Mikhail Kolyada

Mikhail Sergeyevich Kolyada (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Коляда, pronounced Koh-lyah-DAH; born 18 February 1995) is a Russian figure skater. He is a 2018 Olympic silver medallist in the team event, the 2018 World bronze medalist,[9] 2017 European and 2018 European bronze medalist, 2017 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2017 Cup of China champion, 2017 and 2018 Russian national champion.

Mikhail Kolyada
Kolyada at the 2018 World Championships
Personal information
Native name	Михаил Сергеевич Коляда
Full name	Mikhail Sergeyevich Kolyada
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Home town	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Coach	Alexei Mishin
Former coach	Valentina Chebotareva
Choreographer	Olga Kliushnichenko, Stéphane Lambiel
Skating club	Olympic School St. Petersburg
World standing	3 (As of 18 February 2019)[1]
Season's bests	4 (2018–19)[2] 6 (2017–18)[3] 7 (2016–17)[4] 9 (2015–16)[5] 46 (2013–14)[6] 44 (2012–13)[7] 52 (2011–12)[8]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	274.37 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Short program	100.49 2019 Europeans
Free skate	178.21 2019 World
Medal record Men's figure skating Representing  Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team Representing  Russia World Championships 2018 Milan Men's singles European Championships 2017 Ostrava Singles 2018 Moscow Singles Grand Prix Final 2017–18 Nagoya Singles World Team Trophy 2017 Tokyo Team

Personal life

Mikhail Sergeyevich Kolyada was born on 18 February 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[10][11] He has three younger siblings.[12] He is enrolled at the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health.[12] On May 20, 2019, Mikhail announced that he was engaged, and in July 2019 he married retired pairs skater Daria Beklemisheva.[13]

Career

Early years

Kolyada began learning to skate in 2000.[14] Coach Valentina Chebotareva invited him to join her group when he was five, after observing him at a small rink.[15]

2011–2012 to 2012–2013

Kolyada began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2011. In 2013, he won the Russian Junior Championships and was assigned to the World Junior Championships where he finished 6th.[16]

2013–2014 season

Kolyada won silver and bronze medals on the JGP series, becoming the first alternate for the Junior Grand Prix Final. After placing sixth in the short program at the senior Russian Championships, he withdrew from the free skate, unable to fix a problem with his boot laces.[17]

2014–2015 season

Kolyada fractured his right ankle in August 2014, leading to two surgeries and five months off the ice.[12] He withdrew from the 2014 Rostelecom Cup, which would have been his Grand Prix debut, and the 2015 Russian Championships. In March 2015, he won gold at the Gardena Spring Trophy.

2015–2016 season

Kolyada finished third in the Challenger Series (CS) rankings after winning silver at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy and bronze at the 2015 Ice Challenge. Skating in his first Grand Prix competition, he placed fifth at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup in November. The following month, he won the silver medal at the Russian Championships in Yekaterinburg.

In January 2016, Kolyada placed ninth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fifth overall at the European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. From 30 March to 1 April, he competed at the 2016 World Championships in Boston. Ranked sixth in the short and fifth in the free, he finished fourth overall, just missing the bronze to China's Boyang Jin.

2016–2017 season

In order to be competitive, Kolyada upgraded his technical content. He initially planned to incorporate a quad Lutz in his short and long programs, but eventually decided that the consistency of the quad Lutz was too risky for the short and a clean program executed perfectly along with his traditionally high components score would keep him in the mix overall. Along with the Lutz, he also tried adding a quad Salchow and toe loop in the free skate.

Kolyada also decided in this season to add a new choreographer to his team, two-time World champion and 2006 Olympic silver medalist Stéphane Lambiel,[18] along with his long-time choreographer, Olga Kliushnichenko.

Kolyada placed fourth at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy and 2016 Rostelecom Cup. His next Grand Prix assignment was the 2016 NHK Trophy. In December 2016, he won his first Russian national title.[19][20] At the 2017 European Championships, he won the bronze medal behind Javier Fernández and Maxim Kovtun. He placed fourth in the short program and third in the free skate. In the free program he fell on a quad Lutz, but the jump was counted as fully rotated.[21] At the 2017 World Championships he placed seventh in the short program and ninth in the free skate, finishing 8th overall. At the 2017 World Team Trophy he placed fourth in the short program, and fifth in the free skate with Team Russia finishing second place overall. In the free skate and attempted a quad Lutz but fell on the landing although the jump was counted as fully rotated.[22]

2017–2018 season

Kolyada started his season with a gold medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, after ranking 10th in the short program and first in the free skate. In the free skate, he landed his first quad lutz in international competition.[23] He placed fourth at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy and won the bronze medal at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup, and later the gold medal at the 2017 Cup of China, qualifying him for the Grand Prix Final.

He then had his biggest achievement yet, finishing third at the Grand Prix Final. The next month, he won his second consecutive Russian figure skating title, and despite errors won bronze for the second consecutive year at the 2018 European Championships.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kolyada was part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team in the team event. He performed poorly in the short program, falling on both quadruple jump attempts and singling his triple Axel, placing eighth overall. He placed second in the free skate. Team Russia won the silver medal overall.[24] In the men's individual event, he placed eighth.[25]

Kolyada won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy, being second after the short, but dropping to third after errors in the long.[26]

2018–2019 season

Over the summer, Kolyada suffered from sinusitis, which would continue to plague him throughout the fall.[27] He started his season by competing in two ISU Challenger Series events. In mid-September he won the gold medal at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy and in early October he won another gold medal at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy. At both events, Kolyada ranked first in both the short program and the free skate. In early November he placed fourth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Two weeks later, he placed fourth again, now at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup. In early December, Kolyada competed at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where he won the silver medal after placing first in the short program and second in the free skate.

Kolyada's sinusitis became serious again immediately prior to the 2019 Russian Championships, leading to his hospitalization, and his participation at nationals being uncertain until days prior. Competing in less than top form, he nevertheless won the silver medal, placing second in the short program and third in the free skate.[28][29]

The European Championships initially went well for Kolyada, with a clean short program earning a personal best score of 100.49 and first place going into the free skate, over eight points ahead of second place finisher Alexander Samarin.[30] He fell four times in the free program, placing eleventh there, and fifth overall.[31]

At the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Kolyada placed tenth in the short program after failing to execute his planned quad.[32] He rose to sixth in the free and sixth overall with a program with only minor errors, saying "there were some little technical issues, but overall, I am pleased with how I did. The audience was very supportive and I felt that."[33]

2019–2020 season

In early October, Kolyada announced that a recurrence of his sinusitis would cause him to miss at least the first half of the season. Coach Valentina Chebotareva expressed the hope that he would be able to return for the 2020 Russian Championships, but ultimately this was not possible.[34] Kolyada resumed training in early January 2020.[35][13]

In June of 2020, it was announced that Kolyada had left his longtime coach Chebotareva to train with Alexei Mishin, the coach of Olympic champions Alexei Urmanov and Evgeni Plushenko.[36]

Programs

Kolyada at the 2018 European Championships

Kolyada at the 2018 European Championships

Kolyada at the 2018 European Championships

Kolyada at the 2018 European Championships

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2019–2020 [37]	Wind of Change by Scorpions	Charlie Chaplin
2018–2019 [38][39]	I Belong to You (+Mon Cœur S'ouvre a ta Voix) by Muse	Adagio from Carmen Suite by Georges Bizet, Rodion Shchedrin Habanera from Carmen Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet	Nothing Else Matters[40] by Metallica
2017–2018 [14]	Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Tango	Steamroller Blues Can't Help Falling In Love Rip It Up by Elvis Presley	Nothing Else Matters[40] by Metallica Baba Yaga (from Pictures at an Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky
2016–2017 [41]	Nightingale Tango by Yuri Bogoslovski John Gray foxtrot by Matvey Blanter	Le rêve de la fiancée (from La fiancée aux yeux de bois) by Jean-Marc Zelwer À la lune (from Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba)	Baba Yaga (from Pictures at an Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky Hallelujah performed by Axel Rudi Pell
2015–2016 [10][12]	Nightingale Tango John Gray foxtrot by Matvey Blanter	The Nightmare Before Christmas by Danny Elfman	Fever performed by Elvis Presley
2014–2015	Fever performed by Elvis Presley A Tap Dancer's Dilemma by Diablo Swing Orchestra	The Nightmare Before Christmas by Danny Elfman
2013–2014	The Mask by Randy Edelman	Tango Invierno Porteno by Astor Piazzolla
2012–2013 [42]	The Mask by Randy Edelman	Pearl Harbor by Hans Zimmer
2011–2012 [43]	Tango by Gotan Project	Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian

Competitive highlights

Kolyada (right) with Nathan Chen (center) and Shoma Uno (left) at the 2018 World Championships podium

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

International[16]
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Olympics							8th
Worlds					4th	8th	3rd	6th
Europeans					5th	3rd	3rd	5th
GP Final							3rd
GP Cup of China							1st
GP Finland								4th
GP NHK Trophy						5th			WD
GP Rostelecom				WD	5th	4th	3rd	4th
GP Skate Canada									WD
CS Finlandia						4th	4th	1st
CS Golden Spin								2nd
CS Ice Challenge					3rd
CS Ondrej Nepela					2nd		1st	1st
CS Tallinn Trophy							WD
Dragon Trophy			1st
Gardena Trophy			3rd	1st
Tallink Hotels Cup								1st
Seibt Memorial					1st
Volvo Open Cup		2nd
International: Junior[16]
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Junior Worlds		6th
JGP Australia	4th
JGP Estonia			2nd
JGP France		6th
JGP Slovakia			3rd
National[44]
Russia		7th	WD		2nd	1st	1st	2nd	WD
Russia, Junior	6th	1st	5th
Team events
Olympics							2nd
World Team Trophy						2nd T 4th P		WD
Team Challenge Cup					2nd T 4th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Senior level

Kolyada at the 2018 World Championships

Kolyada at the 2017 World Team Trophy

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

2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
18–24 March 2019	2019 World Championships	10 84.23	6 178.21	6 262.44
22–24 February 2019	2019 Tallink Hotels Cup	1 93.63	1 140.12	1 233.75
21–27 January 2019	2019 European Championships	1 100.49	11 140.38	5 240.87
19–23 December 2018	2019 Russian Championships	2 94.70	3 173.70	2 268.40
5–8 December 2018	2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	1 97.04	2 156.10	2 253.14
16–18 November 2018	2018 Rostelecom Cup	8 69.10	4 156.32	4 225.42
2–4 November 2018	2018 Grand Prix Finland	6 81.76	4 157.03	4 238.79
4–7 October 2018	2018 CS Finlandia Trophy	1 85.20	1 165.38	1 250.58
19–22 September 2018	2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy	1 96.82	1 177.55	1 274.37
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
19–25 March 2018	2018 World Championships	2 100.08	4 172.24	3 272.32
14–25 February 2018	2018 Winter Olympics	8 86.69	7 177.56	8 264.25
9–12 February 2018	2018 Winter Olympics (Team event)	8 74.36	2 173.57	2^T
15–21 January 2018	2018 European Championships	4 83.41	3 175.49	3 258.90
21–24 December 2017	2018 Russian Championships	2 101.62	1 179.54	1 281.16
7–10 December 2017	2017–18 Grand Prix Final	3 99.22	3 182.78	3 282.00
3–5 November 2017	2017 Cup of China	1 103.13	3 176.25	1 279.38
20–22 October 2017	2017 Rostelecom Cup	4 85.79	3 185.27	3 271.06
6–8 October 2017	2017 CS Finlandia Trophy	1 90.45	5 158.05	4 248.50
21–23 September 2017	2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy	10 66.65	1 181.16	1 247.81
2016–17 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
20–23 April 2017	2017 World Team Trophy	4 95.37	5 184.04	2T/4P 279.41
29 March – 2 April 2017	2017 World Championships	7 93.28	9 164.19	8 257.47
25–29 January 2017	2017 European Championships	4 83.96	3 166.22	3 250.18
20–26 December 2016	2017 Russian Championships	1 95.33	1 188.15	1 283.48
25–27 November 2016	2016 NHK Trophy	4 78.18	6 147.51	5 225.69
4–6 November 2016	2016 Rostelecom Cup	3 90.28	6 155.02	4 245.30
6–10 October 2016	2016 CS Finlandia Trophy	4 80.20	5 139.35	4 219.55
2015–16 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
22–24 April 2016	2016 Team Challenge Cup	6 70.60	4 165.48	2^T
28 March – 3 April 2016	2016 World Championships	6 89.66	5 178.31	4 267.97
23–27 February 2016	2016 Hellmut Seibt Memorial	2 71.41	1 155.12	1 226.53
26–31 January 2016	2016 European Championships	9 77.58	3 159.00	5 236.58
22–27 December 2015	2016 Russian Championships	2 90.55	2 170.18	2 260.73
20–22 November 2015	2015 Rostelecom Cup	5 79.64	3 168.33	5 247.97
27 October–1 November 2015	2015 Ice Challenge	3 74.86	1 164.91	3 239.77
1–3 October 2015	2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy	1 84.33	4 145.26	2 229.59
2014–15 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
23–25 March 2015	2015 Gardena Spring Trophy	1 75.44	1 133.72	1 209.16

Junior level

2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
6–9 February 2014	2014 Dragon Trophy	Senior	1 71.56	1 143.18	1 214.74
22–25 January 2014	2014 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	3 71.34	6 130.65	5 201.99
10–12 October 2013	2013 JGP Estonia	Junior	1 74.90	6 126.36	2 201.26
12–14 September 2013	2013 JGP Slovakia	Junior	3 66.37	2 123.04	3 189.41
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
1–3 March 2013	2013 World Junior Championships	Junior	8 61.50	5 128.44	6 189.94
1–3 February 2013	2013 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	1 77.63	1 149.69	1 227.32
10–13 January 2013	2013 Volvo Open Cup	Senior	2 65.53	1 134.13	2 199.66
25–29 December 2012	2013 Russian Championships	Senior	5 74.46	9 134.50	7 208.96
22–25 August 2012	2012 JGP France	Junior	8 50.51	5 108.71	6 159.22
2011–12 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
5–7 February 2012	2012 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	3 72.82	10 111.05	6 183.87
September 8–10, 2011	2011 JGP Australia	Junior	6 53.95	3 123.60	4 177.55

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External links

• Mikhail Kolyada at the International Skating Union
• Mikhail Kolyada on Instagram

World Record Holders
Preceded by Shoma Uno	Men's Free Skating 22 September 2018 – 20 October 2018	Succeeded by Nathan Chen