Pavel Drozd

Pavel Igorevich Drozd (Russian: Павел Игоревич Дрозд; born 14 December 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With his former skating partner Alla Loboda, he 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.

Pavel Drozd
Personal information
Native nameПавел Игоревич Дрозд
Full namePavel Igorevich Drozd
Country representedRussia
Born (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
PartnerKsenia Konkina
Former partnerAlla Loboda, Anastasia Safronova, Valeria Podlazova
CoachAlexander Zhulin
Former coachAnjelika Krylova, Oleg Volkov, Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva
Former choreographerBenoît Richaud, Igor Rasporski, Mikhail Kolegov
Skating clubSambo 70
Training locationsMoscow
Novogorsk
ISU personal best scores
Combined total176.38
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Short dance70.21
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Free dance106.17
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
2017 TaipeiIce dancing
2016 DebrecenIce dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2016–17 MarseilleIce dancing
2015–16 BarcelonaIce dancing
2014–15 BarcelonaIce dancing

Personal life

Pavel Igorevich Drozd was born on 14 December 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] He moved to Moscow in 2010. His younger sister, Daria, has also competed in ice dancing.[2] He studies foreign languages, first English and Spanish, and has now also taken up Italian and French.[3]

Career

Early years

Drozd began learning to skate at age five in Saint Petersburg.[4] He had an ice dancing partnership with Anastasia Safronova from around 2008 to 2010.[5] After they parted ways, Ksenia Rumiantseva invited him to join her group in Moscow.[4] He then competed with Valeria Podlazova for two seasons.[5]

Start of partnership with Loboda

On 10 March 2012, Drozd began skating with Alla Loboda, 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.[3]

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.[6] Loboda and Drozd ended their partnership by July.[7]

2018–2019 season

In July 2018, Alexander Zhulin began coaching the partnership of Drozd and Angelique Abachkina, but the skaters parted ways after learning that the French federation would not release her to compete for Russia.[7] On 5 November 2018, Drozd confirmed that he had teamed up with Ksenia Konkina and would continue to be coached by Zhulin.[7] Konkina/Drozd made their international debut at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup where they won the bronze medal.

2019–2020 season

Konkina/Drozd opened their season by winning the gold medal at 2019 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany. They then won silver at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy behind Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States.

Programs

(with Loboda)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2017–2018
[8]
  • Chicago (musical soundtrack)
2016–2017
[4][10]
  • Blues: St. Louis Blues
  • Swing
2015–2016
[11]
2014–2015
[12]
  • Samba: Samabando
  • Rhumba
  • Samba
    2013–2014
    [13]
    2012–2013

    Records and achievements

    (with Loboda)

    Competitive highlights

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

    With Konkina
    International
    Event 2018–19 2019–20
    CS Asian Open Trophy2nd
    CS Warsaw Cup2nd
    Ice Mall Cup3rd
    NRW Trophy1st
    National
    Russian Champ.8th

    With Loboda
    Loboda/Drozd at the 2014-15 Junior Grand Prix Final
    International[14]
    Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
    GP France9th
    GP Skate Canada5th
    CS Golden Spin10th
    CS Lombardia2nd
    Shanghai Trophy4th
    International: Junior[14]
    Junior Worlds3rd2nd
    JGP Final2nd2nd2nd
    JGP Austria1st
    JGP Estonia1st
    JGP France1st
    JGP Japan2nd
    JGP Latvia3rd
    JGP Poland3rd
    JGP Russia1st
    JGP Slovakia2nd
    Ice Challenge3rd J
    National[5]
    Russian Champ.6th
    Russian Jr. Champ.11th5th4th1st2nd
    J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

    Detailed results

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

    With Konkina
    2019–20 season
    Date Event RD FD Total
    24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 9
    69.04    		 8
    107.17    		 8
    176.21
    14–17 November 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 1
    71.81    		 2
    106.62    		 2
    178.43
    30 October – 3 November 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy 2
    70.21    		 3
    106.17    		 2
    176.38
    10–11 August 2019 NRW Trophy 1
    66.81    		 1
    99.98    		 1
    166.79
    2018–19 season
    Date Event RD FD Total
    20–23 February 2019 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup 3
    70.77    		 3
    101.47    		 3
    172.24

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

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