Roman Sadovsky

Roman Sadovsky at the2018 Autumn Classic International
Personal information
Born	(1999-05-31)May 31, 1999 (age 26) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Home town	Vaughan, Ontario
Height	1.84 m (6 ft1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Canada
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Gregor Filipowski Tracey Wainman
Skating club	York Region Skating Centre
Began skating	2005
HighestWS	35th (2021–22)
Medal record
Canadian Championships 2020 Mississauga Singles 2025 Laval Singles 2022 Ottawa Singles

Roman Sadovsky (born May 31, 1999) is a Canadianfigure skater andYouTuber. He is the2019 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, a six-timeISU Challenger Series medalist (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze), and a two-timeCanadian national champion (2020, 2025). He also represented Canada at the2022 Winter Olympics.

On the junior level, he is a two-timeISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist and placed fourth at the2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

Sadovsky was born on May 31, 1999, inToronto, Ontario, Canada.^[1] His parents moved to Canada from Ukraine.^[2] His idol isJeffrey Buttle, whom he credits as being the most important inspiration in his skating career; as a boy, Sadovsky wanted to emulate Buttle's skating style.^[3] After attending Christ The King CES, he continued his education atBill Crothers Secondary School.^[4]

Sadovsky began learning to skate at the age of five years to play hockey.^[2][4]Tracey Wainman started coaching him when he was eight.^[2] Another early coach was Allen Carson.^[5]

Making hisJunior Grand Prix debut, Sadovsky won a bronze medal inLake Placid, New York, and placed tenth inBled, Slovenia.^[6] He withdrew from the2013 Canadian Championships due to a metatarsal fracture in his right foot.^[2][7]

Coached byTracey Wainman andGrzegorz Filipowski at the York Region Skating Academy inRichmond Hill, Ontario,^[8] Sadovsky competed in two events of the2013 Junior Grand Prix series, placing fourteenth inRiga, Latvia, and eighth inMinsk, Belarus. Nationally, he appeared on the senior level, finishing eighth at the2014 Canadian Championships. He was selected for the2014 World Junior Championships inSofia, Bulgaria.^[9] Ranked fourteenth in the short program and twelfth in the free skate, he finished thirteenth overall.^[10]

Sadovsky's first assignment of the2014 Junior Grand Prix series was inOstrava, Czech Republic. Ranked first in the short program and third in the free skate, he finished first overall by a margin of 3.39 points over the silver medalist,Alexander Samarin. After the event, Sadovsky said his goal was to develop a solid tripleAxel.^[11] He then went on to place fourth at his second JGP event inDresden, Germany. With those results, Sadovsky qualified for the2014 JGP Final and placed fifth.

At the2015 Canadian Championships, Sadovsky placed fourth. He ended his season with a fourteenth-place finish at the2015 World Junior Championships.

In the2015 Junior Grand Prix season, Sadovsky was assigned to the first event, held inBratislava, Slovakia. With a quadSalchow in the free skate — Sadovsky's first quad in competition — he won the gold medal with a total score 2.87 points ahead ofVincent Zhou.^[12] He then went on to win bronze at his second JGP event, inToruń, Poland. These results qualified him for the2015 JGP Final, where he was sixth. He represented Canada at the2016 Winter Youth Olympics and finished fourth. He was coached by Wainman and Filipowski.^[13]

Sadovsky changed coaches, joiningBrian Orser andLee Barkell at theToronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.^[14] He placed ninth at the2017 Canadian Championships. Ranked ninth in the short program and twenty-third in the free skate, he finished seventeenth at the2017 World Junior Championships inTaipei, Taiwan.

Sadovsky switched back to Wainman and Filipowski.^[15] Making hisGrand Prix debut, he placed tenth at the2017 Skate America. He finished seventh at the2018 Canadian Championships.

Sadovsky began the season at the2018 CS Autumn Classic International, where he placed fourth in both the short and free programs, winning the bronze medal, his first senior medal. Sadovsky landed his first quad toe loop jump in competition.^[16] He then placed twelfth at the2018 Skate Canada International, after struggling in both of his programs, and won the silver medal at the2018 Inge Solar Memorial.

Sadovsky placed fifth in the short program at the2019 Canadian Championships,^[17] but dropped to seventh place overall following a difficult free skate.

Starting the season on theChallenger series, Sadovsky won the bronze medal at the2019 CS Finlandia Trophy after placing third in the short program and fourth in the free skate.^[18]

Sadovsky placed tenth atSkate Canada International, his firstGrand Prix assignment for the season.^[19] Competing next at the2019 NHK Trophy, Sadovsky placed fourth in the short program despite making two jump errors, one of them costing him the second part of his combination.^[20] He was second in the free skate, making only two minor errors on his second triple Axel and closing tripleLutz, and placed third overall, taking his first ever Grand Prix medal.^[21]

Entering the2020 Canadian Championships as a contender for the title, Sadovsky placed third in the short program behindKeegan Messing andNam Nguyen, having had two of his jumps called as underrotated.^[22] He then won the free skate with only two minor jump errors on his triple loop and second triple Axel. Sadovsky won his first national title by a margin of over seventeen points.^[23] Sadovsky was named to one of Canada's three men's berths at the2020 Four Continents Championships, butSkate Canada declined to immediately decide who would be Canada's sole men's representative at the2020 World Championships inMontreal.^[24] Sadovsky placed sixteenth at Four Continents, and thus was not chosen for the World Championships.^[25]

Sadovsky was assigned to compete at the2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[26]

On November 9, Sadovsky revealed the choreography for his free program to "Chasing Cars" by the Irish bandSnow Patrol, which was uploaded to hisYouTube channel.^[27]

With the pandemic making it difficult to hold in-person events, the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge, the main qualifying competition for the national championships, was held virtually. Sadovsky placed first in both the short program and the free skate, taking the gold medal overNam Nguyen by a margin of 5.58 points. Due to the cancellation of the2021 Canadian Championships, many called this ade facto national title.^[28]

Sadovsky was named as an alternate to the2021 World Championships with the lone men's berth going toKeegan Messing.^[29] With Canada's mandatory two-week quarantine for returning athletes, however, no member of the World team was assigned to the2021 World Team Trophy, and Sadovsky was assigned as one of Canada's two men's entries alongside Nguyen.^[30] Sadovsky placed sixth in the short program at World Team Trophy, setting a new personal best, but was tenth of eleven skaters in the free skate. Team Canada finished in sixth place.^[31][32][33]

In the leadup to the2022 Winter Olympics, Sadovsky was assigned to the2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy toqualify a second Olympic berth for Canadian men following the results of the2021 World Championships earlier in the year.^[34] Sadovsky placed eighth in the event after struggling with his jumps in both segments but managed to secure the seventh of seven available spots. He remarked afterward that "mentally, I thought it would be better. My training was really good, my practices and warm-up were excellent. But the moment the music is turned on, it changes."^[35]

On theGrand Prix at the2021 Skate Canada International, Sadovsky placed twelfth of twelve skaters.^[36] He significantly improved at this second event, the2021 Rostelecom Cup, where he placed fourth with new personal bests in the free skate and total score. He remarked he was "very, very pleased" with the results after early struggles.^[37]

Sadovsky placed fourth in the short program at the2022 Canadian Championships after failing to execute a jump combination. He placed second in the free skate, his only notable error being a doubled attempt at a triple Lutz, taking the silver medal.^[38] On January 9 he was named to theCanadian Olympic team alongsideKeegan Messing.^[39]

Messing was originally meant to be the Canadian entry in the men's short program of theOlympic team event, but after positive COVID-19 tests, he was unable to travel to China in time, with the task falling to Sadovsky as a result. He performed poorly in the short program, placing eighth of nine skaters and securing only three points for Canada.^[40][41] Canada ultimately qualified for the second phase of the competition, with Sadovsky also skating the free segment. Making numerous jump errors, he finished last in the segment and described his performance as "really shaky” and that it felt like he were in “somebody else’s body."^[42] He expressed hope that he could "use this opportunity to find that comfort in the singles event."^[43] Team Canada finished fourth overall.^[44] Sadovsky fared no better in themen's event, making errors on all three jump attempts and finishing last in the short program, failing to qualify for the free skate.^[45]

Sadovsky concluded his season at the2022 World Championships. Eighteenth in the short program, he delivered a strong free skate and finished ninth in that segment, rising to twelfth overall.^[46] Sadovsky later revealed that he had suffered a strained hip flexor after falling on the triple Axel in his short program but was able to work through it on his day off and compete in the free skate.^[47]

Sadovsky intended to skate to "Fix You" byColdplay for his free program this season. However, he dropped the program after High Performance Camp.^[48] He then returned to his old program of "Chasing Cars" bySnow Patrol, with which he competed at the2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Sadovsky placed first in the short program with a clean skate but dropped to the bronze medal position after the free skate, which he said: "wasn't quite what I wanted." He shared the Fritz Geiger Memorial Trophy with the rest of the Canadian delegation, awarded to the top country at the competition.^[49]

On theGrand Prix, Sadovsky's first event was the2022 Skate America, where he finished in fifth place after debuting a new free program to "Angels" byRobbie Williams. He called his performance "an improvement from my last competition" overall.^[50] At his second event, the2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, Sadovsky finished first in the short program with a score just slightly off his personal best, despite putting his free foot down on the landing of his jump combination.^[51] However, he made several errors in the free skate, finishing eighth in that segment and dropping to sixth overall.^[52]

Sadovsky's season finished on a disappointing note at the2023 Canadian Championships, where he placed eighth after two error-strewn programs.^[53]

In his extended off-season, Sadovsky travelled to Japan to train withTakeshi Honda.^[54] He also travelled to Montreal to work with new choreographer Samuel Chouinard.^[55] Sadovsky also used this time to master the quadruple toe loop and begin developing the quadruple Lutz.^[56]

Sadovsky was scheduled to begin his season at theCranberry Cup International inNorwood, Massachusetts, but withdrew after injuring his ankle in training in the days leading up to it. As a result, in October 2023, it was announced that he had also withdrawn from the2023 Skate Canada International.^[57] Sadovsky then went on to compete at Skate Ontario Sectional championships, where he won the short, and withdrew from the free. To compensate for his missed Grand Prix,Skate Canada assigned him to compete on theChallenger series at the2023 CS Warsaw Cup. However, his luggage containing his skates was lost while in transit to Warsaw, and as a result he was unable to compete at the event. He was instead reassigned to the2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, but encountered further difficulties when his flight was unable to land due to weather, and missed that competition as well.^[58]

Finally making his first major event of the season at the2024 Canadian Championships inCalgary, Sadovsky placed seventh in the short program after multiple jump errors. Despite several free skate errors, he rose one ordinal to sixth overall.^[59]

Skate Canada initially declined to name its team for the2024 World Championships, pending the results of the2024 Four Continents Championships inShanghai, China, which Sadovsky attended withWesley Chiu andConrad Orzel. He finished tenth, second among the Canadians, behind Chiu.^[60] Shortly afterward, he and Chiu were named to the team for the home ice World Championships inMontreal, Quebec, Canada.^[61] Sadovsky had a strong short program at the World Championships, coming eleventh in the segment, but a poor free skate dropped him to nineteenth.^[62]

Sadovsky began the season by competing on the2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing sixth at the2024 Cranberry Cup International and fifth at the2024 Nebelhorn Trophy.^[6] Although assigned to compete at2024 Skate Canada International, Sadovsky tweaked his back shortly before arriving at the competition, which made it painful to jump. Despite this, Sadovsky competed in the short program, finishing twelfth of the twelve skaters. He ultimately withdrew before the free skate competition due to this nagging injury.^[63][64] Sadovsky then went on to win the bronze medal at the2024 Tallinn Trophy.^[6]

At the2025 Canadian Championships, Sadovsky placed first in the short program, 4.17 points ahead of second-place Anthony Paradis, earning an 81.44 after an underrotation call and a fall on his triple Axel.^[65] He won the free skate with only two minor jump errors, winning his second national title.^[66]

^[67] “It is very validating for me,” said Sadovsky. “I wish I can say public opinion doesn’t matter to me but at the same time, it does a little bit, no matter what."^[67]

Sadovsky was assigned to the2025 Four Continents Championships inSeoul, South Korea, which he attended withMathew Newham andAleksa Rakic. After the short program, Sadovsky placed ninth with a 72.85 after landing his quadruple Salchow and the triple Lutz of his jump combination on the quarter, having a fall on his triple Axel. He received level fours on all spins and a level three step sequence. In the free skate, Sadovsky placed eleventh with a 141.05 after a solid free skate, the only significant errors being a stumble during his choreographic sequence and doubling his second quad.^[68] He finished tenth overall. The Four Continents Championships were used to select Canada's only entrant in the men's competition at the2025 World Figure Skating Championships,^[69] and Sadovsky was given the quota.^[70]

At the 2025 World Championships inBoston, Massachusetts, United States, Sadovsky delivered a strong short program, only putting a hand down on the triple Lutz of his jump combination, for a fifteenth-place score of 80.25. In the free skate, Sadovsky skated a near-flawless routine, for a thirteenth-place season's best score of 160.13.^[71] This was Sadovsky's first time scoring in the 160's since the 2022 World Championships.^[63] In an interview following the event, he shared, "I was super nervous for this event. Lots of expectations, mostly on my myself. I had expectations building up. After the short program, it felt like a huge weight lifted. I put my game face on.Deniss Vasiljevs skated before me and had a loud crowd and a standing ovation. Probably you can guess what he did - he had a good skate. I used that as fuel, as energy and the crowd really welcomed me. They were excited to watch and I was excited to perform. After having struggles the past couple of seasons, it was great to put together two good programs. I was definitely trying to aim a little bit higher in this event. Overall, I think this proves that the training has been strong, and lots of improvements over the last couple of years handling pressure."^[72]

Sadovsky finished his season in April at the2025 World Team Trophy inTokyo, Japan. He placed eighth in the individual men's event and Team Canada finished in fifth place overall.^{[73][63][74][75]} “I was very disappointed in the first quad Sal(chow),” said Sadovsky after the free skate. “It’s been a very solid jump all year around, very solid jump in practice. I’m just proud that I could turn it around and do the second one. The second Sal was a bit of a struggle this season and that was a redemption moment, but overall, I’m proud of the recovery and happy that I could finish this season on a high note. I’m looking forward for a break, but also very much looking forward to some development for the new season.”^[75]

Sadovsky started the season in August by winning the gold medal at the2025 CS Cranberry Cup International. This marked Sadovsky’s first international senior gold medal.^[63][76] He finished seventh at2025 Skate Canada International^[77] and fourth at2025 Finlandia Trophy.^[78]

Results in the2013–14 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 9–15, 2014	2014 Canadian Championships	8	68.59	6	143.84	8	212.43

Results in the2014–15 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 19–25, 2015	2015 Canadian Championships	3	73.46	6	137.30	4	210.76

Results in the2015–16 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 18–24, 2016	2016 Canadian Championships	9	64.17	8	140.42	9	204.59

Results in the2016–17 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 7–10, 2016	2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	6	74.66	8	143.28	7	217.94
Jan 16–22, 2017	2017 Canadian Championships	7	72.38	10	130.58	9	202.96

Results in the2017–18 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 6–8, 2017	2017 CS Finlandia Trophy	12	59.19	9	134.98	10	194.17
Nov 24–26, 2017	2017 Skate America	9	70.85	10	129.25	10	200.10
Jan 8–14, 2018	2018 Canadian Championships	7	78.72	8	154.95	7	233.67

Results in the2018–19 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–22, 2018	2018 CS Autumn Classic International	4	78.14	4	155.72	3	233.86
Oct 26–28, 2018	2018 Skate Canada International	12	67.72	8	142.88	12	210.60
Nov 11–18, 2018	2018 CS Alpen Trophy	2	77.91	5	127.04	2	204.95
Jan 14–20, 2019	2019 Canadian Championships	5	82.10	7	136.61	7	218.71

Results in the2019–20 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 11–13, 2019	2019 CS Finlandia Trophy	3	86.34	4	135.89	3	222.23
Oct 25–27, 2019	2019 Skate Canada International	11	65.29	8	139.06	10	204.35
Nov 22–24, 2019	2019 NHK Trophy	4	78.51	2	168.99	3	247.50
Jan 13–19, 2020	2020 Canadian Championships	3	85.02	1	175.55	1	260.57
Feb 4–9, 2020	2020 Four Continents Championships	17	65.87	15	134.63	16	200.50

Results in the2020–21 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 8–17, 2021	2021 Skate Canada Challenge	1	94.43	1	167.58	1	262.01
Apr 15–18, 2021	2021 World Team Trophy	8	89.61	10	134.80	6 (10)	224.41

Results in the2021–22 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 22–25, 2021	2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	8	76.10	8	131.52	8	207.62
Oct 29–31, 2021	2021 Skate Canada International	10	72.94	11	144.79	12	217.73
Nov 26–28, 2021	2021 Rostelecom Cup	3	84.59	4	169.21	4	253.80
Jan 6–12, 2022	2022 Canadian Championships	4	77.17	2	170.43	2	247.60
Feb 4–7, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics (Team event)	8	71.06	5	122.60	4	—
Feb 8–10, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	29	62.77	—	—	29	62.77
Mar 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	18	80.54	9	164.82	12	245.36

Results in the2022–23 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 21–24, 2022	2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	1	89.57	5	133.17	3	222.74
Oct 21–23, 2022	2022 Skate America	5	78.15	7	147.26	5	225.41
Nov 11–13, 2022	2022 MK John Wilson Trophy	1	89.49	8	129.86	6	219.35
Jan 9–15, 2023	2023 Canadian Championships	13	61.48	5	145.38	8	206.86

Results in the2023–24 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 7–14, 2024	2024 Canadian Championships	7	68.29	4	136.65	6	204.94
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024	2024 Four Continents Championships	11	72.44	10	145.39	10	217.83
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	11	84.28	22	137.29	19	221.57

Results in the2024–25 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 8–11, 2024	2024 CS Cranberry Cup International	6	80.50	5	144.20	6	224.70
Sep 19–21, 2024	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	8	71.99	4	153.25	5	225.24
Oct 25–27, 2024	2024 Skate Canada International	12	63.37	—	—	–	WD
Nov 11–17, 2024	2024 CS Tallinn Trophy	9	68.70	3	143.45	3	212.15
Jan 14–19, 2025	2025 Canadian Championships	1	81.44	1	158.91	1	240.35
Feb 19–23, 2025	2025 Four Continents Championships	9	72.85	11	141.05	10	213.90
Mar 24-30, 2025	2025 World Championships	15	80.25	13	160.13	14	240.38
Apr 17–20, 2025	2025 World Team Trophy	9	84.75	9	153.34	5 (8)	238.09

Results in the2025–26 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 7–10, 2025	2025 CS Cranberry Cup International	5	74.76	1	168.47	1	243.23
Sep 25-27, 2025	2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	5	78.44	2	154.95	5	233.39

Results in the2012–13 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2012	2012 JGP United States	8	50.91	3	107.86	3	158.77
Sep 26–29, 2012	2012 JGP Slovenia	9	51.00	9	102.41	10	153.41

Results in the2013–14 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 28–31, 2013	2013 JGP Latvia	16	51.10	14	95.79	14	146.89
Sep 25–28, 2013	2013 JGP Belarus	10	50.40	8	96.48	8	146.88
Mar 10–16, 2014	2014 World Junior Championships	14	60.79	12	117.65	13	178.44

Results in the2014–15 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 3–6, 2014	2014 JGP Czech Republic	1	67.51	3	124.57	1	192.08
Oct 1–4, 2014	2014 JGP Germany	8	59.90	2	132.54	4	192.44
Dec 11–14, 2014	2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final	6	56.98	4	128.49	5	185.47
Mar 2–8, 2015	2015 World Junior Championships	13	66.36	17	111.63	14	177.99

Results in the2015–16 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 19–23, 2015	2015 JGP Slovakia	1	68.49	1	135.23	1	203.72
Sep 23–26, 2015	2015 JGP Poland	2	71.13	5	127.25	3	198.38
Dec 10–13, 2015	2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final	6	59.37	6	109.03	6	168.40
Feb 12–21, 2016	2016 Winter Youth Olympics	2	72.61	4	133.08	4	205.69

Results in the2016–17 season ^[63]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 8–11, 2016	2016 JGP Japan	5	67.94	4	143.61	5	211.55
Sep 28 – Oct 2, 2016	2016 JGP Estonia	3	71.96	2	149.25	2	221.21
Mar 15–19, 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	9	76.27	23	110.26	17	186.53

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