Andrew Torgashev

Andrew Torgashev (born May 29, 2001) is an American figure skater. He is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy silver medalist, the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2018 JGP Lithuania champion, and the 2015 U.S. national junior champion.

Andrew Torgashev
Torgashev at the 2017–18 JGP Final
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (2001-05-29) May 29, 2001
Coral Springs, Florida, United States
Home townColorado Springs, Colorado
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
CoachChristy Krall, Erik Schultz, Joshua Farris
Former coachArtem Torgashev, Curtis Chornopyski
ChoreographerIlona Melnichenko, Scott Brown
Skating clubBroadmoor SC
Former skating clubPanthers FSC Coral Springs
Training locationsColorado Springs
Began skating2006
World standing34 (2018–19)
48 (2017–18)
62 (2016–17)
97 (2015–16)
90 (2014–15)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total217.54
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Short program81.50
2020 Junior Worlds
Free skate144.63
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy

Personal life

Andrew Torgashev was born May 29, 2001, in Coral Springs, Florida.[1] He is the son of Ilona Melnichenko and Artem Torgashev, who competed for the Soviet Union in ice dancing and pair skating respectively. He attended North Broward Middle School in Coconut Creek, Florida.[2]

Career

Early career

Torgashev began learning to skate in 2006.[1] He was awarded the juvenile bronze medal at the U.S. Junior Championships in December 2010.[3] He won the U.S. national juvenile title in the 2011–2012 season and the U.S. intermediate title the following season.[4]

He placed fourth in the novice men's category at the 2014 U.S. Championships.

2014–2015 season

Torgashev became age-eligible for international junior events in the 2014–2015 season. Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, he placed fourth in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and fifth in Tallinn, Estonia.

After taking the junior gold medal at the Eastern Sectionals, he won the junior title at the U.S. Championships, setting U.S. junior men's records in the free skate and total score.[5] He was assigned to the 2015 World Junior Championships and finished tenth at the event, which was held in March in Tallinn.

2015–2016 season

Torgashev fractured his right ankle in June 2015 while practicing a quad toe loop.[6] He underwent an operation in June to insert three screws, which were removed from his ankle in January 2016.[7] As a result, he missed the entire skating season. He worked on his edges, stroking and speed after returning to the ice.[8]

2016–2017 season

Torgashev returned to competition in July 2016.[6] Competing in the 2016 Junior Grand Prix series, he won silver in Russia and placed Fourth in Germany.

Making his senior international debut, he took the bronze medal at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy in November. In January, he finished eleventh in the senior ranks at the 2017 U.S. Championships.

At the 2017 World Junior Championships, he placed twenty-fifth in the short program and did not qualify to the free skate.

2017–2018 season

Torgashev placed sixth at the Philadelphia Summer International in early August 2017. During the 2017 Junior Grand Prix series, he won silver in Belarus with a personal best total score, 212.71 points, and then placed fourth in Italy. He qualified to the JGP Final in Nagoya, Japan, where he placed sixth. Torgashev also finished sixth at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. In January, at the 2018 U.S. Championships, he ranked ninth in the short program, fourteenth in the free skate, and thirteenth overall.

In June, he announced that he had relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado to work full-time with Christy Krall.[9] Erik Schultz and Joshua Farris also became members of his coaching team.[1]

2018–2019 season

In August 2018, Torgashev won the senior men's title at the 2018 Philadelphia Summer International. At the 2018 Junior Grand Prix in Bratislava, Slovakia, he placed fifth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall. In September, he won gold at JGP Lithuania in Kaunas, after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate. These results qualified him for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, Canada.[10] Due to a fractured right toe, he withdrew from the competition and was off the ice for eight weeks, until around mid-November.[11] In January, he finished seventh in the senior ranks at the 2019 U.S. Championships. In March 2019, he won silver at the Egna Spring Trophy.

2019–2020 season

Torgashev started the season at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International, where he won the event. he competed in the JGP series, placing fourth in Riga. Latvia At JGP Croatia, he placed second in the short program with a new personal best, and sixth in the free program, and fourth overall. He then competed at the senior level at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy, winning the silver medal.

Competing at the 2020 U.S. Championships, Torgashev placed third in the short program, skating a clean program that included a quad toe loop.[12] He struggled in the free skate, falling twice and stepping out of an underrotated quad toe attempt in the second half of his program. Fifth in that segment, he dropped to fifth place overall.[13]

Assigned to the 2020 World Junior Championships, Torgashev placed third in the short program, winning a small bronze medal.[14] Torgashev fell four times in the long program, placing eleventh in that segment and dropping to eighth place overall.[15]

Programs
Torgashev at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final
Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[16]
2018–2019
[1][9][17]
2017–2018
[18][2]
2015–2017
[19][2][6]
2014–2015
[20]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[21]
Event 14–15 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
CS Asian Open Trophy2nd
CS Tallinn Trophy3rd
CS Warsaw Cup6th
Egna Trophy2nd
Philadelphia6th1st1st
International: Junior[21]
Junior Worlds10th25th8th
JGP Final6thWD
JGP Belarus2nd
JGP Croatia4th
JGP Czech Republic4th
JGP Estonia5th
JGP Germany4th
JGP Italy4th
JGP Latvia4th
JGP Lithuania1st
JGP Russia2nd
JGP Slovakia4th
National[2]
U.S. Champ.1st J11th13th7th5th
Eastern Sect.1st J
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

Juvenile through novice career
National[2]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
U.S. Champ.1st I4th N
U.S. Jr. Champ.3rd V1st V
Eastern Sect.1st I2nd N
South Atlantic1st V1st V1st I
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice;

Detailed results

Junior level

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

2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships Junior 3
81.50		 11
127.45		 8
208.95
January 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships Senior 3
97.87		 5
162.77		 5
260.64
Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy Senior 2
72.91		 2
144.63		 2
217.54
September 25 – 28, 2019 2019 JGP Croatia Junior 2
80.53		 6
132.33		 4
212.86
September 4–7, 2019 2019 JGP Latvia Junior 6
65.07		 4
131.16		 4
196.23
Jul. 31 – Aug. 3, 2019 2019 Philadelphia Summer International Senior 1
78.52		 1
134.09		 1
212.61
2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 28–31, 2019 2019 Gardena Spring Trophy Senior 4
66.97		 1
151.46		 2
218.43
January 19–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships Junior 9
76.95		 6
149.02		 7
225.97
September 5–8, 2018 2018 JGP Lithuania Junior 2
69.39		 1
132.24		 1
201.63
August 22–25, 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia Junior 5
65.37		 3
129.38		 4
194.75
Jul. 30 – Aug. 5, 2018 2018 Philadelphia Summer International Senior 3
67.67		 1
138.74		 1
206.41
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
Dec. 29 – Jan. 8, 2018 2018 U.S. Championships Senior 9
81.32		 14
135.69		 13
217.01
December 7–10, 2017 2017−18 JGP Final Junior 6
64.73		 6
95.76		 6
160.49
November 16–19, 2017 2017 CS Warsaw Cup Senior 6
61.52		 6
121.26		 6
182.78
October 11–14, 2017 2017 JGP Italy Junior 4
69.03		 2
136.53		 4
205.56
September 20–24, 2017 2017 JGP Belarus Junior 3
74.34		 2
138.37		 2
212.71
August 3–5, 2017 2017 Philadelphia Summer International Senior 10
61.49		 3
141.46		 6
202.95
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 25
55.42		 –
DNQ		 25
55.42
January 14–22, 2017 2017 U.S. Championships Senior 7
77.82		 11
147.53		 11
225.35
November 20–27, 2016 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 4
68.12		 4
133.33		 3
201.45
October 5–9, 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 2
73.48		 6
118.32		 4
191.80
September 14–17, 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 3
65.47		 2
139.44		 2
204.91
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 10
67.78		 6
133.96		 10
201.74
January 18–25, 2015 2015 U.S. Championships Junior 1
75.61		 1
149.63		 1
225.24
September 24–27, 2014 2014 JGP Estonia Junior 4
64.70		 6
112.95		 5
177.65
September 3–7, 2014 2014 JGP Czech Republic Junior 4
57.94		 2
124.63		 4
182.57
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 5–12, 2014 2014 U.S. Championships Novice 10
34.26		 2
97.78		 4
132.04
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