Ivan Pavlov

Pavlov in 2014
Personal information
Native name	Іван Володимирович Павлов
Full name	Ivan Volodymyrovich Pavlov
Born	(1998-09-26)26 September 1998 (age 27) Kyiv, Ukraine
Home town	Kyiv
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Ukraine
Coach	Yuri Rudyk, Arina Kuznetsova
Skating club	Leader Kyiv
Began skating	2003
Retired	2 January 2021[1]
Medal record Representing Ukraine Figure skating:Men's singles European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 Dornbirn Men's singles

Ivan Volodymyrovych Pavlov (Ukrainian:Іван Володимирович Павлов, born 26 September 1998) is a Ukrainian formerpairs skater. With his partner,Kateryna Dzitsiuk, he is the2020 Ukrainian national champion. As a single skater, he is the 2015European Youth Olympic champion, 2014NRW Trophy silver medalist, and a two-timeUkrainian national champion. He has competed in the final segment at sevenISU Championships and finished within the top eight at the2018 World Junior Championships.

Pavlov began learning to skate in 2003.^[2] He competed on the novice level in the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 seasons.

Coached by Maryna Amirkhanova,^[3] Pavlov debuted on theISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He placed eighth at his JGP assignments in France and Turkey and then won junior titles at theBavarian Open and Ukrainian Junior Championships. Ukraine selected him to compete at the2013 World Junior Championships inMilan, Italy; he would qualify to the free skate and finish 20th overall.

Pavlov finished eighth and seventh respectively at his JGP assignments in Slovakia and Estonia. After taking the junior silver medal at the 2013Cup of Nice, he became theUkrainian national senior bronze medalist. Pavlov was assigned to his secondWorld Junior Championships.^[4] He ranked 16th in both segments and finished 15th overall.

During the 2014 JGP series, Pavlov placed seventh inTallinn, Estonia and fifth inZagreb, Croatia. Making his senior international debut, he won the silver medal at theNRW Trophy in late November 2014. At the Ukrainian Championships, he ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, finishing second toYaroslav Paniot by less than half a point.^[5]

In January 2015, Pavlov won gold at theEuropean Youth Olympic Winter Festival inDornbirn, Austria. In March, he came in 16th at the2015 World Junior Championships inTallinn, having placed 21st in the short and 15th in the free. He was coached by Amirkhanova until the end of the season.^[3]

Dmytro Shkidchenko began coaching Pavlov in the 2015–2016 season.^[6]Starting his season on the JGP series, Pavlov finished 8th inBratislava, Slovakia, before winning a bronze medal inLinz, Austria. He then appeared on the senior level, placing 7th at theInternational Cup of Nice and 5th at his firstISU Challenger Series (CS) event, the2015 Tallinn Trophy. In December 2015, he placed first in both segments at the Ukrainian Championships and outscored Paniot for the gold medal by 7.42 points.

Pavlov made his seniorISU Championship debut in January 2016 at theEuropean Championships inBratislava, Slovakia. He qualified for the final segment by placing 13th in the short program and then placed 15th in the free, resulting in a final placement of 15th. Ranked 24th in the short, he also reached the free skate at the2016 World Championships inBoston.

Competing in the2016 JGP series, Pavlov placed 4th inOstrava and 7th inLjubljana. In the senior ranks, he took gold atIce Star and finished 7th at theInternational Cup of Nice. At the Ukrainian Championships, he placed second in the short and first in the free, winning gold by a margin of 0.87 over Paniot.Pavlov was assigned to two senior-level ISU Championships and qualified to the final segment at the first, the2017 European Championships inOstrava, Czech Republic; he placed 15th in the short program, 14th in the free skate, and 14th overall. At the2017 World Championships inHelsinki, Finland, he placed 25th in the short program, scoring 0.06 less than the final skater who qualified to the free skate. He trained with Shkidchenko until the end of the season.^[6]

During the 2017–2018 season, Pavlov was coached by Amirkhanova.^[2] In December, he finished second to Paniot at theUkrainian Championships. In March, he competed at the2018 World Junior Championships inSofia, Bulgaria; he placed fourth in the short program, eighth in the free skate with a personal best score, and eighth overall. His placement allows Ukraine to send two entries to the next edition of the event.

Pavlov finished 29th at the2018 World Championships inMilan, Italy.

On 28 May 2018, theUkrainian Figure Skating Federation announced that he had teamed up with Sofiya Holichenko to compete inpair skating and that the two would be coached byHalyna Kukhar.^[7]

Pavlov teamed up with Kateryna Dzitsiuk prior to the season. On theJunior Grand Prix, they placed seventh in Poland and Croatia. At the2020 Ukrainian Championships, Dzitsiuk/Pavlov won the senior national title ahead of Victoria Bychkova / Ivan KhobtaandSofiia Nesterova /Artem Darenskyi, but Dzitsiuk was too young to be assigned to senior events. They instead were sent to the2020 World Junior Championships, where they finished 12th.

After the World Junior Championships, the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation announced the suspension of Dzitsiuk/Pavlov, as well as their mothers, Alla Dzitsiuk and Alla Pavlova, due to "gross violation of discipline at the World Junior Championships."^[8] As a result, they were no longer allowed to represent Ukraine at international events, receive funding from the federation, or train at national team rinks.

Dzitsiuk/Pavlov originally wanted to keep skating together under a different federation, but were also open to separating and representing different countries.^[9] However, the onset of theCOVID-19 pandemic limited opportunities for try outs and negotiations.

Pavlov announced his retirement on 2 January 2021.^[1] He plans to work as a skating coach.

CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix

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• Figure skaters from Kyiv
• Ukrainian male pair skaters
• Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade

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