Mallory & Rand in 2010 European Figure Skating Championships |
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kristjan Rand |
| Country represented | Estonia |
| Born | June 12, 1987 Tallinn |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Partner | Caitlin Mallory |
| Former partner | Grethe Grünberg |
| Coach | Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva |
| Former coach | Lea Rand Sergei Ponomarenko Marina Klimova |
| Choreographer | Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva |
| Former choreographer | Lea Rand |
| Skating club | Jääkild FSC Tallinn |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 143.69 2009 Worlds |
| Comp. dance | 26.89 2009 Skate America |
| Original dance | 45.70 2009 Europeans |
| Free dance | 72.89 2009 Worlds |
Kristjan Rand (also spelled Kristian; born June 12, 1987 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian ice dancer. He competes with Caitlin Mallory. With former partner Grethe Grünberg, he is the 2007 World Junior silver medalist and the 2005–2007 Estonian national champion.
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Rand's younger brother Taavi Rand is also an ice dancer. His mother, Lea Rand, is a coach in Estonia.
Early in his career, he competed with Grethe Grünberg.[1] They were the first Estonian figure skaters to win a medal at an ISU Championships (2007 Junior Worlds)[2][3][4] and the first Estonian ice dancers to win a medal on the Junior Grand Prix circuit (2005 Tallinn Cup).
They missed the 2007–2008 skating season due to injury. Grünberg retired following that season. Rand teamed up with American Caitlin Mallory to compete for Estonia. They began competing together in the 2008–2009 season. They missed the 2010–11 season as a result of Rand's compulsory one-year military service, and both he and Mallory plan to finish college.[5]
(with Mallory)
| Event | 2008–2009 | 2009–2010 |
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 20th | 17th |
| European Championships | 14th | 13th |
| Skate America | 8th | |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 9th | |
| Karl Schäfer Memorial | 6th | |
| Finlandia Trophy | 4th |
(with Grünberg)
| Event | 2000–2001 | 2001–2002 | 2002–2003 | 2003–2004 | 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 19th | ||||||
| European Championships | 15th | ||||||
| World Junior Championships | 18th | 15th | 9th | 2nd | |||
| Estonian Championships | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 5th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands | 2nd | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Norway | 1st | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria | 6th | 4th | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Estonia | 3rd | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Belgrade | 6th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, France | 9th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic | 6th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 12th | ||||||
| Pavel Roman Memorial | 5th J. | 2nd J. | |||||
| European Youth Olympic Days | 12th J. |