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Alexander Samarin

Alexander Samarin
2016 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Alexander Samarin IMG 3007.jpg
Samarin at the 2016−17 JGP Final
Personal information
Native name Александр Владимирович Самарин
Full name Alexander Vladimirovich Samarin
Country represented Russia
Born (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 (age 18)
Moscow, Russia
Home town Moscow, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Coach Svetlana Sokolovskaya
Former coach Elena Buianova, Inna Goncharenko, Liubov Fedorchenko
Choreographer Alexander Uspenski, Margarita Romanenko, I. Gurylev
Former choreographer Elena Maslennikova, Mikhail Potchitalin, Irina Tagaeva, Anna Bilibina, Sergei Verbillo, Ilia Averbukh, Sergei Novitski
Skating club CSKA Moscow
Training locations Moscow
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 245.53
2017 Junior Worlds
Short program 82.23
2017 Junior Worlds
Free skate 163.30
2017 Junior Worlds

Alexander Vladimirovich Samarin (Russian: Александр Владимирович Самарин; born 15 June 1998) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist, 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and 2017 Russian national silver medalist. He has won two medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2015 CS Warsaw Cup, and three gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

Alexander Vladimirovich Samarin was born 15 June 1998 in Moscow.

Samarin began skating in 2002. His very first coach was Lyubov Fedorchenko at the Young Pioneers Stadium. In 2006, he switched to CSKA Moscow, where he was coached by Inna Goncharenko. In the 2009–10 season, he won the novice event at the 2010 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany, and the junior silver medal at the International Crystal Skate 2010 in Odintsovo, Russia. In 2011–12, he withdrew from the 2012 Russian Junior Championships due to illness.

In 2012–13, at the start of the season, Samarin underwent an eye surgery because of a detached retina. Debuting on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, he won a pair of bronze medals at JGP events in Slovenia and Germany and became the first alternate for the 2012 JGP Final. At the Russian Championships, he finished eighth in his first senior appearance and then won the silver medal on the junior level. He was assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships where he finished eighth.


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