Dmitri Aliev

Dmitri Aliev at the2024 Channel One Trophy
Personal information
Native name	Дмитрий Сергеевич Алиев
Full name	Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev
Born	(1999-06-01)1 June 1999 (age 26) Ukhta, Russia
Home town	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft8+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Evgeni Rukavicin
Skating club	Olympic School St. Petersburg
Began skating	2005
HighestWS	11th (2017–18)
Medal record
European Championships 2020 Graz Singles 2018 Moscow Singles Russian Championships 2020 Krasnoyarsk Singles 2018 Saint Petersburg Singles Winter Youth Olympics 2016 Lillehammer Team 2016 Lillehammer Singles World Junior Championships 2017 Taipei Singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2016–17 Marseille Singles 2015–16 Barcelona Singles

Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev (Russian:Дмитрий Сергеевич Алиев; born 1 June 1999) is a Russianfigure skater. He is the2020 European champion, the2018 European silver medalist, the2020 Russian national champion and the2018 Russian national bronze medalist. On the junior level, he is the2017 World Junior silver medalist, the2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the2015-16 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time medalist at the2016 Youth Olympics (bronze in the men's singles discipline and gold in the team event), and a two-time (2016,2017) Russian national junior champion.

Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev^[1] was born on 1 June 1999 inUkhta,Komi Republic,Russia.^[2] On his paternal side, Dmitry has Azerbaijani roots.^[3] His father, Sergey Vasilevich, is the director of a children's and youth sports school №1 in Ukhta. His mother, Elena, is a skier.^[4] In September 2022, Aliev received a summons to appear at the military commissariat for a potential call-up to serve in the Russian Army during the2022 Russian mobilization.^[5]

Since 2025, he has been dating Russian rhythmic gymnastArina Averina.^[6]

Having begun skating in 2005,^[2] Aliev trained in Ukhta until 2013 when he moved toSaint Petersburg, becoming a student ofEvgeni Rukavicin.^[7]

Aliev debuted on theISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the2014–15 season. Awarded bronze medals inLjubljana, Slovenia andAichi, Japan, he finished as the third alternate for a place at theJGP Final. Making his senior international debut, he placed tenth at the2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb, anISU Challenger Series event. Returning to the junior ranks, he won bronze medals at the2015 Russian Junior Championships and2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

In 2015–16, Aliev's first assignment was aJunior Grand Prix event inRiga, Latvia. Placing sixth in the short program and first in the free skate, he won the gold medal by a margin of 5.32 points ahead of Latvia'sDeniss Vasiļjevs. He then took gold inLinz, Austria, with a total score 14 points higher than silver medalistVincent Zhou, and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Competing on the senior level, Aliev was awarded bronze at the2015 International Cup of Nice and silver at the2015 CS Tallinn Trophy. In December, he won the silver medal at the2015–16 JGP Final inBarcelona, having finished second toNathan Chen of the United States. Later that month, he placed sixth at the2016 Russian Championships inYekaterinburg before winning his firstjunior national title in January inChelyabinsk.

Aliev won the bronze medal in the men's singles discipline and the gold medal in the team event at the2016 Youth Olympics inHamar, Norway. He was awarded a small gold medal for his short program result at the2016 World Junior Championships inDebrecen, Hungary. Ranked seventh in the free skate, he finished 6th overall.

Starting his season on theJunior Grand Prix series, Aliev won gold inOstrava, Czech Republic, after placing first in both segments. Ranked first in the short and seventh in the free, he finished fourth at his next JGP event inLjubljana, Slovenia. His results gave him the last spot at the2016–17 JGP Final inMarseille. In December, he won the gold medal in France by a margin of 3.55 points overAlexander Samarin.^[8] Later that month, Aliev finished fifth at the2017 Russian Championships inChelyabinsk.

In early 2017 Aliev won his secondjunior national title inSaint Petersburg. This result gave him a spot at the2017 World Junior Championships. He ranked first in the short program, third in the free skate, and second overall inTaipei, Taiwan, winning the silver medal behind AmericanVincent Zhou and ahead of the teammateAlexander Samarin.^[9][10]

Aliev started his season by placing 1st in the short program at the domestic competition in Saint Petersburg.^[11] He landed 4Lz-3T combination, 4T, 3A and scored 99.7 points. He decided to try six quads in two programs, including quad Lutz, quad Salchow and two quad toe loops in the free program.^[12]

Aliev was going to compete at the2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy but withdrew due to ankle inflammation.^[13]

In October 2017, Aliev debuted at theGrand Prix series. He placed sixth at the2017 Rostelecom Cup and eighth at the2017 NHK Trophy. He then won his firstISU Challenger Series gold medal at the2017 CS Tallinn Trophy.

He was third in the2018 Russian Nationals. In January 2018, he won the silver medal at the2018 European Championship after placing second in both the short program and the free skate. At the Europeans, he scored his personal best score of 274.06 points.

In February 2018, Aliev finished seventh at the2018 Winter Olympics and in March 2018, he also placed seventh at the2018 World Championships.

Aliev started his season at the2018 CS Lombardia Trophy. Placing third in the short program and second in the free skate, he placed second overall, earning the silver medal. He then competed at the2018 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he finished fifth. In hisGrand Prix events, he placed fifth at2018 NHK Trophy and fourth at2018 Internationaux de France. Competing at the2019 Russian Championships, Aliev had a disastrous short program, falling on an underrotated quad toe loop and completely missing the takeoff on his planned triple Axel. He rose to fifth place overall after placing fourth in the free skate.^[14]

Aliev later competed at the Russian Cup Final, hoping to qualify for the RussianWorld Championships team, but placed ninth.^[15]

Beginning on theChallenger series, Aliev won the silver medal at the2019 CS Lombardia Trophy and then won the2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial. At his firstGrand Prix event,2019 Skate America, Aliev placed second in the short program, behindNathan Chen and fractions of a point ahead ofKeegan Messing.^[16] Errors in the free skate dropped him to third place overall. The bronze medal was his first on the Grand Prix.^[17] At the2019 Rostelecom Cup, Aliev placed second in the short program.^[18] He was second in the free skate as well, barely back of the lead, and missed taking the gold medal due to repeating too many jumps and getting his final tripleLutz invalidated for violating theZayak rule.^[19] Aliev's results qualified him for theGrand Prix Final for the first time. After issues with his combination, he placed fourth in the short program, managing only a double jump instead of a triple in the second half.^[20] In the free skate, he finished last and dropped to last place overall after falling on several jumps and spins.^[21]

Aliev placed fourth in the short program at the2020 Russian Championships, performing only a triple Lutz instead of his planned quad and putting a hand down on an underrotated triple Axel.^[22] Second in the free skate despite two falls, one on a quad toe loop and the other during his step sequence, Aliev captured his first Russian national title.^[23]

At theEuropean Championships, Aliev placed second in the short program with 88.45 points, despite under rotations on two of his jumps.^[24] In the free skate, Aliev underrotated and put a foot down on his opening quad Lutz, but skating the rest of the program cleanly to finish first in the free skate with a new personal best of 184.44 — over 15 points more than his prior personal best. With a total overall score of 272.89 points, he became Russia's first European men's champion sinceEvgeni Plushenko in2012.^[25]

Aliev was assigned to compete at the2020 World Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[26]

Aliev missed the senior Russian test skates as he was receiving treatment for a back injury in Germany.^[27] Competing on the domestic Cup of Russia series, he won the bronze medal at the third stage inSochi.^[28]

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to run theGrand Prix based primarily on geographic location. Aliev was assigned to the2020 Rostelecom Cup, where he placed fifth in the short program after making several errors.^[29] He was fifth in the free skate and overall.^[30]

On December 3, it was announced that Aliev had to withdraw from the fifth stage of the Russian Cup because he had contractedCOVID-19. He did not participate in the2021 Russian Championships.^[31]

Aliev was chosen for the2021 Channel One Trophy, a televised team event organized in lieu of the cancelledEuropean Championships. He was selected for the Red Machine team captained byAlina Zagitova. Aliev placed fourth in the short program and fifth in the free skate, and the Red Machine team took the trophy.^[32][33] Subsequently, Aliev participated in the Russian Cup Final, which was widely assumed to be the deciding event for the second Russian men's berth at the2021 World Championships inStockholm.^[34] Aliev placed ninth in the short program after popping his triple Axel to a single and making a quad error.^[35] He rose to third place overall with a first-place finish in the free skate.^[36]

Aliev made his season debut at the2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he won the bronze medal.^[37] The next week he competed at the2021 Budapest Trophy, finishing in the silver medal position.^[38] His firstGrand Prix assignment was initially the2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation he was reassigned to the2021 Gran Premio d'Italia inTurin.^[39] He placed ninth at the event.^[40] He was fifth at the2021 Internationaux de France.^[41] 

At the2022 Russian Championships, Aliev finished in ninth place.^[38]

Note: Because of the introduction of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system which replaced the previous +3 / -3 GOE system, ISU has decided that all statistics start from zero for the season 2018–19. All previous records are now historical.^[42]

• The first European skater to have completed three different quad jumps in international competitions:toe loop,Lutz andSalchow.^[43]

GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only atISU Championships.

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only atISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

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