Pavel Drozd
Drozd in 2019
Full name	Pavel Igorevich Drozd
Native name	Павел Игоревич Дрозд
Born	(1995-12-14)14 December 1995 (age 29) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Partner	Elizaveta Shichina
Coach	Alexander Zhulin
Skating club	Sambo-70
Medal record Representing Russia (with Loboda) Figure skating:Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2017 Taipei Ice dancing 2016 Debrecen Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2016–17 Marseille Ice dancing 2015–16 Barcelona Ice dancing 2014–15 Barcelona Ice dancing

Pavel Igorevich Drozd (Russian:Павел Игоревич Дрозд; born 14 December 1995) is a Russianice dancer who currently competes withElizaveta Shichina. With his former skating partner,Alla Loboda, he is a two-time World Junior medalist (silver in2017, bronze in2016), a three-timeJGP Final silver medalist (2014–15,2015–16,2016–17), and the2016 Russian junior national champion. With his former skating partner,Ksenia Konkina, he is the2019 CS Asian Open Trophy and2019 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist.

Pavel Igorevich Drozd was born on 14 December 1995 inSaint Petersburg, Russia.^[1] He moved to Moscow in 2010. His younger sister, Daria, has also competed in ice dancing.^[2] He studies foreign languages, first English and Spanish, and has now also taken up Italian and French.^[3]

Drozd began learning to skate at age five in Saint Petersburg.^[4] He had an ice dancing partnership with Anastasia Safronova from 2008 to 2010.^[5] After they parted ways, Ksenia Rumiantseva invited him to join her group in Moscow.^[4] He then competed with Valeria Podlazova for two seasons.^[5]

On 10 March 2012, Drozd began skating withAlla Loboda, who trained under the same coaches.^[2] Led by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Volobueva in Moscow, they placed 11th at the2013 Russian Junior Championships.

Loboda/Drozd debuted on theISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the2013–14 season, obtaining bronze medals inRiga, Latvia andGdańsk, Poland. They finished fifth at the2014 Russian Junior Championships.

Loboda/Drozd's first assignment of the2014–15 JGP season was inCourchevel, 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'sMadeline Edwards /Zhao Kai Pang. They took silver inAichi, Japan, finishing second to Edwards/Pang by 0.44 points. Loboda/Drozd qualified for theJGP Final inBarcelona, where they won the silver medal behind teammatesAnna Yanovskaya /Sergei Mozgov. Having finished 4th at the2015 Russian Junior Championships, they were not named in Russia's team to the2015 World Junior Championships.

In the2015–16 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd won the silver medal inBratislava, Slovakia, and then gold inLinz, Austria, before taking silver behind AmericansLorraine McNamara /Quinn Carpenter at the2015–16 JGP Final inBarcelona. After winning their firstjunior national title, they were awarded the bronze medal at the2016 World Junior Championships inDebrecen, Hungary, having finished third behind McNamara/Carpenter andRachel Parsons /Michael Parsons.

Competing in the2016–17 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd won gold medals inSaransk, Russia, andTallinn, Estonia. In December 2016, they were awarded the silver medal behind the Parsons at the2016–17 JGP Final inMarseille, France.

In March 2017 they won the silver medal at the2017 World Junior Championships.^[3]

Loboda/Drozd started their senior career by winning the silver medal at the2017 CS Lombardia Trophy. In October 2017, they made theirGrand Prix debut at the2017 Skate Canada, where they placed 5th. Next month they competed at their 2nd GP event of the season, the2017 Internationaux de France, where they placed 9th. In December 2017, they competed at the2018 Russian Championships, where they placed 6th after placing 6th in both the short dance and the free dance.

Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Volkov became their new coaches in May 2018.^[6] Loboda and Drozd ended their partnership by July.^[7]

In July 2018,Alexander Zhulin began coaching the partnership of Drozd and Angélique Abachkina, but the skaters parted ways after learning that the French federation would not release her to compete for Russia.^[7] On 5 November 2018, Drozd confirmed that he had teamed up withKsenia Konkina and would continue to be coached by Zhulin.^[7] Konkina/Drozd made their international debut at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup where they won the bronze medal.

Konkina/Drozd opened their season by winning the gold medal at 2019NRW Trophy inDortmund,Germany. They then won silver at the2019 CS Asian Open Trophy behindChristina Carreira /Anthony Ponomarenko of theUnited States.

Konkina/Drozd were scheduled to make theirGrand Prix debut at the2020 Rostelecom Cup but withdrew. The team split later in the season after health issues forced Konkina to retire. Drozd re-teamed with Angélique Abachkina after she successfully obtained her release from theFédération Française des Sports de Glace.^[8]

(with Loboda)

• Set the junior-level ice dancerecord for the combined total score to 164.37 points at the2017 World Junior Championships.

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

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

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• 21st-century Russian sportsmen

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