| Andrew Torgashev | |||||||||
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 Andrew Torgashev at the2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final | |||||||||
| Born | (2001-05-29)May 29, 2001 (age 23) Coral Springs, Florida, United States | ||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||
| Country |  United States | ||||||||
| Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||
| Coach | Rafael Arutunian Vera Arutunian Nadezhda Kanaeva Brandon Frazier | ||||||||
| Skating club | Panthers Figure Skating Club | ||||||||
| Began skating | 2006 | ||||||||
| HighestWS | 34th (2018–19) | ||||||||
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Andrew Torgashev (born May 29, 2001) is an Americanfigure skater. He is the2024 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist,2025 U.S. national silver medalist,2019 Asian Open Trophy silver medalist, the2016 Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, and the2015 U.S. national junior champion.
Andrew Torgashev was born May 29, 2001, inCoral Springs, Florida.[1] He is the son ofIlona Melnichenko andArtem Torgashev, who competed for the Soviet Union inice dance andpair skating respectively.[2] As a result, Torgashev is fluent in bothEnglish andRussian.[3] Later in his career as a competitive figure skater, Torgashev also began working as a coach at theGreat Park Ice & FivePoint Arena inIrvine, California.[2]
Torgashev, who is half-Ukrainian with family still living in the country, has vocalized his support for Ukraine following theRussian invasion and has partaken in ice shows to raise money in support.[4]
Torgashev began learning to skate in 2006.[1] He was awarded the juvenile bronze medal at theU.S. Junior Championships in December 2010.[5] He won the U.S. national juvenile title in the 2011–2012 season and the U.S. intermediate title the following season.[6]
He placed fourth in the novice men's category at the2014 U.S. Championships.
Torgashev became age-eligible for international junior events in the 2014–2015 season. Competing for in theISU Junior Grand Prix series, he placed fourth inOstrava, Czech Republic, and fifth inTallinn, Estonia.
After taking the junior gold medal at theEastern Sectionals, he won the junior title at theU.S. Championships, setting U.S. junior men's records in the free skate and total score.[7] He was assigned to the2015 World Junior Championships and finished tenth at the event, which was held in March in Tallinn.
Torgashev fractured his right ankle in June 2015 while practicing aquadruple toe loop.[8] He underwent surgery in June to insert three screws, which were removed from his ankle in January 2016.[9] As a result, he missed the entire skating season. He worked on his edges, stroking, and speed after returning to the ice.[10]
Torgashev returned to competition in July 2016.[8] Competing in the2016 Junior Grand Prix series, he won silver in Russia and placed fourth in Germany.
Making his senior international debut, he took the bronze medal at the2016 CS Tallinn Trophy in November. He finished eleventh in the senior ranks in January at the2017 U.S. Championships.
At the2017 World Junior Championships, he placed twenty-fifth in the short program and did not qualify to the free skate.
Torgashev placed sixth at thePhiladelphia Summer International in early August 2017. During the2017 Junior Grand Prix series, he won silver in Belarus with a personal best total score of 212.71 points and then placed fourth in Italy. He qualified for the JGP Final inNagoya, Japan, where he placed sixth. Torgashev also finished sixth at the2017 CS Warsaw Cup. In January, at the2018 U.S. Championships, he ranked ninth in the short program, fourteenth in the free skate, and thirteenth overall.
In June, he announced that he had relocated toColorado Springs, Colorado, to work full-time withChristy Krall.[11] Erik Schultz andJoshua Farris also became members of his coaching team.[1]
In August 2018, Torgashev won the senior men's title at the 2018Philadelphia Summer International. At the2018 Junior Grand Prix inBratislava, Slovakia, he placed fifth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall. In September, he won gold atJGP Lithuania inKaunas after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate. These results qualified him for the2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final inVancouver, Canada.[12] Due to a fractured toe, he withdrew from the competition and was off the ice for eight weeks, until around mid-November.[13] In January, he finished seventh in the senior ranks at the2019 U.S. Championships.
In March 2019, he won silver at theEgna Spring Trophy.
Torgashev started the season at the2019 Philadelphia Summer International, where he won the event. He competed in the JGP series, placing fourth inRiga, Latvia, at the JGP Croatia. He placed second in the short program with a new personal best, sixth in the free program, and fourth overall. He then competed at the senior level at the2019 CS Asian Open Trophy, winning the silver medal.
Competing at the2020 U.S. Championships, Torgashev placed third in the short program, skating a clean program that included aquadruple toe loop.[14] He struggled in the free skate, falling twice and stepping out of an under-rotated attempted quadruple toe loop in the program's second half. Fifth in that segment, he dropped to fifth place overall.[15]
Assigned to the2020 World Junior Championships, Torgashev placed third in the short program, winning a small bronze medal.[16] Torgashev fell four times in the long program, placing eleventh in that segment and dropping to eighth place overall.[17]
In November 2019, Torgashev announced a coaching change as he moved fromColorado toCalifornia to train withRafael Arutyunyan atGreat Park Ice inIrvine.[18]
He was unable to compete during the2019–20 and2020–21 figure skating seasons due to an injury in his right foot that ultimately required ankle surgery as well as a long rehabilitation.[3]
Making his return to competition, Torgashev qualified for the2023 US Championships inSan Jose, following a second-place finish at the2023 Eastern Sectional Championships. By his own account, he entered the event hoping to finish in the top ten.[19] Torgashev couldn't afford to pay for his coaching team's travel expenses to attend the competition, so his father,Artem, stood in as his coach.[20] He placed fifth in the short program, and then won the free skate, winning the overall bronze medal with a total score of 255.56 points.[21] He called the result "surreal."[22][19]
Because Torgashev had not competed internationally since 2020, he lacked the technical minimum scores required to attend ISU championships and could not obtain them in time to be assigned to the2023 Four Continents Championships. He was provisionally selected for the2023 World Championships inSaitama, Japan, pending his acquisition of the requisite scores at theInternational Challenge Cup.[23]
Torgashev finished fifth at the Challenge Cup, securing the minimum technical scores, and finished twenty-first in his World Championship debut. He said afterward: "I would have liked better, but I'm so grateful to be here and for the opportunity."[24]
Torgashev began the season by winning the bronze medal at the2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.[2] He appeared on theGrand Prix at the2023 Skate America, where he came eleventh in the short program but rose to seventh after the free skate.[25]
In advance of the2024 U.S. Championships, Torgashev was preemptively named to the American team for the2024 Four Continents Championships inShanghai, which were to take place the week after the national championships.[26] He finished fifth at the national championships inColumbus.[27] At the Four Continents Championships, Torgashev came eighth.[28]
Torgashev started the season by competing on the2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the2024 CS Cranberry Cup International and ninth at the2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete on the2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Torgashev would place fourth in both the short and program segments at the2024 Grand Prix de France but managed to win the bronze medal as a result of many of the event's top contenders making mistakes. Initially only assigned one Grand Prix event, Torgashev's name was assigned to the2024 NHK Trophy to replace Canadian skater,Stephen Gogolev, days before the event.[29] At the NHK Trophy, Torgashev delivered a strong short program, earning a new season's best score, finishing fourth in that competition segment. He would place fifth in the free skate, where he obtained a new personal best free skate and combined total score, and finish fourth overall.[30] Following his success on the Grand Prix series, Torgashev expressed elation, saying, "I packed for a few days trip to France, and ended up staying for a while more week in Japan. It was awesome. Even more, achieving a PB in the free and total score was so sick, just think I’m still capable of so much more though."[31]
| Season | Short program | Free skate program | Exhibition program |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 [32] |
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| — |
| 2015–16 [8] | "Le temps des cathédrales"
|
| — |
| 2016–17 [8] | "Le temps des cathédrales" | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | — |
| 2017–18 [33] |
|
| — |
| 2018–19 [1] |
| "El Tango de Roxanne" | — |
| 2019–20 [34] |
|
| — |
| 2022–23 [35][36] | Oblivion
| Medley:
| — |
| 2023–24 [37][38][20] | "L'enfer"
| "Bloodstream" | |
| 2024–25 [2] | "L'enfer" |
| "Enter the Jungle"
|
"L'enfer" |
| Season | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 21st | TBD | |||||
| Four Continents Championships | 8th | ||||||
| U.S. Championships | 11th | 13th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd |
| GPFrance | 3rd | ||||||
| GPNHK Trophy | 4th | ||||||
| GPSkate America | 7th | ||||||
| CSAsian Open Trophy | 2nd | ||||||
| CSCranberry Cup | 5th | ||||||
| CSLombardia Trophy | 3rd | ||||||
| CSNebelhorn Trophy | 9th | ||||||
| CSTallinn Trophy | 3rd | ||||||
| CSWarsaw Cup | 6th | ||||||
| Challenge Cup | 5th | ||||||
| Egna Spring Trophy | 2nd | ||||||
| Philadelphia Summer | 6th | 1st | 1st |
| Season | 2014–15 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | 10th | 25th | 8th | ||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 6th | ||||
| U.S. Championships | 1st | ||||
| JGPBelarus | 2nd | ||||
| JGPCroatia | 4th | ||||
| JGPCzech Republic | 4th | ||||
| JGPEstonia | 5th | ||||
| JGPGermany | 4th | ||||
| JGPItaly | 4th | ||||
| JGPLatvia | 4th | ||||
| JGPLithuania | 1st | ||||
| JGPRussia | 2nd | ||||
| JGPSlovakia | 4th |
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 246.58 | 2024 NHK Trophy |
| Short program | TSS | 86.41 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy |
| TES | 46.91 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy | |
| PCS | 39.50 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy | |
| Free skating | TSS | 162.22 | 2024 NHK Trophy |
| TES | 81.97 | 2024 NHK Trophy | |
| PCS | 80.25 | 2024 NHK Trophy |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Nov 20–27, 2016 |  2016 CS Tallinn Trophy | 4 | 68.12 | 4 | 133.33 | 3 | 201.45 |
| Jan 14–22, 2017 |  2017 U.S. Championships | 7 | 77.82 | 11 | 147.53 | 11 | 225.35 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Aug 3–5, 2017 | 2017 Philadelphia Summer International | 10 | 61.49 | 3 | 141.46 | 6 | 202.95 |
| Nov 16–19, 2017 |  2017 CS Warsaw Cup | 6 | 61.52 | 6 | 121.26 | 6 | 182.78 |
| Dec 29, 2017 – Jan 8, 2018 | 2018 U.S. Championships | 9 | 81.32 | 14 | 135.69 | 13 | 217.01 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2018 | 2018 Philadelphia Summer International | 3 | 67.67 | 1 | 138.74 | 1 | 206.41 |
| Jan 19–27, 2019 | 2019 U.S. Championships | 9 | 76.95 | 6 | 149.02 | 7 | 225.97 |
| Mar 28–31, 2019 |  2019 Egna Spring Trophy | 4 | 66.97 | 1 | 151.46 | 2 | 218.43 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Jul 31 – Aug 3, 2019 | 2019 Philadelphia Summer International | 1 | 78.52 | 1 | 134.09 | 1 | 212.61 |
| Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2019 |  2019 CS Asian Open Trophy | 2 | 72.91 | 2 | 144.63 | 2 | 217.54 |
| Jan 20–26, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Championships | 3 | 97.87 | 5 | 162.77 | 5 | 260.64 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Jan 23–29, 2023 | 2023 U.S. Championships | 5 | 78.78 | 1 | 177.78 | 3 | 255.56 |
| Feb 23–26, 2023 |  2023 International Challenge Cup | 10 | 70.33 | 4 | 145.53 | 5 | 215.86 |
| Mar 22–26, 2023 |  2023 World Championships | 22 | 71.41 | 21 | 139.18 | 21 | 210.59 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 8–10, 2023 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy | 2 | 86.41 | 4 | 146.85 | 3 | 233.26 |
| Oct 20–22, 2023 | 2023 Skate America | 11 | 68.71 | 6 | 150.96 | 7 | 219.67 |
| Jan 22–28, 2024 | 2024 U.S. Championships | 4 | 88.02 | 7 | 151.19 | 5 | 239.21 |
| Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024 | 2024 Four Continents Championships | 8 | 81.15 | 8 | 156.05 | 8 | 237.20 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Aug 8–11, 2024 | 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International | 3 | 84.30 | 6 | 140.64 | 5 | 224.94 |
| Sep 18–21, 2024 |  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy | 14 | 63.92 | 6 | 143.73 | 9 | 207.65 |
| Nov 1–3, 2024 |  2024 Grand Prix de France | 4 | 81.54 | 4 | 152.10 | 3 | 233.64 |
| Nov 8–10, 2024 | 2024 NHK Trophy | 4 | 84.36 | 5 | 162.22 | 4 | 246.58 |
| Jan 20–26, 2025 | 2025 U.S. Championships | 2 | 94.94 | 2 | 191.55 | 2 | 286.49 |
| Mar 25–30, 2025 | 2025 World Championships | 8 | 87.27 | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 3–7, 2014 |  2014 JGP Czech Republic | 4 | 57.94 | 2 | 124.63 | 4 | 182.57 |
| Sep 24–27, 2014 | 2014 JGP Estonia | 4 | 64.70 | 6 | 112.95 | 5 | 177.65 |
| Jan 18–25, 2015 | 2015 U.S. Championships (Junior) | 1 | 75.61 | 1 | 149.63 | 1 | 225.24 |
| Mar 2–8, 2015 | 2015 World Junior Championships | 10 | 67.78 | 6 | 133.96 | 10 | 201.74 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 14–17, 2016 |  2016 JGP Russia | 3 | 65.47 | 2 | 139.44 | 2 | 204.91 |
| Oct 5–9, 2016 | 2016 JGP Germany | 2 | 73.48 | 6 | 118.32 | 4 | 191.80 |
| Mar 15–19, 2017 |  2017 World Junior Championships | 25 | 55.42 | – | – | 25 | 55.42 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 20–24, 2017 |  2017 JGP Belarus | 3 | 74.34 | 2 | 138.37 | 2 | 212.71 |
| Oct 11–14, 2017 | 2017 JGP Italy | 4 | 69.03 | 2 | 136.53 | 4 | 205.56 |
| Dec 7–10, 2017 | 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final | 6 | 64.73 | 6 | 95.76 | 6 | 160.49 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Aug 22–25, 2018 |  2018 JGP Slovakia | 5 | 65.37 | 3 | 129.38 | 4 | 194.75 |
| Sep 5–8, 2018 |  2018 JGP Lithuania | 2 | 69.39 | 1 | 132.24 | 1 | 201.63 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 4–7, 2019 |  2019 JGP Latvia | 6 | 78.52 | 4 | 131.16 | 4 | 196.23 |
| Sep 25–28, 2019 |  2019 JGP Croatia | 2 | 80.53 | 6 | 132.33 | 4 | 212.86 |
| Mar 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 3 | 81.50 | 11 | 127.45 | 8 | 208.95 |
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