Sergei Voronov (figure skater)

Sergei Voronov
Voronov in 2009.
Personal information
Full name	Sergei Evgenyevich Voronov
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1987-10-03) 3 October 1987 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Coach	Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Former coach	Nikolai Morozov, Marina Voitsekhovskaia, Alexei Urmanov, Galina Kashina, Rafael Arutyunyan
Choreographer	Alexander Zhulin
Former choreographer	Irina Zhuk, Ilia Averbukh, Nikolai Morozov, Tatiana Tarasova, Svetlana Korol, Artur Dmitriev
Skating club	Sambo 70
Former skating club	Moskvich
Training locations	Moscow
Former training locations	Hackensack, Daugavpils, Saint Petersburg
Began skating	1991
World standing	7 (As of 1 December 2014)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	252.55 2014 Europeans
Short program	90.33 2014 Rostelecom Cup
Free skate	167.04 2014 Europeans
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Figure skating: Men's singles European Championships Silver 2014 Budapest Men's singles Bronze 2015 Stockholm Men's singles Grand Prix Final Bronze 2014–15 Barcelona Men's singles Winter Universiade Silver 2011 Erzurum Men's singles World Junior Championships Silver 2006 Ljubljana Men's singles Bronze 2007 Oberstdorf Men's singles

Sergei Evgenyevich Voronov (Russian: Серге́й Евгеньевич Воронов; born in 1987) is a Russian figure skater. He is a two-time European medalist (2014 silver, 2015 bronze), the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a two-time World Junior medalist (2006 silver, 2007 bronze). He is also a two-time Russian National champion (2008, 2009).

Personal life

Sergei Evgenyevich Voronov was born in 1987 in Moscow.^[2] The International Skating Union gives October as his month of birth while the Russian skating federation lists November.^[2][3]

Career

Voronov began skating in 1991. He broke his collarbone two years later while skating.^[4] Voronov was coached by Rafael Arutyunyan in Moscow until 2000 when Arutyunyan moved to the U.S.^[5][6] Voronov decided to move to Saint Petersburg where he was coached by Galina Kashina for two years and then switched to Alexei Urmanov.^[6]

Voronov withdrew from the 2005 World Junior Championships after the qualifying round due to an injury which kept him off the ice for three months.^[7] He had placed sixth in the qualifying round.^[8] He withdrew from the 2007 Skate Canada International before the event due to a recurring foot injury.^[9]

Voronov placed fourth in the free skate at the 2008 World Championships and finished 7th overall.

In the 2009–10 season, Voronov was assigned to the 2009 Cup of China, where he took bronze, and 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard, where he was sixth. He won the silver medal at the 2010 Russian national championships. Voronov was sent to Europeans but his 14th place result led Russia to assign the country's second men's spot at the Olympics and Worlds to Russian national bronze medalist Artem Borodulin (along with Evgeni Plushenko). Plushenko's withdrawal from the 2010 World Championships due to injury allowed Voronov to be called up as a late replacement. Voronov would place 14th. This placement, along with Borodulin's withdrawal during the competition, meant Russia would have one men's berth to the 2011 World Championships. At the end of the season, he left coach Alexei Urmanov and moved back to Moscow to be coached by Nikolai Morozov.^[10][11]

For the 2010–11 season, Voronov was assigned to the 2010 Cup of China and the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard. He was injured during the short program at Cup of China and withdrew from the event and from Trophee Bompard. He competed at Russian Nationals where he placed 10th in the short program, 3rd in the long, and 4th overall, just 0.27 points off the podium.

Voronov finished 17th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France. He withdrew from the 2012 World Team Trophy due to an ankle fracture which he sustained in Nice.^[12]

Voronov won the bronze medal at the 2012 Cup of China, his third Grand Prix medal. He finished 7th at the 2012 NHK Trophy and won the silver medal at the 2013 Russian Championships. On 4 April 2013, Morozov confirmed that Voronov had left his group.^[13]

Voronov joined Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov.^[14] In the 2013–14 season, he won silver at his first event, the 2013 Finlandia Trophy, and finished ninth at his sole Grand Prix event, the 2013 NHK Trophy. After winning the gold medal at the 2013 Golden Spin of Zagreb, Voronov took bronze at the 2014 Russian Championships. Appearing in his sixth European Championships, he won the silver medal with a new Personal Best overall score of 252.55 points.

For the 2014–15 season,^[15] Voronov was assigned to the 2014 Rostelecom Cup where he won the silver medal behind Spain's Javier Fernández. He won another silver medal at the 2014 NHK Trophy, qualifying him to his first Grand Prix Final. At the Final, he finished third behind gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu and silver medalist Fernández.

Voronov won the silver medal at the 2015 Russian Championships behind Maxim Kovtun and was sent to 2015 European Championships, where he took bronze medal behind gold medalist Fernandez and silver medalist Kovtun. After that, he took the second rank in the ISU World Standings for men single skating with 3839 points behind Yuzuru Hanyu.^[16] Voronov competed at 2015 World Figure Skating Championships with the aggravated knee injury.^[17] He placed 4th in the short program, 17th in the long, and 13th overall.

Programs

Voronov with the other medalists at the 2012 Cup of China

Voronov with the other medalists at the 2009 Cup of China

Competitive highlights

Voronov at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final

Voronov at the 2009 Trophee Eric Bompard

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

References

External links

Media related to Sergei Voronov at Wikimedia Commons

• Sergei Voronov at the International Skating Union
• Official Russian site

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