Alexander Majorov

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov
Born	(1991-07-19)19 July 1991 (age 34) Leningrad,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union
Home town	Luleå, Sweden
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Sweden
Coach	Alexander Majorov Sr., Irina Majorova
Skating club	Luleå FCS
Began skating	1996
Retired	March 23, 2019[1]
Medal record Figure skating:Men's singles Representing Sweden Winter Universiade 2017 Almaty Men's singles

Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov (Russian:Александр Александрович Майоров, born 19 July 1991) is aSwedish retired figure skater. He is the2017 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, the2011 World Junior bronze medalist, a five-timeNordic champion (2011–14 and 2016), and a four-timeSwedish national champion (2012–14, 2017). His best finish at theEuropean Championships is 6th (2013). He was 14th at the2014 Winter Olympics.

Majorov was born on 19 July 1991 inSaint Petersburg, Russia.^[2] When he was an infant, his family began spending half a year in Sweden and half in Russia,^[3] settling inLuleå when he was six years old.^[4] His father, Alexander senior, is a figure skating coach,^[5] who was the first coach ofAlexei Yagudin.^[6] His mother, Irina Majorova, runs a dance and ballet school in Luleå.^[7] He has a younger brother,Nikolaj, who also competes in figure skating.^[8]

Majorov holds dual Swedish and Russian citizenship and speaks both languages.^[6] He has a degree in physiotherapy.^[9] He is abone marrow donor for his father, who was diagnosed with severe MDS in June 2015 and acute leukaemia a few months later.^[10]

Majorov began competing on theISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2005. He made his senior international debut at the2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb, placing 11th, but continued competing also on the junior level.

In the 2009–10 season, Majorov was eighth at the2010 World Junior Championships and ended his season by winning the senior silver medal at theTriglav Trophy.

In 2010–11, Majorov won his first JGP medal, bronze, at theJGP in Ostrava. He also won two senior events, theIce Challenge in Graz and the2010 NRW Trophy. In March 2011, he won the bronze medal at theWorld Junior Championships. It was Sweden's first ISU Championships medal in 74 years.^[6] Majorov had back problems in 2011.^[11]

In the 2011–12 season, Majorov finished 11th at the2012 European Championships and 26th at the2012 World Championships.

In 2012–13, Majorov was 6th at the2013 European Championships and 18th at the2013 World Championships.

In the 2015–16 season, Majorov placed 8th at the2015 CS Finlandia Trophy and won silver medals at two events – theInternational Cup of Nice andVolvo Open Cup. To prepare for his father's treatment, one bag of blood was drawn from the skater a week before theVolvo Open Cup and another a week before the2015 Rostelecom Cup, from which he withdrew.^[10] He withdrew from the Swedish Championships to recover after an operation to extract bone marrow for his father.^[10] Majorov won gold at theNordics Open in February 2016. His withdrawal from the2016 World Championships in Boston followed the detection of a precursor to a stress fracture of the pelvis.^[12]

In the 2016–17 season, Majorov competed at theRostelecom Cup. He had a nosebleed during his free skate and made several errors on his jumps, and he placed last in the men's field.^[13] A few weeks later, he won gold at theWarsaw Cup, and he also won theNRW Trophy. In January, he again placed 11th at theEuropean Championships; shortly after, he competed at the2017 Winter Universiade, where he won the bronze medal and set a new personal best.^[14] At the2017 World Championships, he ended in 23rd place.

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

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

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