Alexei Krasnozhon
| Alexei Krasnozhon | |
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Krasnozhon at the 2016−17 JGP Final | |
| Personal information | |
| Native name | Алексей Дмитриевич Красножон |
| Full name | Alexei Dmitriyevich Krasnozhon |
| Country represented | United States |
| Former country(ies) represented | Russia |
| Born |
11 April 2000 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Coach | Peter Cain, Darlene Cain |
| Former coach | Oleg Tataurov, Tatiana Mishina, Olga Kartashov |
| Choreographer | Scott Brown |
| Former choreographer | Tatiana Prokofieva |
| Skating club | Stars FSC of Texas |
| Former skating club | Yubileyny |
| Training locations | Euless, Texas |
| Former training locations | Saint Petersburg |
| Began skating | 2005 |
| World standing | 69 (As of 17 December 2016)[1] |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total |
223.60 2016 JGP Czech Republic |
| Short program |
76.50 2017 Junior Worlds |
| Free skate |
148.50 2016 JGP Czech Republic |
Alexei Dmitriyevich Krasnozhon (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Красножон;[2] born 11 April 2000) is a figure skater who competes for the United States. He is the JGP Slovenia champion, the 2017 U.S. national junior men's champion, and placed eighth at the 2017 World Junior Championships.
He skated for Russia until the end of the 2012–13 season.
Personal life
Krasnozhan was born on April 11, 2000 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[3] His mother, Natalia, is an endocrinologist and his father, Dmitri, is an oncologist.[4] He has two younger sisters, named Dana and Sofia.[5]
In 2014, Krasnozhon moved to Dallas, Texas with his mother so that he could train there.[6] He enrolled in a private online high school and is interested in a business degree from Georgetown University or SMU.
Career
Krasnozhon began skating at the age of five. When he was 7, he became a student of Alexei Mishin, as well as his wife Tatiana Mishina and their assistant coach Oleg Tataurov. He competed for Russia at the Volvo Open Cup in January 2013, winning gold on the advanced novice level, and placed 12th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.[6][7] Due to a back injury following that event, he missed the 2013–14 season.[5][8]
In March 2014, Krasnozhon announced that he planned to compete for the United States and would be coached by Peter Cain and Darlene Cain in Euless, Texas.[6][9] He qualified for the 2015 US Championships on the junior level and won the pewter medal. On July 1, 2015, the Russian Figure Skating Federation released Krasnozhon so that he could compete internationally for the United States.[6] While training in Moscow, Krasnozhon performed full run-throughs of his programs about once a week, but he began doing them daily after moving to Texas.[10]
2015–16 season
Krasnozhon made his ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in the 2015–16 season. He was awarded a bronze medal at his first JGP assignment, in Riga, Latvia, and then placed 5th in Torun, Poland. After receiving the junior gold medal at the Midwestern Sectionals, he closed his season by winning the junior bronze medal at the 2016 U.S. Championships, finishing behind Tomoki Hiwatashi and Kevin Shum.
2016–17 season
Competing in the 2016–17 JGP series, Krasnozhon won silver in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and then gold in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He qualified to the JGP Final in Marseille, France, where he finished 5th. At the 2017 U.S. Championships, he won the junior men's title. He qualified to the free skate at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2016–17 [3][10] |
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Competitive highlights
| International: Junior or lower levels[7] | |||||
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| Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| Junior Worlds | 8th | ||||
| JGP Final | 5th | ||||
| JGP Czech Republic | 2nd | ||||
| JGP Latvia | 3rd | ||||
| JGP Poland | 5th | ||||
| JGP Slovenia | 1st | ||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 1st N | ||||
| National[2][5] | |||||
| U.S. Champ. | 4th J | 3rd J | 1st J | ||
| Midwestern Sect. | 1st J | ||||
| Southwestern Reg. | 1st J | ||||
| Russian Jr. Champ. | 14th | 12th | |||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | |||||
References
- ↑ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Men". International Skating Union. December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- 1 2 "Красножон Алексей Дмитриевич" [Alexei Dmitriyevich Krasnozhon]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on July 25, 2016.
- 1 2 "Alexei KRASNOZHON: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- ↑ Krasnozhon, Alexei. "Parents". Official Homepage of Alex Krasnozhon. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Aleksei Krasnozhon". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Rutherford, Lynn (January 23, 2015). "Torgashev sets new U.S. standard for junior men". IceNetwork.com.
- 1 2 "Competition Results: Alexei KRASNOZHON". International Skating Union.
- ↑ Krasnozhon, Alexei. "About Me". Official Homepage of Alex Krasnozhon. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ Krasnozhon, Alexei (March 25, 2014). "then I passed my junior test)" (Instagram).
- 1 2 Han, Brooklee (November 8, 2016). "Alexei Krasnozhon chasing his American dream". International Figure Skating.
- ↑ "Alexei KRASNOZHON: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
