophy	2 63.34	2 91.06	2 154.40

2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
15–19 March 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	1 67.59	2 96.78	2 164.37
1–5 February 2017	2017 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	1 69.40	4 88.59	2 157.99
8–11 December 2016	2016−17 JGP Final	Junior	1 67.58	2 94.29	2 161.87
28 September – 2 October 2016	2016 JGP Estonia	Junior	1 65.54	1 91.47	1 157.01
14–18 September 2016	2016 JGP Russia	Junior	1 64.96	1 96.91	1 161.87
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
14–20 March 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	Junior	6 58.93	3 92.26	3 151.19
19–23 January 2016	2016 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	1 68.84	2 96.06	1 164.90
10–13 December 2015	2015−16 JGP Final	Junior	3 64.01	2 86.85	2 150.86
9–13 September 2015	2015 JGP Austria	Junior	1 61.73	1 91.91	1 153.64
19–23 August 2015	2015 JGP Slovakia	Junior	1 60.48	2 86.90	2 147.38
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
4–7 February 2015	2015 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	2 61.84	5 78.53	4 140.37
11–14 December 2014	2014–15 JGP Final	Junior	2 53.72	2 82.59	2 136.31
10–14 September 2014	2014 JGP Japan	Junior	3 52.25	1 81.73	2 133.98
20–24 August 2014	2014 JGP France	Junior	2 50.10	1 82.34	1 132.44
2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
23–25 January 2014	2014 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	5 58.53	3 86.66	5 145.19
19–21 September 2013	2013 JGP Poland	Junior	3 54.55	3 79.56	3 134.11
29–31 August 2013	2013 JGP Latvia	Junior	3 50.93	1 75.50	3 126.43
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
1–3 February 2013	2013 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	12 41.22	11 66.04	11 107.26

References

1. Лобода Алла Андреевна [Alla Andreyevna Loboda] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014.
2. Flade, Tatjana (30 June 2016). "Russia's Loboda and Drozd prepare for test skates; Junior Grand Prix". Golden Skate.
3. "Featured interview: Alla Loboda & Pavel Drozd (RUS)". International Skating Union. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
4. Flade, Tatjana (21 August 2017). "Russia's Loboda and Drozd hope to make impact in senior debut". Golden Skate.
5. "ru:Анжелика Крылова: «В России много возможностей, их нужно только правильно реализовать»" [Anjelika Krylova: "There are many opportunities in Russia, they only need to be properly implemented"] (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia.
6. Samokhvalov, Anatoly (5 November 2018). "Павел Дрозд: у Жулина я нашел то, что искал". rsport.ria.ru (in Russian).
7. "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
8. ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017 Skate Canada International - Gala Exhibition (Television production). Eurosport. October 29, 2017.
9. "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017.
10. "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
11. "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
12. "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014.
13. "Competition Results: Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018.
14. "Алла Андреевна Лобода" [Alla Andreyevna Loboda]. fskate.ru (in Russian).

External links

Media related to Alla Loboda at Wikimedia Commons

• Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd at the International Skating Union
• Alla Loboda on Instagram