Dmitri Aliev

Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev (Russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Алиев; born 1 June 1999) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2020 European champion and the 2020 Russian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2017 World Junior silver medalist, the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time medalist at the 2016 Youth Olympics (bronze in the men's singles discipline and gold in the team event), and a two-time (2016, 2017) Russian national junior champion.

Dmitri Aliev
Aliev at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships
Personal information
Native name	Дмитрий Сергеевич Алиев
Full name	Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 Ukhta, Komi Republic, Russia
Residence	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Coach	Evgeni Rukavicin
Former coach	Lidiya Rodionova, Vyacheslav Maksimov
Choreographer	Olga Glinka
Skating club	Olympic School St. Petersburg
Training locations	Saint Petersburg
Began skating	2005
World standing	13 (2018–19) 11 (2017–18) 19 (2016–17) 35 (2015–16) 107 (2014–15)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	272.89 2020 Europeans
Short program	101.49 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Free skate	184.44 2020 Europeans
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Men's singles European Championships 2020 Graz Men's singles 2018 Moscow Men's singles Winter Youth Olympics 2016 Lillehammer Men's singles World Junior Championships 2017 Taipei Men's singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2016–17 Marseille Men's singles 2015–16 Barcelona Men's singles European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 Dornbirn Men's singles Representing Mixed-NOCs Winter Youth Olympics 2016 Lillehammer Team

Personal life

Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev[1] was born on 1 June 1999 in Ukhta, Komi Republic, Russia.[2] His father, Sergey, is the director of a skiing club in Ukhta.[3]

Career

Having begun skating in 2005,[2] Aliev trained in Ukhta until 2013 when he moved to Saint Petersburg, becoming a student of Evgeni Rukavicin.[3]

2014–15 season

Aliev debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2014–15 season. Awarded bronze medals in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Aichi, Japan, he finished as the third alternate for a place at the JGP Final. Making his senior international debut, he placed tenth at the 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb, an ISU Challenger Series event. Returning to the junior ranks, he won bronze medals at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

2015–16 season

In 2015–16, Aliev's first assignment was a Junior Grand Prix event in Riga, Latvia. Placing sixth in the short program and first in the free skate, he won the gold medal by a margin of 5.32 points ahead of Latvia's Deniss Vasiļjevs. He then took gold in Linz, Austria, with a total score 14 points higher than silver medalist Vincent Zhou, and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Competing on the senior level, Aliev was awarded bronze at the 2015 International Cup of Nice and silver at the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy. In December, he won the silver medal at the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona, having finished second to Nathan Chen of the United States. Later that month, he placed sixth at the 2016 Russian Championships in Yekaterinburg, before winning his first junior national title in January in Chelyabinsk.

Aliev won the bronze medal in the men's singles discipline and the gold medal in the team event at the 2016 Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. He was awarded a small gold medal for his short program result at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Ranked seventh in the free skate, he finished 6th overall.

2016–17 season

Starting his season on the Junior Grand Prix series, Aliev won gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after placing first in both segments. Ranked first in the short and seventh in the free, he finished fourth at his next JGP event, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His results gave him the last spot at the 2016–17 JGP Final in Marseilles. In December, he won the gold medal in France, by a margin of 3.55 points over Alexander Samarin.[4] Later that month, Aliev finished fifth at the 2017 Russian Championships in Chelyabinsk.

In the early 2017 Aliev won his second junior national title in Saint Petersburg. This result gave him a spot at the 2017 World Junior Championships. He ranked first in the short program, third in the free skate, and second overall in Taipei, Taiwan, winning the silver medal behind American Vincent Zhou and ahead of the teammate Alexander Samarin.[5][6]

2017–18 season

Aliev started his season by placing 1st in short program at the domestic competition in Saint Petersburg.[7] He landed 4Lz-3T combination, 4T, 3A and scored 99.7 points. He announced the decision to try six quads in two programs, including quad Lutz, quad Salchow and two quad toe loops in the free program.[8]

Aliev was going to compete at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy but withdrew due to ankle inflammation.[9]

In October 2017 Aliev made his debut at the Grand Prix series. He placed sixth at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup and eighth at the 2017 NHK Trophy. He then won his first ISU Challenger Series gold medalt at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy.

He came in third in the 2018 Russian Nationals. In January 2018 he won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championship after placing second in both the short program and the free skate. At the Europeans he scored his personal best score of 274.06 points.

In February 2018 Aliev finished seventh at the 2018 Winter Olympics and in March 2018 he placed also seventh at the 2018 World Championships.

2018–19 season

Aliev started his season off at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy. Placing third in the short program and second in the free skate, he placed second overall, earning the silver medal. He then competed at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy where he finished fifth. In his Grand Prix events, he placed fifth at 2018 NHK Trophy and fourth at 2018 Internationaux de France. Competing at the 2019 Russian Championships, Aliev had a disastrous short program, falling on an underrotated quad toe loop and completely missing the takeoff on his planned triple Axel. He rose to fifth place overall after placing fourth in the free skate.[10]

Aliev later competed at the Russian Cup Final, hoping to qualify for the Russian World Championships team, but placed ninth. Reflecting on his disappointing season, Aliev attributed it to the strains of following up an Olympic season.[11]

2019–20 season

Beginning on the Challenger series, Aliev won the silver medal at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy, and then won the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial. At his first Grand Prix event, 2019 Skate America, Aliev placed second in the short program, behind Nathan Chen and fractions of a point ahead of Keegan Messing.[12] Errors in the free skate dropped him to third place overall. The bronze medal was his first on the Grand Prix.[13] At the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, Aliev placed second in the short program.[14] He was second in the free skate as well, barely back of the lead, and missed taking the gold medal due to repeating too many jumps and getting his final triple Lutz invalidated for violating the Zayak rule.[15] Aliev's results qualified him for the Grand Prix Final for the first time. He placed fourth in the short program after issues with his combination, managing only a double jump instead of a triple as the second half.[16] In the free skate, he finished last, and dropped to last place overall, after falling on a number of jumps and spins.[17]

Aliev placed fourth in the short program at the 2020 Russian Championships, performing only a triple Lutz instead of his planned quad and putting a hand down on an underrotated triple Axel.[18] Second in the free skate despite two falls, one on a quad toe loop and the other during his step sequence, Aliev captured his first Russian national title.[19]

At the European Championships, Aliev placed second in the short program with 88.45 points, despite underrotations on two of his jumps.[20] In the free skate Aliev underroated and put a foot down on his opening quad Lutz, but skating the rest of the program cleanly to finish first in the free skate with a new personal best of 184.44 — over 15 points more than his prior personal best. With a total overall score of 272.89 points, he became Russia's first European men's champion since Evgeni Plushenko in 2012. He described himself as "incredibly happy."[21]

Aliev was assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Records and achievements

• Set the former junior-level men's record for the combined total to 240.07 points at the 2016–17 JGP Final. Record was broken by Vincent Zhou at the 2017 Junior Worlds.
• The first European skater to have completed 3 different quad jumps in international competitions: toe loop, Lutz and Salchow.

Skating technique

For jump abbreviations, see figure skating jumps.

Aliev practiced different quadruple jumps, such as 4T, 4S, 4Lo, 4F and 4Lz.[22][23]

He has also demonstrated difficult sequences, such as 3A-3A and 4T-3T-3T-1Lo-3S-2A, in practice.[24][25]

Programs

Aliev at the 2018 European Championships

Aliev at the 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Aliev at the 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Aliev at the 2016–17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2019–2020 [26][27][28][29]	Je dors sur des roses (from Mozart, l'opéra rock) performed by Mikelangelo Loconte choreo. by Olga Glinka, Valentin Molotov	The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel performed by Disturbed choreo. by Olga Glinka, Valentin Molotov	Always In My Head by Coldplay They Beat Us, But We Fly by Andrey Ktitarev and Jahan Pollyyeva, performed by Nargiz Zakirova
2018–2019	Modigliani Suite by Guy Farley choreo. by Olga Glinka, Valentin Molotov Midnight Blues by Gary Moore choreo. by Olga Glinka, Valentin Molotov	Clouds, The Mind on the (Re)Wind by Ezio Bosso choreo. by Ilia Averbukh	Return To The Cabin by Harry Gregson-Williams Fly (from Ice) performed by Anton Belyaev
2017–2018 [30]	Masquerade Waltz by Aram Khatchaturian choreo. by Olga Glinka	To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra Little Miss Sunshine by Mychael Danner & DeVotchKa choreo. by Olga Glinka	Pray for Parents from the Voice Russia 5
2016–2017 [2][31]	Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Olga Glinka	Broken Vow performed by Josh Groban The Man in the Iron Mask by Nick Glennie-Smith choreo. by Valentin Molotov	Horse by Igor Matviyenko and Alexander Shaganov, performed by Lyube[32][33][34] The Man in the Iron Mask by Nick Glennie-Smith choreo. by Valentin Molotov
2015–2016 [35]	Nothing the Same by Gary Moore choreo. by Olga Glinka	Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante Le Temps des Cathédrales performed by Bruno Pelletier Tu vas me détruire performed by Daniel Lavoie choreo. by Valentin Molotov
2014–2015 [36]	Cowboy by ?	Escalier by Hugues Le Bars Derap by Hugues Le Bars

Competitive highlights

Aliev at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final podium

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

International[37]
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Olympics				7th
Worlds				7th		C
Europeans				2nd		1st
GP Final						6th
GP France					4th
GP NHK Trophy				8th	5th
GP Rostelecom				6th		2nd
GP Skate America						3rd
CS Finlandia					5th
CS Golden Spin	10th
CS Lombardia					2nd	2nd
CS Ondrej Nepela				WD		1st
CS Tallinn Trophy		2nd		1st
CS Warsaw Cup			2nd
Cup of Nice		3rd
International: Junior[37]
Junior Worlds		6th	2nd
Youth Olympics		3rd
JGP Final		2nd	1st
JGP Austria		1st
JGP Czech Rep.			1st
JGP Japan	3rd
JGP Latvia		1st
JGP Slovenia	3rd		4th
EYOF	3rd
Ice Challenge	1st
Volvo Open Cup	1st
National[3]
Russia	10th	6th	5th	3rd	5th	1st
Russia, Junior	3rd	1st	1st
Russian Cup Final					9th
Team events
Youth Olympics		1st T 2nd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Senior level

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

2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
20–26 January 2020	2020 European Championships	2 88.45	1 184.44	1 272.89
24–29 December 2019	2020 Russian Championships	4 87.35	2 173.63	1 260.98
5–8 December 2019	2019–20 Grand Prix Final	4 88.78	6 131.26	6 220.04
15–17 November 2019	2019 Rostelecom Cup	2 90.64	2 169.24	2 259.88
18–20 October 2019	2019 Skate America	2 96.57	3 156.98	3 253.55
19–21 September 2019	2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial	1 101.49	2 153.83	1 255.32
13–15 September 2019	2019 CS Lombardia Trophy	2 81.18	1 168.44	2 249.62
2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
18–22 February 2019	2019 Russian Cup Final domestic competition	13 67.21	8 147.48	9 214.69
19–23 December 2018	2019 Russian Championships	8 71.74	4 163.74	5 235.48
23–25 November 2018	2018 Internationaux de France	9 75.15	2 162.67	4 237.82
9–11 November 2018	2018 NHK Trophy	3 81.16	6 138.36	5 219.52
4–7 October 2018	2018 CS Finlandia Trophy	3 79.36	6 145.59	5 224.95
12–16 September 2018	2018 CS Lombardia Trophy	3 86.57	2 163.98	2 250.55
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
19–25 March 2018	2018 World Championships	13 82.15	6 170.15	7 252.30
14–25 February 2018	2018 Winter Olympics	5 98.98	13 168.53	7 267.51
15–21 January 2018	2018 European Championships	2 91.33	2 182.73	2 274.06
21–24 December 2017	2018 Russian Championships	3 91.95	2 157.16	3 249.11
21–26 November 2017	2017 CS Tallinn Trophy	2 80.88	1 154.22	1 235.10
10–12 November 2017	2017 NHK Trophy	7 77.51	9 145.94	8 223.45
20–22 October 2017	2017 Rostelecom Cup	3 88.77	7 150.84	6 239.61

Junior level

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
15–19 March 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	1 83.48	3 163.83	2 247.31
1–5 February 2017	2017 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	1 86.23	1 161.59	1 247.82
22–25 December 2016	2017 Russian Championships	Senior	8 76.26	4 164.43	5 240.69
8–11 December 2016	2016−17 JGP Final	Junior	1 81.37	1 158.70	1 240.07
17–20 November 2016	2016 CS Warsaw Cup	Senior	3 70.70	2 146.36	2 217.06
22–24 September 2016	2016 JGP Slovenia	Junior	1 78.03	7 122.88	4 200.91
31 Aug. – 4 Sept. 2016	2016 JGP Czech Republic	Junior	1 77.45	1 155.38	1 232.83
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
14–20 March 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	Junior	1 80.74	7 130.44	6 211.18
12–21 February 2016	2016 Winter Youth Olympics - Team Event	Junior		2 141.06	1
12–21 February 2016	2016 Winter Youth Olympics	Junior	5 67.24	2 142.53	3 209.77
19–23 January 2016	2016 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	1 85.24	1 152.52	1 237.76
24–27 December 2015	2016 Russian Championships	Senior	7 81.03	6 156.44	6 237.47
10–13 December 2015	2015−16 JGP Final	Junior	2 76.78	2 134.44	2 211.22
17–22 November 2015	2015 CS Tallinn Trophy	Senior	4 71.12	2 155.60	2 226.72
15–18 October 2015	2015 International Cup of Nice	Senior	2 76.15	3 141.71	3 217.86
9–13 September 2015	2015 JGP Austria	Junior	1 75.61	1 150.33	1 225.94
26–30 August 2015	2015 JGP Latvia	Junior	6 60.10	1 149.82	1 209.92
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
4–7 February 2015	2015 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	11 59.83	1 146.32	3 206.15
26–28 January 2015	2015 European Youth Olympic Festival	Junior	3 62.66	3 121.82	3 184.48
24–28 December 2014	2015 Russian Championships	Senior	12 64.36	8 140.10	10 204.46
4–6 December 2014	2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	Senior	10 63.48	10 116.45	10 179.93
11–16 November 2014	2014 Ice Challenge	Junior	1 69.89	1 127.20	1 197.09
5–9 November 2014	2014 Volvo Open Cup	Junior	1 60.13	1 140.08	1 200.21
10–14 September 2014	2014 JGP Japan	Junior	3 66.59	3 123.23	3 189.82
27–31 August 2014	2014 JGP Slovenia	Junior	5 56.41	3 129.43	3 185.84

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