Kirill Aleshin

Skoptsova/Aleshin at the2018 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Native name	Кирилл Павлович Алёшин
Full name	Kirill Pavlovich Aleshin
Other names	Alyoshin
Born	(1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (age 28) Omsk, Russia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Began skating	2004
Medal record Representing Russia Figure skating:Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2018 Sofia Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2017–18 Nagoya Ice dancing Winter Youth Olympics 2016 Lillehammer Ice dancing RepresentingMixed-NOCs Winter Youth Olympics 2016 Lillehammer Team

Kirill Pavlovich Aleshin (Russian:Кирилл Павлович Алёшин; born 24 April 1997) is a Russian retiredice dancer. With his former skating partner,Anastasia Skoptsova, he was the2020 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist,2018 CS Tallinn Trophy silver medalist, and2021 Russian national bronze medalist.

Earlier in their career, they won gold at the2018 World Junior Championships and2017 Junior Grand Prix Final, as well as bronze at the2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

Kirill Pavlovich Aleshin was born on 24 April 1997 inOmsk, Russia.^[1][2]

Aleshin began learning to skate in 2004.^[3] As a child, he was taught by Tatiana Odinokova in Omsk.^[4] From2009–2010 to2011–2012, he skated with Evgenia Cherpakova inSaint Petersburg.^[4]

Aleshin teamed up withAnastasia Skoptsova after she contacted him through a Russian partner search.^[5] They began competing together in October 2013.^[4] They qualified to the2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished ninth, having ranked ninth in the short and seventh in the free dance.

Skoptsova/Aleshin's firstJunior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments came in the 2015–2016 season. They won the bronze medal at the JGP inToruń, Poland, after placing third in both segments behindLorraine McNamara /Quinn Carpenter andChristina Carreira /Anthony Ponomarenko. At the JGP inZagreb, Croatia, Skoptsova/Aleshin placed second in both segments and won the silver medal, scoring 12 points less thanRachel Parsons /Michael Parsons (gold) and almost five points more than Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko (bronze). Ranked 6th in the JGP standings, they took the final spot at the2015–16 JGP Final inBarcelona,^[6] where they finished sixth.

Fifth at the2016 Russian Junior Championships (seventh in the short dance, fourth in the free), the two were named in Russia's team to the2016 Winter Youth Olympics inHamar. Ranked second in the short dance and third in the free, they were awarded the bronze medal in the ice dancing event in Norway.^[7] They won gold in themixed NOC team event.^[8]

In late September, Skoptsova/Aleshin won bronze at a JGP event inLjubljana, Slovenia; they finished third behindLorraine McNamara /Quinn Carpenter andSofia Polishchuk /Alexander Vakhnov. A week later, they received silver at a JPG assignment inTallinn, Estonia, where they placed second toAlla Loboda /Pavel Drozd. They finished as the first alternates for the JGP Final.

In February, Skoptsova/Aleshin took bronze at the2017 Russian Junior Championships, finishing behindAnastasia Shpilevaya /Grigory Smirnov and Loboda/Drozd. They were included in Russia's team to the2017 World Junior Championships, held in March inTaipei, Taiwan, and finished fifth overall after placing third in the short dance and fifth in the free dance.

Skoptsova/Aleshin began their JGP season in September, inMinsk, Belarus; they were awarded the silver medal, having finished 6.41 points behindChristina Carreira /Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States. In October, they won gold at a JGP event inGdańsk, Poland, defeating their closest rivals,Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva /Nikita Nazarov, by 16.93 points. Due to their results, they qualified to the2017 Junior Grand Prix Final, held in December inNagoya, Japan. They placed first in both segments in Japan, winning gold with a 1.85 point margin over silver medalists Carreira/Ponomarenko.

Skoptsova/Aleshin won gold at the2018 Russian Junior Championships in January. They ranked first in both segments on their way to the gold medal at the2018 World Junior Championships, held in March inSofia, Bulgaria. They outscored the silver medalists (Carreira/Ponomarenko) by 7.47 points overall.^[5]

Skoptsova suffered from a recurrence of an ankle injury over the summer that limited the duo's training time leading up to the new season.^[9] In late October Skoptsova/Aleshin made their international senior andGrand Prix debut at the2018 Skate Canada where they placed 10th. Two weeks later they finished 7th at the2018 NHK Trophy.

In late November Skoptsova/Aleshin won their first international senior medal at the2018 CS Tallinn Trophy. Ranked first in the rhythm dance and third in the free dance they won the silver medal with their personal best score of 179.78 points. At the2019 Russian Championships, they placed fifth.^[10]

Skoptcova/Aleshin had to withdraw from the Russian test skates prior to skating their free dance due to Aleshin becoming ill, and withdrew from theFinlandia Trophy and theIce Star.^[11] Consequently, they started their competition season at the2019 Cup of China on theGrand Prix, placing seventh.^[12] At the2019 Rostelecom Cup, they were ninth of ten teams.

Skoptcova/Aleshin placed fifth at the2020 Russian Championships.^[13]

Skoptcova/Aleshin debuted at the senior Russian test skates, repeating their programs from the previous season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[14] They competed on the domestic Cup of Russia series, winning the gold medal at stage four inKazan by almost 34 points.^[15]

With theGrand Prix allotted based mainly on geographic location, Skoptcova/Aleshin competed at the2020 Rostelecom Cup, placing third in the rhythm dance.^[16] Third in the free dance as well, they won their first Grand Prix medal, a bronze.^[17]

With reigning national championsSinitsina/Katsalapov sitting out the2021 Russian Championships due toCOVID-19 illness, the bronze medal position on the national podium was widely perceived to be open to contest between several teams, Skoptcova/Aleshin among them. They placed third in the rhythm dance.^[18] Due to a twizzle error from Skoptcova, they placed fourth in the free dance, but remained in third place overall to take bronze, standing on the senior national podium for the first time.^[19]

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.^[20] They placed first in both their segments of the competition, while their team finished in second overall.^[21][22] They did not participate in the Russian Cup Final.^[23]

Skoptsova and Aleshin debuted their programs at the Russian senior test skates.^[24] They won a gold medal at the2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and then were sixth at the2021 Rostelecom Cup.^[25] They went on to win another gold at theSanta Claus Cup.^[26]

At the2022 Russian Championships, Skoptsova/Aleshin placed sixth. Speaking after the free dance, Skoptsova noted that Aleshin had had twizzle problems, but that otherwise she felt it "was emotional, soulful, beautiful, sublime, and tender and we are very proud of ourselves and the coaches."^[27] This proved to be their final competition, as at the end of the season they announced their retirement, with Aleshin saying he would begin working as a coach.^[28]

(with Skoptsova)

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

With Skoptsova

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

With Skoptsova

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