Maxim Nekrasov

Vasilisa Kaganovskaia and Nekrasov in 2024
Personal information
Native name	Максим Александрович Некрасов
Full name	Maxim Alexandrovich Nekrasov
Born	(2000-09-27)27 September 2000 (age 25) Odintsovo,Moscow Oblast,Russia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Partner	Vasilisa Kaganovskaia
Coach	Alexei Gorshkov, Lyudmila Gorshkova,Irina Zhuk,Anjelika Krylova
Skating club	Sport School Odintsovo
Began skating	2004
Medal record Representing Russia Figure skating:Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2018 Sofia Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2018–19 Vancouver Ice dancing

Maxim Alexandrovich Nekrasov (Russian:Максим Александрович Некрасов, born 27 September 2000) is a Russian competitiveice dancer. With his former skating partner,Arina Ushakova, he is the2018 World Junior bronze medalist and2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist. He has also won six medals on theISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold medals in2017 Italy,2018 Lithuania and2018 Armenia.

Maxim Alexandrovich Nekrasov was born on 27 September 2000 inOdintsovo, Russia.^[1]

Nekrasov began learning to skate in 2004.^[1] He trained as a single skater until 2010; he then switched toice dancing. He and his first partner, Polina Velikanova, competed together during the2011–2012 season. He skated the following season with Maria Oleynik.

Nekrasov and Polina Kalinina skated two seasons together,2013–2014 and2014–2015. In 2015, he teamed up withArina Ushakova. They were coached byAlexei Gorshkov andMaxim Bolotin.

Ushakova/Nekrasov received their firstISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the2016–2017 season. They won bronze medals at both events, competing in late August inOstrava,Czech Republic and in October inDresden,Germany.

In November 2016, they won the silver medal at the2016 Ice Star. They placed seventh at the2017 Russian Junior Championships.

Competing in the2017 JGP series, Ushakova/Nekrasov took bronze in August inMinsk, Belarus. They won their first JGP gold medal in October at the event inEgna, Italy, beating the silver medalists, their teammatesPolishchuk/Vakhnov, by about two points.^[2] With these results they qualified for the2017–18 JGP Final, where they placed fifth.

In January 2018, Ushakova/Nekrasov took the bronze medal at the2018 Russian Junior Championships after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance. In March, they won bronze at the2018 World Junior Championships inSofia, Bulgaria, having placed third in both segments.

Ushakova/Nekrasov started their season by competing in the2018 JGP series. At their first JGP event of the season, they won the gold medal inKaunas,Lithuania. They were ranked first in both the rhythm dance and the free dance and won the gold medal by a margin of more than 6 points over the silver medalists,Nguyen/Kolesnik.^[3] Their rhythm dance, free dance and combined total scores at that competition were thehighest scores achieved in an international junior ice dance competition at the time, though since surpassed.

At their second JGP event of the season, they won another gold medal, now inYerevan,Armenia. Again they were ranked first in both the short program and the free skate. Ushakova/Nekrasov also upgraded their earlier short program, free skate, and combined total World record scores. With two JGP gold medals, they qualified for the2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final. At the Final, Ushakova/Nekrasov won the silver medal after placing second in the rhythm dance and first in the free dance. They were part of a Russian sweep of the ice dance podium. Ushakova/Nekrasov beat the bronze medalists,Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov, by about 6 points, but the race for the gold medal was extremely tight. The gold medalists,Shevchenko/Eremenko, beat Ushakova/Nekrasov by a margin of only 0.01 points.^[4]

Following the Final, Ushakova/Nekrasov were again defeated by Shevchenko/Eremenko at the2019 Russian Junior Championships, winning the silver medal after second-place finishes in both segments. They won the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup in late February.

Their final event of the season was the2019 World Junior Championships, where they unexpectedly placed fourth in the rhythm dance after hitting only two of the eight key points on the tangopattern dance.^[5] They dropped to fifth place overall after placing fifth in the free dance.^[6]

Ushakova/Nekrasov missed the first half of the season, including theJunior Grand Prix, due to Nekrasov undergoing and recovering from leg surgery. They returned to competition with a victory at theGolden Spin of Zagreb and then competed at theRussian Junior Championships, where they placed second behindShanaeva/Naryzhnyy. Their silver medal at junior nationals led to their being assigned to compete at the2020 World Junior Championships inTallinn,Estonia. They placed fourth in the rhythm dance, hitting only three of the eight key points on the Teatime Foxtrot pattern dance.^[7] Fourth in the free dance, they finished fourth overall.^[8]

With theCOVID-19 pandemic resulting in the cancellation of the international junior season, Ushakova/Nekrasov competed exclusively domestically. In their final junior event, they won the gold medal at the2021 Russian Junior Championships.^[9]

Ushakova and Nekrasov moved to the senior level. They withdrew from the Russian test skates, citing medical reasons.^[10] It was subsequently reported that Ushakova had contractedCOVID-19.^[11]

Appearing at their first seniorRussian championships, Ushakova/Nekrasov placed seventh.^[12]

(with Ushakova)

• Set the junior-level ice dancing record of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system for thecombined total (168.17 points),rhythm dance (67.63 points) andfree dance (100.54 points) at the2018 JGP Lithuania.
• They became the first junior team to score above 100 points in the free dance at the2018 JGP Lithuania.
• Upgraded their junior-level ice dancing record for thecombined total (172.81 points),rhythm dance (69.18 points) andfree dance (103.63 points) at the2018 JGP Armenia.
• They became the first junior team to score above 170 points at the2018 JGP Armenia.

JGP:Junior Grand Prix

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

With Kaganovskaia

With Pasechnik

With Ushakova

• Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov at theInternational Skating Union

World Junior Record Holders
Preceded by Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva /Nikita Nazarov	Junior Rhythm Dance 7 September 2018 – 7 March 2019	Succeeded by Marjorie Lajoie /Zachary Lagha
Preceded by Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva /Nikita Nazarov Marjorie Lajoie /Zachary Lagha	Junior Free Dance 8 September 2018 – 14 September 2018 13 October 2018 – 9 March 2019	Succeeded by Marjorie Lajoie /Zachary Lagha Marjorie Lajoie /Zachary Lagha
Preceded by Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva /Nikita Nazarov	Junior Ice Dance Total Score 8 September 2018 – 9 March 2019	Succeeded by Marjorie Lajoie /Zachary Lagha

• 2000 births
• Russian male ice dancers
• World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
• Living people
• People from Odintsovo
• 21st-century Russian sportsmen
• 21st-century Russian dancers

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