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 161.87
2016 JGP Russia
Short dance 65.54
2016 JGP Estonia
Free dance 96.91
2016 JGP Russia
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
2016 Debrecen 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 the 2016 World Junior bronze medalist, 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 on 14 December 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] He moved to Moscow in 2010. His younger sister, Daria, has also competed in ice dancing.[2]

Career

Early years

Drozd began learning to skate at age five in Saint Petersburg.[3] He had an ice dancing partnership with Anastasia Safronova from around 2008 to 2010.[4] After they parted ways, Ksenia Rumiantseva invited him to join her group in Moscow.[3] He then competed with Valeria Podlazova for two seasons.[4]

Partnership with Loboda

On 10 March 2012, Drozd began skating with Alla Loboda, who trained under the same coaches.[2] Led 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 (JGP) 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.

For the 2016-17 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd started their event at the 2016 JGP Russia where they won the gold medal with a new personal best score of 161.87 points. They then won another gold in their second event at the 2016 JGP Estonia. The results qualified them to the 2016–17 JGP Final to be held on December in Marseille, France.

Programs

(with Loboda)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2016–17
[3][5]
  • Blues: St. Louis Blues
  • Swing
2015–16
[6]
2014–15
[7]
  • Samba: Samabando
  • Rhumba
  • Samba
    2013–14
    [8]
    2012–13

    Competitive highlights

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

    JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    With Loboda

    International[9]
    Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
    Junior Worlds 3rd
    JGP Final 2nd 2nd TBD
    JGP Austria 1st
    JGP Estonia 1st
    JGP France 1st
    JGP Japan 2nd
    JGP Latvia 3rd
    JGP Poland 3rd
    JGP Russia 1st
    JGP Slovakia 2nd
    Ice Challenge 3rd J
    National[4]
    Russian Jr. Champ. 11th 5th 4th 1st
    J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew

    Detailed results

    With Loboda

    2016–17 season
    Date Event Level SD FD Total
    8–11 December 2016 2016−17 JGP Final Junior


    28 September – 2 October 2016 2016 JGP Estonia Junior 1
    65.54    		 1
    91.47    		 1
    157.01
    14–18 September 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 1
    64.96    		 1
    96.91    		 1
    161.87
    2015–16 season
    Date Event Level SD FD Total
    14–20 March 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 6
    58.93    		 3
    92.26    		 3
    151.19
    19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
    68.84    		 2
    96.06    		 1
    164.90
    10–13 December 2015 2015−16 JGP Final Junior 3
    64.01    		 2
    86.85    		 2
    150.86
    9–13 September 2015 2015 JGP Austria Junior 1
    61.73    		 1
    91.91    		 1
    153.64
    19–23 August 2015 2015 JGP Slovakia Junior 1
    60.48    		 2
    86.90    		 2
    147.38
    2014–15 season
    Date Event Level SD FD Total
    4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
    61.84    		 5
    78.53    		 4
    140.37
    11–14 December 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 2
    53.72    		 2
    82.59    		 2
    136.31
    10–14 September 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 3
    52.25    		 1
    81.73    		 2
    133.98
    20–24 August 2014 2014 JGP France Junior 2
    50.10    		 1
    82.34    		 1
    132.44
    2013–14 season
    Date Event Level SD FD Total
    23–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5
    58.53    		 3
    86.66    		 5
    145.19
    19–21 September 2013 2013 JGP Poland Junior 3
    54.55    		 3
    79.56    		 3
    134.11
    29–31 August 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 3
    50.93    		 1
    75.50    		 3
    126.43
    2012–13 season
    Date Event Level SD FD Total
    1–3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 12
    41.22    		 11
    66.04    		 11
    107.26

    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 Flade, Tatjana (30 June 2016). "Russia's Loboda and Drozd prepare for test skates; Junior Grand Prix". Golden Skate.
    3. 1 2 3 "Featured interview: Alla Loboda & Pavel Drozd (RUS)". International Skating Union. 15 September 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 Дрозд Павел Игоревич [Pavel Igorevich Drozd]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 August 2014.
    5. ↑ "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
    6. ↑ "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
    7. ↑ "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
    8. ↑ "Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014.
    9. ↑ "Competition Results: Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD". International Skating Union.

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