Pavel Drozd

Pavel Drozd

Personal information
Native name Павел Игоревич Дрозд
Full name Pavel Igorevich Drozd
Country represented Russia
Born (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Partner Alla Loboda
Former partner Anastasia Safronova, Valeria Podlazova
Coach Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva
Choreographer Mikhail Kolegov
Skating club Sambo 70
Training locations Moscow
Novogorsk
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 153.64
2015 JGP Austria
Short dance 64.01
2015–16 JGP Final
Free dance 91.91
2015 JGP Austria
Medal record
Competitor for  Russia
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2015–16 Barcelona Ice dancing
2014–15 Barcelona Ice dancing

Pavel Igorevich Drozd (Russian: Павел Игоревич Дрозд; born 14 December 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Alla Loboda, he is a two-time JGP Final silver medalist (2014–15, 2015–16) and the 2016 Russian junior national champion.

Personal life

Pavel Igorevich Drozd was born 14 December 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1]

Career

Early years

Early in his career, Drozd trained in Saint Petersburg and partnered with Anastasia Safronova from around 2008 to 2010. He then moved to Moscow and skated with Valeria Podlazova for two seasons.[2]

Partnership with Loboda

In 2012, Drozd teamed up with Alla Loboda. Coached by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Volobueva in Moscow, they placed 11th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.

Loboda/Drozd debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2013–14 season, obtaining bronze medals in Riga, Latvia and Gdańsk, Poland. They finished fifth at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships.

Loboda/Drozd's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Courchevel, France. Ranked second in the short dance and first in the free dance, they won the gold medal by a margin of 2.82 points over Canada's Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang. Loboda/Drozd took silver in Aichi, Japan, finishing second to Edwards/Pang by 0.44 points. Loboda/Drozd qualified for the JGP Final in Barcelona where they won the silver medal behind teammates Anna Yanovskaya / Sergei Mozgov. On February 5-7, Loboda/Drozd finished 4th at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships, they were not selected as Russia's entry list to compete for the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Loboda/Drozd started the 2015–16 JGP season by taking silver at their first JGP event in Bratislava, Slovakia. Loboda/Drozd's second assignment of the season was Linz, Austria where they won gold. These results qualified them for the 2015-16 JGP Final where they won the silver medal with a total of 150.86 behind Americans Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter. On January 21-23, Loboda/Drozd competed at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships and won their first junior national title.

Programs

(with Loboda)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–2016
[3]
2014–2015
[4]
  • Samba: Samabando
  • Rhumba
  • Samba
    2013–2014
    [5]
    2012–2013

        Competitive highlights

        Loboda/Drozd at the 2014-15 Junior Grand Prix Final

        JGP: Junior Grand Prix

        With Loboda

        International[6]
        Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
        Junior Worlds TBD
        JGP Final 2nd 2nd
        JGP Austria 1st
        JGP France 1st
        JGP Japan 2nd
        JGP Latvia 3rd
        JGP Poland 3rd
        JGP Slovakia 2nd
        Ice Challenge 3rd J.
        National[2]
        Russian Jr. Champ. 11th 5th 4th 1st
        J. = Junior level

        References

        1. ↑ Дрозд Павел Игоревич [Pavel Igorevich Drozd] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014.
        2. 1 2 Дрозд Павел Игоревич [Pavel Igorevich Drozd] (in Russian). fskate.ru. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
        3. ↑ "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
        4. ↑ "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014.
        5. ↑ "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014.
        6. ↑ "Competition Results: Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD". International Skating Union.

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