Valerii Kolesov

Valerii Viktorovich Kolesov (Russian: Валерий Викторович Колесов, born 26 January 2001) is a Russian pair skater. With his skating partner, Kseniia Akhanteva, he is the 2020 World Junior silver medalist, the 2020 Russian Junior National silver medalist, and the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist.

Valerii Kolesov
Personal information
Native nameВалерий Викторович Колесов
Full nameValerii Viktorovich Kolesov
Alternative namesValeri Kolesov
Country representedRussia
Born (2001-01-26) 26 January 2001
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Home townSaint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
PartnerKseniia Akhanteva
CoachLudmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov and Vasilii Velikov
ChoreographerNatalia Pecherskaia
Skating clubOlympic Sport School St. Petersburg
Training locationsSaint Petersburg
Began skating2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total185.05
2019 JGP Russia
Short program67.62
2019 JGP Russia
Free skate118.72
2018 JGP Czech Republic
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Pairs
World Junior Championships
2020 TallinnPairs
Junior Grand Prix Final
2019–20 TorinoPairs

Career

Early years

Kolesov began learning to skate in 2005.[1] He and his first pair skating partner, Kseniia Akhanteva, began competing together in 2014.[2]

2016–2017 season

Coached by Vasilii Velikov in Saint Petersburg,[1] Akhanteva/Kolesov made their international debut in late August 2016, placing seventh at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In November, they won the junior silver medal at the Volvo Open Cup, finishing second behind their teammates Nika Osipova / Aleksandr Galiamov.

2017–2018 season

In September, Akhanteva/Kolesov placed sixth at the 2017 JGP competition in Riga, Latvia. The pair had the same final result at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships, which took place in January in Saransk. In April, they took silver at the Russian Youth Championships – Elder Age, where they finished second to Amina Atakhanova / Nikita Volodin and ahead of Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov.

2018–2019 season

Coached by Ludmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov and Vasilii Velikov,[1] Akhanteva/Kolesov started their season in August on the 2018 JGP series. Ranked second in the short and third in the free, they won the bronze medal in Bratislava, Slovakia, contributing to a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium. Akhanteva/Kolesov were more than 11 points behind the champions, their training partners Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galiamov, but lost to the silver medalists, Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov, by a margin of only 0.13 points.[3] In September, they outscored their teammates and training partners, Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin, by about four points for gold at the JGP in Ostrava, Czech Republic, where they were second in the short program and first in the free skate.[4] With these results they qualified to the 2018–2019 Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth overall.[5] Akhanteva/Kolesov went on to compete at 2019 Russian Nationals, their first ever senior competition, and finished tenth there. Unfortunately they had to withdraw from the junior event after Kseniia seriously injured her leg.[6]

2019–2020 season

Akhanteva/Kolesov started their season with a silver medal at the 2019 Junior Grand Prix competition in Lake Placid, United States. Ranked second in the short and second in the free, they finished 15 points behind the gold medalists Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov, in part due to costly jumping errors in both programs.[7] Two weeks later Akhanteva/Kolesov took the gold at JGP Chelyabinsk, Russia. Ranked first in the short program and first in the free skate, they finished eight points ahead of silver medalists Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev, and led a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium at their home JGP.[8] At this event Akhanteva/Kolesov became the first junior pairs team to break 40 TES in the short program.[9] Their results qualified them to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino, where they won the bronze medal.[10][11]

Competing at the 2020 Russian Championships at the senior level, they placed tenth. Having then won the silver medal at the junior championships, they were named to Russia's team for the 2020 World Junior Championships. Second in the short program with a clean skate, Kolesov nevertheless said he felt it was not their best performance and stated their goal was to achieve a season's best result in the free.[12] In that segment, Akhanteva fell on both side-by-side jump attempts and put a foot and hand down on one of their two throw jumps, but they nevertheless remained in second place and won the silver medal overall due to errors by third- and fourth-place finishers Artemeva/Nazarychev and Hocke/Kunkel. Kolesov acknowledged "the performance was bad today. I don't know the reason, but the result is good, because the short program was good."[13]

Programs

With Akhanteva
Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[14]
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[15]
2016–2017
[16]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Akhanteva
International: Junior [17]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Junior Worlds2nd
JGP Final4th3rd
JGP Czech Republic7th1st
JGP Latvia6th
JGP Russia1st
JGP Slovakia3rd
JGP U.S.2nd
Volvo Open Cup2nd J
National[2]
Russian Champ.10th10th
Russian Jr. Champ.WD6thWD2nd
Russia: Youth, Elder2nd2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

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

With Akhanteva

2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships Junior 2
70.44		 2
104.41		 2
174.85
4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
72.46		 2
129.74		 2
202.20
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships Senior 9
67.37		 11
112.24		 10
179.61
4–8 December 2019 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 2
66.64		 4
113.04		 3
179.68
11–14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia Junior 1
67.62		 1
117.43		 1
185.05
28–31 August 2019 2019 JGP United States Junior 2
58.66		 2
112.53		 2
171.19
2018–2019 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships Senior 12
57.90		 9
117.14		 10
175.04
6–9 December 2018 2018–19 JGP Final Junior 4
62.04		 4
110.47		 4
172.51
26–29 September 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic Junior 2
66.01		 1
118.72		 1
184.73
22–25 August 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia Junior 2
60.14		 3
113.10		 3
173.24
2017–2018 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5
60.01		 4
112.41		 6
172.42
6–9 September 2017 2017 JGP Latvia Junior 6
46.26		 6
83.27		 6
129.53
2016–2017 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
9–13 November 2016 2016 Volvo Open Cup Junior 2
54.51		 2
88.06		 2
142.57
31 August – 3 September 2016 2016 JGP Czech Republic Junior 7
48.55		 7
88.80		 7
137.35
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References
  1. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018.
  2. Валерий Викторович Колесов [Valerii Viktorovich Kolesov]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
  3. "2018 JGP Slovakia: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 25 August 2018.
  4. "2018 JGP Czech Republic: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 29 September 2018.
  5. "2018-19 Junior Grand Prix Final: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 8 December 2018.
  6. Ксения Ахантьева - Валерий Колесов. Контрольные прокаты. Юниоры. 2019 [Kseniia Akhanteva - Valerii Kolesov. Interview from Junior Test Skates 2019]. Youtube (in Russian).
  7. "2019 JGP Lake Placid: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 31 August 2019.
  8. "2019 JGP Chelyabinsk: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 13 September 2019.
  9. "List of Highest Junior Scores in Figure Skating". Wikipedia.
  10. Slater, Paula (December 5, 2019). "Panfilova and Rylov: 'It was a practice version'". Golden Skate.
  11. Slater, Paula (December 7, 2019). "Panfilova and Rylov take junior Pairs' title in Russian sweep in Torino". Golden Skate.
  12. Slater, Paula (March 4, 2020). "Panfilova and Rylov: 'We didn't expect the points to be 70+". Golden Skate.
  13. Slater, Paula (March 5, 2020). "Panfilova and Rylov claim Pairs' title at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
  14. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019.
  15. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  16. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017.
  17. "Competition Results: Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018.

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