| Alexandre Fadeev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Fadeev at the1989 World Championships. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Alexandre Vladimirovich Fadeev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | Александр Владимирович Фадеев | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Alexander/Aleksandr Fadeyev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1964-01-04)4 January 1964 (age 61) Kazan,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexandre Vladimirovich "Sasha" Fadeev (Russian:Александр Владимирович Фадеев; born 4 January 1964) is a Russian former competitivefigure skater who represented the Soviet Union. Fadeyev is the1985 World champion and a four-timeEuropean champion.
Alexandre "Sasha" Fadeev[1] was born inKazan,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He is married to a Canadian figure skater, Cydèle Fadeeva, and resides inIllinois.[2][3]
Fadeev won bronze at the 1979World Junior Championships and then gold the following year.[4] In the 1983–84 season, he won his first European title[5] and stepped onto his first World podium, taking the bronze medal.
Fadeev won the1985 World Championships by placing first in all three segments of the competition including compulsory figures and the short and long programs. He took the gold medal ahead ofBrian Orser (silver) andBrian Boitano (bronze).
At the1986 World Championships, Fadeev entered the long program with a comfortable lead and needed only a third place in the long program to defend his title. Five major mistakes, however, placed him fifth in the segment and third overall. He took the bronze medal behindBrian Boitano (gold) andBrian Orser (silver).
Receiving several 6.0s, Fadeev regained his European title in1987. He repeated as the bronze medalist at theWorld Championships, finishing third again behind Orser and Boitano in Cincinnati.
In the 1987–88 season, Fadeev won his fourth national title andthird European title. At the1988 Winter Olympics inCalgary, he skated the best compulsory figures but his placements in the short (9th) and free programs (4th) dropped him out of the medals to fourth overall.[6] He withdrew from theWorld Championships.
In 1988–89, Fadeev won the NHK Trophy and fifth Soviet national title. He scored four perfect 6.0s on the way to hisfourth European title. At the1989 World Championships, he led after the compulsory figures but dropped to fourth overall after poor placements in the short and free programs.
In the 1989–90 season, Fadeev took the silver medal at the1989 NHK Trophy, second to Petrenko but ahead of reigning World championKurt Browning. He defeatedViktor Petrenko to win the 1990 Soviet national title but did not appear again in amateur competition.
Fadeev was a cast member of the 1998 movieThe Christmas Angel: A Story on Ice,[7] as well as theGershwin on Ice theatre show withTiffany Chin. He currently works as a coach in theChicago area.[3]
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| Event | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 |
| Olympics | 7th | 4th | ||||||||||
| Worlds | 14th | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | WD | 4th | |||
| Europeans | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
| NHK Trophy | 9th | 2nd | 1st | WD | 1st | 2nd | ||||||
| Moscow News | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| International: Junior | ||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 3rd | 1st | ||||||||||
| National | ||||||||||||
| Soviet Champ. | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
Note: At the 1988 World Championships, Fadeev was in 1st place after the compulsory figures before withdrawing from the competition before the short program.
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