Andrei Mozalev

Andrei Mikhailovich Mozalev (Russian: Андрей Михайлович Мозалёв, born 24 March 2003) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup champion, 2020 World Junior champion and the winner of three ISU Junior Grand Prix events (2019 JGP Latvia, 2019 JGP Croatia, 2018 JGP Czech Republic).

Andrei Mozalev
Personal information
Native name	Андрей Михайлович Мозалёв
Full name	Andrei Mikhailovich Mozalev
Country represented	Russia
Born	(2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Residence	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach	Kirill Davydenko
Former coach	Anna Scheniovskaia
Choreographer	Igor Koscheev, Denis Lunin
Skating club	Olympic School Saint Petersburg
Training locations	Saint Petersburg
Began skating	2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	245.09 2020 World Junior Championships
Short program	84.31 2020 World Junior Championships
Free skate	160.78 2020 World Junior Championships
Medal record Representing  Russia Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Men's singles World Junior Championships 2020 Tallinn Men's singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2019–20 Torino Men's singles Representing Mixed-NOCs Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Team

Personal life

Mozalev was born on 24 March 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1]

Career

Early years

Mozalev began learning to skate in 2008. He is coached by Kirill Davydenko.[1]

2016–2017 season

In November 2016 Mozalev made his international junior level debut at the 2016 Volvo Open Cup where he won the gold medal. Three weeks later he won another gold medal at the 2016 NRW Trophy.

2017–2018 season

In November 2017 Mozalev won his third international gold medal at the 2017 Tallinn Trophy.

At the 2018 Russian Junior Championships Mozalev finished seventeenth. He ranked fourth in the short program but was last (eighteenth) in the free skate.

2018–2019 season

In late September 2018 Mozalev made his Junior Grand Prix debut in Ostrava, Czech Republic where he won the gold medal. He ranked second in the short program but won the free skate and outscored the silver medalist, Camden Pulkinen, by a margin of about five points.[2] At his second JGP event of the season he placed sixth in Yerevan, Armenia.

2019–2020 season

In early September 2019 Mozalev won his second JGP gold medal at the 2019 JGP event in Riga, Latvia. He ranked first in both the short program and the free skate and scored his personal best score of 223.72 points. He outscored the silver medalist, South Korean Lee Si-hyeong, by about five points.[3] Mozalev won his second event in Croatia, and was the only man to win both of his events in the season.[4] Competing on the senior level, he won gold at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup.

Qualifying in first position to the 2019–20 JGP Final, he placed first in the short program.[5] Second in the free skate, he won the silver medal behind Shun Sato. He attributed a fall on his triple Axel to difficulty maintaining focus in the second half of his program.[6]

At the 2020 Russian Championships, Mozalev placed second in the short program, only half a point behind leader Makar Ignatov.[7] A ninth-place free skate with two quad errors and a fall on a double Axel dropped him to fifth place overall. Mozalev's coach subsequently said he had taken ill.[8] Competing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Mozalev won the silver medal in the men's event and a bronze medal in the team event.[9]

Following a bronze medal finish at the Russian Junior Championships, Mozalev was assigned to one of Russia's three men's berths at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He placed narrowly second in the short program, behind Youth Olympic champion Yuma Kagiyama.[10] Mozalev then won the free skate, his only error being a hand down on one triple Axel attempt, and won the title.[11]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2019–2020 [12]	Juno and Avos by Alexey Rybnikov	Step Up
2018–2019 [1]	Over and Over performed by Frank Sinatra	Step Up

Competitive highlights

Mozalev (left) with Yuma Kagiyama (center) and Daniil Samsonov (right) on the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics podium

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[13]
Event	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
CS Warsaw Cup				1st
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds				1st
Youth Olympics				2nd
JGP Final				2nd
JGP Armenia			6th
JGP Croatia				1st
JGP Czech Republic			1st
JGP Latvia				1st
NRW Trophy	1st J
Tallinn Trophy		1st J
Volvo Open Cup	1st J
National[14]
Russia				5th
Russian Jr. Champ.		17th	11th	3rd
Russian Cup Final			1st J
Team events^1
Youth Olympics				3rd T 2nd P
^1 Medals awarded for team results only. T = Team result; P = Personal result. J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Current ISU world best highlighted in bold and italic.

2019–20 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
2–8 March 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	Junior	2 84.31	1 160.78	1 245.09
4–8 February 2020	2020 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	13 70.41	1 179.66	3 250.07
10–15 January 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team	Junior	–	2 154.97	3T/2P
10–15 January 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics	Junior	1 79.72	2 158.22	2 237.94
24–29 December 2019	2020 Russian Championships	Senior	2 88.34	9 152.21	5 240.55
5–8 December 2019	2019–20 JGP Final	Junior	1 82.45	2 159.03	2 241.48
14–17 November 2019	2019 CS Warsaw Cup	Senior	1 83.81	1 139.44	1 223.25
25–28 September 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	Junior	3 78.85	1 157.59	1 236.44
4–7 September 2019	2019 JGP Latvia	Junior	1 78.42	1 145.30	1 223.72
2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
18–22 February 2019	2019 Russian Cup Final domestic competition	Junior	1 86.08	1 171.52	1 257.60
1–4 February 2019	2019 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	5 79.85	12 131.56	11 211.41
14–19 December 2018	2018 Russian–Chinese Youth Winter Games	Junior	1 80.12	2 128.13	2 208.25
10–13 October 2018	2018 JGP Armenia	Junior	7 62.72	4 131.28	6 194.28
26–29 September 2018	2018 JGP Czech Republic	Junior	2 78.83	1 138.29	1 217.12
2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
23–26 January 2018	2018 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	4 75.25	18 117.06	17 192.31
21–26 November 2017	2017 Tallinn Trophy	Junior	3 64.96	1 137.98	1 202.94
2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
30 November – 4 December 2016	2016 NRW Trophy	Junior	2 64.27	1 129.29	1 193.56
9–13 November 2016	2016 Volvo Open Cup	Junior	2 62.21	1 121.37	1 183.58

References

1. "Andrei MOZALEV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.
2. "2018 JPG Czech Republic: Junior Men Result". International Skating Union. 15 September 2018.
3. "Lee (KOR) wins gold medal at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Riga". International Skating Union. September 9, 2019.
4. "Tough battle for spots in the Final at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Zagreb". International Skating Union. September 30, 2019.
5. Slater, Paula (December 5, 2019). "Russia's Andrei Mozalev: 'I feel very comfortable here'". Golden Skate.
6. Slater, Paula (December 7, 2019). "Japan's Sato stuns at Junior Grand Prix Final; snatches gold". Golden Skate.
7. Flade, Tatjana (December 26, 2019). "Ignatov surprises at Russian Nationals; takes men's short program". Golden Skate.
8. Flade, Tatjana (December 27, 2019). "Aliev captures first title in turbulent men's event at Russian Nationals". Golden Skate.
9. Goh, ZK (January 12, 2020). "KAGIYAMA YUMA SETS NEW FREE SKATE PB TO WIN MEN'S YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES TITLE". Olympic Channel.
10. Slater, Paula (March 4, 2020). "Japan's Yuma Kagiyama takes lead at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
11. Slater, Paula (March 6, 2020). "Andrei Mozalev nabs Junior World title". Golden Skate.
12. "Andrei MOZALEV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019.
13. "Competition Results: Andrei MOZALEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019.
14. "Андрей Михайлович Мозалёв" [Andrei Mikhailovich Mozalev]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.

External links

• Andrei Mozalev at the International Skating Union