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Dmitrii Chigirev

Dmitrii Evgenievich Chigirev (born 1 April 2001) is an Russian pair skater who currently competes for Uzbekistan.[1] With his current skating partner, Ekaterina Geynish, he is the 2024 Skate Canada International silver medalist and 2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition bronze medalist.[2]

Dmitrii Chigirev
Full nameDmitrii Evgenievich Chigirev
Native nameДмитрий Евгеньевич Чигирев
Other namesDmitry
Born (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23)
Saransk, Russia
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Uzbekistan (since 2024)
 Russia (2018–23)
DisciplinePair skating
PartnerEkaterina Geynish
(since 2022)
Anastasia Kostyuk (2021–22)
Ekaterina Belova (2018–21)
Lina Dreyer (2017–18)
Nadezhda Labazina (2016–17)
CoachNina Mozer
Vladislav Zhovnirski
Igor Chudin
Skating clubWinter Sports Association of Uzbekistan
Began skating2008

Personal life

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Chigirev was born on April 1, 2001 in Saransk, Russia.[3] Since 2023, he has been in a relationship with former two-time World Champion women's singles skater, Evgenia Medvedeva.[4][5][6]

In addition to figure skating, he also enjoys video games, bikes, reading, and music.[3]

Career

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Early career

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Chigirev began figure skating in 2008.[3] He originally trained at the SSh Figure Skating Academy in Saransk as a singles skater until 2016 when he decided to switch to pairs. During his first two years as a pair skater, he was partnered with Nadezhda Labazina and Lina Dreyer.[7][8] Following this, Chigirev moved to Moscow to train under Artur Dmitriev at the UOR 4 Moscow Gomelski Academy and then teamed up with Ekaterina Belova.[9] The pair competed for three seasons together, finishing ninth at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, tenth at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships, and twelfth at the 2020 Russian Championships. The pair split following the 2020–21 figure skating season and Chigirev made the decision to transfer to the Moscow Skating School "Vorobyovy Gory" to train under Nina Mozer and Vladislav Zhovnirski.[10][9]

In April 2022, Mozer and Zhovnirski paired Chigirev up with Anastasia Kostyuk.[9] Together ,the pair won silver on the junior level at the 2022 Budapest Trophy. However, their partnership soon dissolve soon thereafter.[11]

Partnership with Geynish

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2022–23 season

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Following the end of the 2021–22 figure skating season, Chigirev teamed up with Ekaterina Geynish.[6] Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all Russian figure skaters were banned from competing at international competitions.[12] Geynish and Chigirev therefore only competed at the 2022 Senior Russian Cup Grand Prix stages 2 and 5, placing fifth at both events.[13]

In May 2023, it was announced that the pair had planned to begin competing for Uzbekistan and had submitted documents to the Figure Skating Federation of Russia to request a release, which was ultimately successful.[14][6]

2024–25: Debut for Uzbekistan

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Making their international debut for Uzbekistan in early September, Geynish and Chigirev won the bronze medal at the 2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition. Selected to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, the pair competed at 2024 Skate Canada International, placing fourth in the short program, but winning the free skate and winning the silver medal.[15] With this result, Geynish and Chigirev became the first pair team representing Uzbekistan to win a senior Grand Prix medal.[16]

Programs

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Pair skating with Ekaterina Geynish (for Uzbekistan)

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Season Short program Free skate Ref.
2022–23 [17][18]
2024–25
  • The Deal Between Tsubaki and Lingba
    By Kiyoshi Yoshida
    Choreo. by Ramil Mekhdiev
  • Teatro
    By Concha Buika & Jacob Sureda
    Choreo. by Ramil Mekhdiev
 [19]

Competitive highlights

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Pair skating with Ekaterina Geynish (for Uzbekistan)

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Competition placements at senior level [15]
Season 2024–25
GP France TBD
GP Skate Canada 2nd
CS John Nicks Pairs 3rd

Pair skating with Anastasia Kostyuk (for Russia)

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Competition placements at junior level [11]
Season 2021–22
Budapest Trophy 2nd

Pair skating with Ekaterina Belova (for Russia)

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Competition placements at junior level [10]
Season 2018–19 2019–20
Russian Championships (Senior) 12th
Russian Championships (Junior) 9th 10th

Detailed results

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Pair skating with Ekaterina Geynish (for Uzbekistan)

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [15]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 189.65 2024 Skate Canada International
Short program TSS 64.62 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
TES 35.96 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
PCS 28.66 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
Free skating TSS 126.12 2024 Skate Canada International
TES 65.77 2024 Skate Canada International
PCS 60.35 2024 Skate Canada International
Results in the 2024–25 season [15]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 3–4, 2024   2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition 2 64.62 5 112.34 3 176.96
Oct 25–27, 2024   2024 Skate Canada International 4 63.53 1 126.12 2 189.65

References

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  1. ^ "Russian figure skaters intend to compete for Uzbekistan". yuz.uz. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ Slater, Paula (27 October 2024). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps defend Skate Canda title". Golden Skate. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Ekaterina Geynish & Dmitrii Chigirev". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ Матросова, Анастасия. "Парень Медведевой и дочь Морозова меняют спортивное гражданство. Что происходит?". Championat. Championat. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ^ Несын, Евгений. "Любимый мужчина фигуристки Евгении Медведевой задумал «побег» в сборную Узбекистана. Дмитрий Чигирев уже подал необходимые для перехода документы". KP.RU. KP.RU. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Milukova, Aleksandra. ""Medvedeva's boyfriend wants to escape Russia and is preparing to represent a new country as early as next season." Geinish/Chigirev plan to switch to Uzbekistan". FS Gossips. FS Gossips. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Чигирев Дмитрий Евгеньевич". All Skaters Info. All Skaters Info. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Екатерина Белова/Дмитрий Чигирев". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Анастасия КОСТЮК и Дмитрий ЧИГИРЕВ: ПРЕОДОЛЕНИЕ". Dzen. Dzen. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Ekaterina Belova / Dmitrii Chigirev". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Anastasia Kostyuk / Dmitrii Chigirev". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  12. ^ "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  13. ^ "RUS–Ekaterina Geynish/Dmitrii Chigirev". SkatingScores.com.
  14. ^ "Фигуристы Гейниш и Чигирев намерены выступать за Узбекистан". Tass. Tass. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d "UZB–Ekaterina Geynish/Dmitrii Chigirev". SkatingScores.com.
  16. ^ "History made! 🇺🇿". Facebook. International Skating Union. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Екатерина Гейниш - Дмитрий Чигирев. Короткая программа. Пары. Самара. Гран-при России 2022". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Екатерина Гейниш - Дмитрий Чигирев. Произвольная программа. Пары. Самара. Гран-при России 2022". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Ekaterina GEYNISH / Dmitrii CHIGIREV: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024.
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