Yasmina Rinarovna Kadyrova (Russian: Ясмина Ринаровна Кадырова, Tatar: Ясминә Кадыйрова; born 11 December 2004) is a Russian pair skater. With her former partner, Ivan Balchenko, she is the 2021 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist.

Yasmina Kadyrova
Kadyrova in 2018
Full nameYasmina Rinarovna Kadyrova
Native nameЯсмина Ринаровна Кадырова
Other namesIasmina
Born (2004-12-11) 11 December 2004 (age 19)
Kazan, Russia
HometownSaint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.54 m (5 ft 12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia Russia
PartnerValerii Kolesov
CoachTamara Moskvina, Artur Minchuk
Skating clubOlympic School St. Petersburg
Began skating2008

Personal life

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Kadyrova was born on 11 December 2004 in Kazan, Russia. Her mother, Rezeda Sibgatullina, is a figure skating coach and director of Kazan's junior figure skating program. She has a younger sister, Riana, who is also a skater. Kadyrova and her family are Volga Tatars and identify as Muslim.[1]

Career

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Early years

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Kadyrova began learning to skate in 2008, coached first by her mother in Kazan. She trained in Kazan as a single skater until the 2016–17 season when she moved to St. Petersburg to train under Alexei Mishin and his wife, Tatiana.[2] Kadyrova skated under Mishin for two seasons, only competing domestically, before being accepted into Eteri Tutberidze's camp in Moscow. She trained under Tutberidze for a portion of the 2018–19 season, during which time she was captured on video training a quadruple salchow; however, she was forced to leave the group due to injury and returned to her native Kazan to recover. Later in the season, she competed at her only international assignment as a single skater, the 2019 Children of Asia International Sports Games, where she finished fourth.

Kadyrova teamed up with her first partner, Ivan Balchenko, in September 2019. She'd admired pair skating since her time training under Alexei Mishin and was inspired to try the discipline after skating in an Art on Ice show in Switzerland with 2018 Olympic champion Aljona Savchenko. She relocated to Perm to skate with Balchenko under his coaches, Pavel Sliusarenko and Valentina Tiukova. Due to the six-year age gap between Kadyrova and Balchenko, the team was forced to begin their career as seniors, despite Kadyrova's lack of pairs experience. Kadyrova/Balchenko competed domestically in the Russian Cup series during the 2019–20 season and took silver at the Cup Final.

2020–21 season

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Kadyrova/Balchenko opened their season at the 2020 Russian test skates, an unscored event that allows the Russian Figure Skating Federation to evaluate the programs and condition of their national team members.[3] They next competed at the second stage of the domestic Russian Cup series, the qualifying competition series to the national championships, in Moscow, where they finished second in a field of two behind Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin. At their second Russian Cup assignment, the fourth stage in Kazan, they finished just off the podium in fourth place and, with a combined total of 28 points, qualified to nationals.[4]

Although the team was not initially slated to compete at the event, Kadyrova/Balchenko were assigned to the 2020 Rostelecom Cup after Pavliuchenko/Khodykin withdrew due to illness in November. At the competition, Kadyrova/Balchenko placed fourth in both the short program and the free skate to place fourth overall, just behind training-mates Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov.[5][6]

At the 2021 Russian Championships, their first nationals as a team, Kadyrova/Balchenko, cleanly skated their short program to place sixth in the segment amidst a strong field of competitors.[7] The team fell to seventh in the free skate after struggling with their throw jumps but maintained their standing of sixth overall.[8]

Kadyrova/Balchenko concluded their season at the end of February at the 2021 Russian Cup Final. They placed second in the short due to an uncharacteristic mistake from Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin but were overtaken in the free skate and finished third in that segment and third overall.

On 25 May 2021, it was announced that Kadyrova/Balchenko had parted ways with coaches Pavel Sliusarenko and Valentina Tiukova to move to the camp of Tamara Moskvina and Artur Minchuk in St. Petersburg.[9] It was reported that Kadyrova's mother, Rezeda Sibgatullina, brokered the move.

2021–22 season

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Kadyrova/Balchenko opened their international competitive season at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge in October, where they won the bronze medal. At their next event and first ISU-sanctioned competition, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, Kadyrova/Balchenko placed third in both the short program and the free skate with personal best scores to win the bronze medal overall.[10]

Having earned the Russian host pick in the pairs field at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, Kadyrova/Balchenko made their ISU-sanctioned Grand Prix debut in November. At Rostelecom, the team again placed third in both segments of competition to earn the bronze medal.[11]

Kadyrova/Balchenko finished ninth at the 2022 Russian Championships.[10]

On April 18, it was announced that Kadyrova and Balchenko had split and that Kadryova was now paired with Valerii Kolesov.[12]

Programs

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With Kolesov

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Season Short program Free skating
2023-2024
2022–2023

With Balchenko

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
[13]
  • Bolero for Violin and Orchestra
    by Vanessa-Mae
    choreo. by Nikolai Moroshkin
2020–2021
[14]
2019–2020

As a single skater

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2018–2019

Competitive highlights

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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

With Kolesov

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National
Event 22–23 23-24
Russian Champ. 4th 7th
Russian Cup Final[a] 5th
GPR Idel 2nd 3rd
GPR Krasnoyarye 5th
GPR Volga Pirouette 3rd
Team events
Channel One Trophy 2nd T
4th P

With Balchenko

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International[10]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22
GP Rostelecom Cup 4th 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup 3rd
Denis Ten Memorial 3rd
National
Russian Champ. 6th 9th
Russian Cup Final 2nd 3rd
Russian Cup (Kazan) 4th
Russian Cup (Moscow) 2nd

As a single skater

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International[15]
Event 2018–19
Children of Asia ISG 4th

Detailed results

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With Kolesov

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Senior

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2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–24 December 2023 2024 Russian Championships
8
71.47
8
131.76
7
203.23
10-13 November 2023 2023 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage
5
69.03
6
127.35
5
196.38
27-30 October 2023 2023 Cup of Russia Series, 3rd Stage
3
71.81
3
133.89
3
205.70
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
3-5 March 2023 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final
5
77.32
5
135.41
5
212.73
21-22 January 2023 2023 Channel One Trophy 4
78.18
4
134.29
2T/4P
212.47
20-26 December 2022 2023 Russian Championships
4
76.68
4
136.77
4
213.45
18-21 November 2022 2022 Cup of Russia Series, 5th Stage
3
71.68
2
139.41
3
211.49
4-7 November 2022 2022 Cup of Russia Series, 3rd Stage
2
77.93
2
147.02
2
224.95

With Balchenko

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Senior

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2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 21–26, 2021 2022 Russian Championships 6
73.77
10
115.13
9
188.90
November 26–28, 2021 2021 Rostelecom Cup 3
69.39
3
124.19
3
193.58
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 3
67.53
3
125.41
3
192.94
October 28–31, 2021 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 3
65.08
3
115.05
3
180.13
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Feb. 26 – Mar. 2, 2021 2021 Russian Cup Final
domestic competition
2
70.93
3
136.03
3
206.96
December 23–27, 2020 2021 Russian Championships 6
68.69
7
127.35
6
196.04
November 20–22, 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup 4
70.62
4
134.05
4
204.87
November 8–12, 2020 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage, Kazan
domestic competition
4
71.95
4
133.12
4
205.07
October 10–13, 2020 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 2nd Stage, Moscow
domestic competition
2
64.69
2
121.70
2
186.39

As a single skater

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Junior

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2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 13–15, 2019 2019 Winter Children of Asia ISG 4
62.44
4
126.74
4
189.18

References

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  1. ^ The 2023 Russian Cup Final was renamed as the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.
  1. ^ "От Тутберидзе – в парное катание. История казанской фигуристки Ясмины Кадыровой" [From Tutberidze to pair skating. The story of Kazan figure skater Yasmina Kadyrova]. Business-Gazeta (in Russian). 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Ясмина Ринаровна Кадырова" [Yasmina Rinarovna Kadyrova] (in Russian). fskate.ru. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "KOLYADA, TRUSOVA SHINE AT 2020 TEST SKATES". International Figure Skating. September 14, 2020. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 CUP OF RUSSIA SERIES". Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. ^ Slater, Paula (November 19, 2020). "Mishina and Galliamov lead pairs at Rostelecom Cup". Golden Skate.
  6. ^ Slater, Paula (November 21, 2020). "Boikova and Kozlovskii capture second Rostelecom Cup gold". Golden Skate.
  7. ^ Flade, Tatjana (December 24, 2020). "Tarasova and Morozov storm to lead at Russian Nationals". Golden Skate.
  8. ^ Flade, Tatjana (December 26, 2020). "Tarasova and Morozov rebound to claim third title at Russian Nationals". Golden Skate.
  9. ^ "Ясмина Кадырова и Иван Бальченко перешли к Тамаре Москвиной" [Yasmina Kadyrova and Ivan Balchenko went to Tamara Moskvina]. Sports.ru (in Russian). May 25, 2021.
  10. ^ a b c "Iasmina KADYROVA / Ivan BALCHENKO". International Skating Union.
  11. ^ Slater, Paula (November 27, 2021). "Mishina and Galliamov lead Russian sweep at Rostelecom Cup". Golden Skate.
  12. ^ "В группе Москвиной создали новую пару для фигуристки Кадыровой" [Moskvina's group created a new pair for figure skater Kadyrova] (in Russian). Rsport. April 18, 2022.
  13. ^ "Iasmina KADYROVA / Ivan BALCHENKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Iasmina KADYROVA / Ivan BALCHENKO: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Yasmina KADYROVA". rinkresults.com.
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