Ivan Bukin
Bukin/Stepanova at the 2024Channel One Trophy
Full name	Ivan Andreyevich Bukin
Native name	Иван Андреевич Букин
Born	(1993-09-16)16 September 1993 (age 31) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Partner	Alexandra Stepanova
Coach	Alexander Zhulin
Skating club	UOR No 4 Moscow
Began skating	1998
Medal record Representing Russia Figure skating:Ice dancing European Championships 2019 Minsk Ice dancing 2022 Tallinn Ice dancing 2020 Graz Ice dancing 2018 Moscow Ice dancing 2015 Stockholm Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2013 Milan Ice dancing 2012 Minsk Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2012–13 Sochi Ice dancing 2011–12 Quebec Ice dancing 2010–11 Beijing Ice dancing

Ivan Andreyevich Bukin (Russian:Иван Андреевич Букин; born 16 September 1993) is a Russianice dancer. With his skating partner,Alexandra Stepanova, he is a four-time European medalist (silver in2019, bronze in2015,2018 and2020), the2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki champion, the2018 Rostelecom Cup champion, and a three-time Russian national champion (2021,2022,2024). In total, they have won eleven medals on theGrand Prix series and threeFinlandia Trophy titles.

Earlier in their career, Stepanova/Bukin won the2013 World Junior Championships,2012–13 JGP Final, and2014 Russian Junior Championships.

Ivan Bukin was born on 16 September 1993 in Moscow, Russia.^[1][2] He is the son of 1988 Olympic ice dancing championAndrei Bukin.^[3] His mother, Elena Vasiuk, is also a former ice dancer.^[4] In 2010, he began studying at Moscow's Institute of Physical Culture.^[3]

Bukin began learning to skate in 1998.^[1] He started out in single skating but was asked to switch to ice dancing.^[3] He initially disliked skating but over time grew to love dance.^[5] He skated briefly withElena Ilinykh.^[6] Bukin was partnered with Stepanova in 2006 by coachesIrina Zhuk andAlexander Svinin and trains in Moscow.^[3]

Stepanova/Bukin debuted on the Junior Grand Prix series in the2010–2011 season. They won both of their events and qualified for the2010 JGP Final, where they won the bronze medal.

Stepanova/Bukin won both of their2011–2012 JGP events, Romania and Italy. Their placements qualified them for theJGP Final where they placed fourth in the short and second in the free dance to receive the bronze medal. They won silver at the2012 Russian Junior Championships. Stepanova/Bukin then competed at the2012 World Junior Championships and won the silver medal.

Stepanova/Bukin won gold medals at theirJGP events in Turkey and Germany, qualifying them for theJGP Final inSochi, Russia.^[7] They won the gold medal in their third appearance at the final. Stepanova/Bukin withdrew from the2013 Russian Junior Championships due to Bukin's cold and sinusitis.^[8] They were assigned to the2013 World Junior Championships where they won the gold medal, more than seven points ahead of French ice dancersGabriella Papadakis /Guillaume Cizeron. After the event, the duo and their coaches discussed whether to move up to the senior level.^[9]

Stepanova/Bukin decided to make their senior debut in the2013–2014 season. They were assigned to oneGrand Prix event, the2013 Skate Canada, and finished eighth. They came in fifth at the2013 Winter Universiade. At theRussian Championships, Stepanova/Bukin finished sixth on the senior level and won gold on the junior level ahead ofYanovskaya/Mozgov. They were assigned to the2014 World Junior Championships but withdrew due to illness.^[10]

Stepanova/Bukin began their season with a gold medal at the2014 Finlandia Trophy, anISU Challenger Series (CS) event. Their firstGrand Prix medal, bronze, came at the2014 Skate America. At the2014 Rostelecom Cup, they finished fifth.^[11] Stepanova/Bukin took bronze at the2015 Russian Championships and were assigned to the2015 European Championships inStockholm. They were awarded the bronze medal in Sweden, ahead ofElena Ilinykh /Ruslan Zhiganshin. They ended their season at the2015 World Championships inShanghai, finishing ninth.

Stepanova/Bukin had planned to begin the2015–2016 season at the2015 CS Finlandia Trophy, however, they withdrew because Bukin's off-season illness had slowed their preparations for the season. At the2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, they placed third in the short dance, which was accepted as the final result following the competition's cancellation due to theNovember 2015 Paris attacks. They finished fourth overall at their next Grand Prix event, the2015 NHK Trophy. Stepanova/Bukin edged out Ilinykh/Zhiganshin for the bronze medal at theRussian Championships in late December inEkaterinburg and finished as the third Russian team, in fifth place, in January 2016 at theEuropean Championships inBratislava.

Stepanova/Bukin were assigned to the2016 World Championships inBoston afterEkaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev withdrew due to a positive doping sample.^[12] They finished eleventh in the competition after placing eleventh in both the short and free dance.

Stepanova/Bukin started their season on theChallenger Series, at the2016 CS Finlandia Trophy. Ranked first in both segments, they earned personal best score and won the gold medal by a margin of 7.07 points over silver medalistsMadison Hubbell /Zachary Donohue. TheirGrand Prix assignments were the2016 Skate Canada International, where they placed fifth, and2016 Cup of China, where they won the bronze medal.

In December 2016 they won the silver medal at the2017 Russian Championships. They later competed at the2017 European Championships, where they placed fifth, and at the2017 World Championships where they placed tenth.

Stepanova/Bukin started their season by winning the silver medal at the2017 CS Finlandia Trophy. They then won two bronze medals in theGrand Prix series, the first bronze came at the2017 Rostelecom Cup and the second bronze came at the2017 Internationaux de France. They then won the silver medal at the2018 Russian Championships. A month later they won the bronze medal at the2018 European Championships after placing second in the short dance and third in the free dance.

They were not sent to the2018 Winter Olympics because it was announced by the Russian Figure Skating Federation on 23 January 2018 that theInternational Olympic Committee did not invite Bukin to compete.^[13][14]

They later competed at the2018 World Championships where they finished seventh after placing seventh in both the short dance and the free dance.^[14]

Stepanova/Bukin started their season at the2018 CS Finlandia Trophy where they won the gold medal with a personal best score of 200.78 points. This was already their third victory at theFinlandia Trophy since they had won this event also in2014 and2016.

In early November Stepanova/Bukin won their firstGrand Prix gold medal at the2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. They were ranked first in both the Rhythm dance and the free dance and won the gold medal by a margin of about 4 points over the silver medalists,Charlène Guignard /Marco Fabbri. Two weeks later they won their second Grand Prix gold medal at the2018 Rostelecom Cup. They were ranked first in both programs and beat the silver medalists,Sara Hurtado /Kirill Khaliavin by about 25 points. With two Grand Prix gold medals they qualified for the2018–19 Grand Prix Final, where they finished fourth.

At the2019 Russian Championships, Stepanova/Bukin placed second in both programs, taking their third consecutive silver medal, behindVictoria Sinitsina /Nikita Katsalapov, who had also finished ahead of them at the Grand Prix Final. Reflecting afterward, Stepanova said "we didn’t skate without mistakes at nationals and we know what we have to work on. There is nothing we can leave out. We have to work on everything—on technique, emotions and our mistakes, every day. You need to skate perfectly."^[15]

Competing next at the2019 European Championships, Stepanova/Bukin placed second in the rhythm dance, behind Papadakis/Cizeron, earning their best score to date on the Tango Romanticapattern dance and capitalizing on serious errors by rivals Sinitsina/Katsalapov.^[16] They placed second in the free dance as well, winning the silver medal overall. Bukin called it "a big step forward for us."^[17] Stepanova/Bukin concluded the season at the2019 World Championships, where they placed third in the rhythm dance, winning a small bronze medal, but dropped to fourth place after the free dance. Stepanova pronounced them "ready to fight for the top three in the world."^[18]

Having skipped theChallenger series due to Stepanova recovering from a back injury, they began the season at2019 Skate America. They placed second in the short program.^[19] They narrowly won the free dance over gold medalistsMadison Hubbell /Zachary Donohue, taking silver overall. Stepanova said she was "more pleased with our performance than yesterday."^[20] They won a second silver medal at the2019 NHK Trophy, qualifying to their secondGrand Prix Final.^[21] They placed fourth at the Final for the second year, notably placing ahead of domestic rivals Sinitsina/Katsalapov.^[22]

Competing at the2020 Russian Championships, Stepanova/Bukin were second in the rhythm dance.^[23] They placed first in the free dance, but remained in second place overall behind Sinitsina/Katsalapov. Stepanova remarked "we’re happy with what we did."^[24]

In January, Stepanova/Bukin competed at the2020 European Championships inGraz, Austria. They placed fourth in the rhythm dance and third in the free dance, taking their fourth European medal, a bronze, behind Russian teammates Sinitsina/Katsalapov and Papadakis/Cizeron of France.^[25][26] They had been assigned to compete at theWorld Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[27]

Stepanova suffered from a reoccurrence of a back injury and sought treatment in Germany, as a result of which the team missed the 2020 Russian senior test skates.^[28] They were scheduled to compete on theGrand Prix at the2020 Rostelecom Cup, but withdrew due to aCOVID-19 outbreak at their training centre.^[29] It was subsequently reported that both had caught the virus in succession, leaving them only three weeks to prepare for the national championships.^[30]

With rivals Sinitsina/Katsalapov withdrawing from the2021 Russian Championships due to contracting COVID-19 as well, Stepanova/Bukin entered the event as the heavy favourites to finally take the title. They won the rhythm dance by 3.26 points overZahorski/Guerreiro.^[30] They won the free dance as well by a 5.96 point margin, taking the gold medal for the first time at the Russian Championships. Stepanova said afterward "there was not much time for the preparation and we were nervous. We didn't want to skate worse than we did last year." While theEuropean Championships were already cancelled due to the pandemic, they were assigned to the Russian team for the2021 World Championships inStockholm.^[31]

Following the national championships, Stepanova/Bukin participated in the2021 Channel One Trophy, a televised team competition held in lieu of the cancelledEuropean Championships. They were selected for the Time of Firsts team captained byEvgenia Medvedeva.^[32] They placed first in both their segments of the competition, while their team finished in second overall.^[33][34] They did not participate in the Russian Cup Final.^[35]

Four-time and defending World championsPapadakis/Cizeron declined to compete at the World Championships in Stockholm, seeming to invite a major contest between six teams, Stepanova/Bukin among them, to make the podium.^[36] They placed fifth in the rhythm dance, 0.35 behind CanadiansGilles/Poirier in fourth, after making errors in their steps.^[37] They were fifth in the free dance as well, holding fifth place overall. Stepanova called the rhythm dance mistakes "a huge lesson for us."^[38] Their placement combined with Sinitsina/Katsalapov's gold medal qualified three berths for Russian dance teams at the2022 Winter Olympics.^[39]

Stepanova and Bukin did not appear at the Russian test skates, citing medical reasons.^[40] They were scheduled to make their debut at the2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, but withdrew days beforehand, with their coach citing a need for additional preparation time.^[41]

Stepanova/Bukin were initially assigned to the2021 Cup of China as their firstGrand Prix event, but following its cancellation they were reassigned to the2021 Gran Premio d'Italia.^[42] Third in both segments, they won the bronze medal. They said afterward that they felt lacking in confidence heading into the event.^[43] They won a bronze medal as well at their second event, the2021 Internationaux de France, with Bukin saying that they had "made a little step forward since our first Grand Prix in Italy and we are more satisfied with what we did here."^[44][45]

At the2022 Russian Championships, Stepanova/Bukin were second in the rhythm dance behindSinitsina/Katsalapov. After the latter withdrew for health reasons, Stepanova/Bukin easily won their second consecutive national title. Bukin said "something incredible, beautiful, it was really pleasant."^[46] They went on to win the silver medal at the2022 European Championships.^[47] On January 20, they were officially named to theRussian Olympic team.^[48]

Competing at the2022 Winter Olympics, Stepanova/Bukin placed fifth in the rhythm dance in thedance event.^[49] In the free dance, they botched the choreographic slide at the end of the program, finishing eighth in that segment and dropping to sixth overall.^[50]

He appeared in the ninth season of ice show contestIce Age.

(with Stepanova)

(with Stepanova)

• Set the ice dancing world record of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system for thecombined total (200.78 points),rhythm dance (79.16 points) andfree dance (121.62 points) at the2018 CS Finlandia Trophy.
• They became the first team to score above 200 points at the2018 CS Finlandia Trophy.
• Set the ice dancing world record for thefree dance (124.94 points) at the2018 Rostelecom Cup.

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

With Stepanova

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

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World Record Holders
Preceded by Madison Hubbell /Zachary Donohue	Rhythm Dance 6 October 2018 – 26 October 2018	Succeeded by Madison Hubbell /Zachary Donohue
Preceded by Madison Hubbell /Zachary Donohue	Free Dance 7 October 2018 – 21 October 2018 17 November 2018 – 24 November 2018	Succeeded by Gabriella Papadakis /Guillaume Cizeron
Preceded by Madison Hubbell /Zachary Donohue	Ice Dance Total Score 7 October 2018 – 21 October 2018	Succeeded by Madison Hubbell /Zachary Donohue

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