Andrew Torgashev
| Andrew Torgashev | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born |
May 29, 2001 Coral Springs, Florida |
| Height | 1.656 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Coach | Artem Torgashev, Curtis Chornopyski, Christy Krall |
| Choreographer | Ilona Melnichenko, Scott Brown |
| Skating club | Panthers FSC Coral Springs |
| Training locations | Coral Springs, Florida |
| Began skating | 2006 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total |
201.74 2015 Junior Worlds |
| Short program |
67.78 2015 Junior Worlds |
| Free skate |
133.96 2015 Junior Worlds |
Andrew Torgashev (born May 29, 2001) is an American figure skater. He is the 2015 U.S. national junior champion and placed tenth at the 2015 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Andrew Torgashev was born May 29, 2001 in Coral Springs, Florida.[1] He is the son of Ilona Melnichenko and Artem Torgashev, who competed for the Soviet Union in ice dancing and pair skating respectively. He attends North Broward Middle School in Coconut Creek, Florida.[2]
Career
Torgashev was awarded the juvenile bronze medal at the U.S. Junior Championships in December 2010.[3] He won the U.S. national juvenile title in the 2011–12 season and the U.S. intermediate title the following season.[4] He placed fourth on the novice level at the 2014 U.S. Championships.
Torgashev became age-eligible for international junior events in the 2014–15 season. Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, he placed fourth in Ostrava, Czech Republic and fifth in Tallinn, Estonia. In January 2015, he won the junior title at the U.S. Championships, setting U.S. junior men's records in the free skate and total score.[5] He was assigned to the World Junior Championships and finished tenth at the event, held in March in Tallinn.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 [1] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
| Junior Worlds | 10th | ||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 4th | ||||
| JGP Estonia | 5th | ||||
| National[2] | |||||
| U.S. Champ. | 4th N. | 1st J. | |||
| U.S. Jr. Champ. | 3rd Jv. | 1st Jv. | 1st I. | ||
| Eastern Sect. | 1st I. | 2nd N. | 1st J. | ||
| South Atlantic | 1st Jv. | 1st Jv. | 1st I. | ||
| Levels: Jv. = Juvenile; I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice; J. = Junior | |||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Andrew TORGASHEV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Andrew Torgashev". IceNetwork.
- ↑ Davis, Craig (December 18, 2010). "Coral Springs’ Torgashev gets bronze medal in first trip to Figure Skating Junior Nationals; Chiera, Feigenbaum also post top-five finishes". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011.
- ↑ Menning, Rick (February 3, 2013). "Local skater earns second national title". South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
- ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (January 23, 2015). "Torgashev sets new U.S. standard for junior men". IceNetwork.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Andrew TORGASHEV". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Andrew Torgashev at Wikimedia Commons