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Samarin at the 2016−17 JGP Final
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
Native name | Александр Владимирович Самарин | ||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Alexander Vladimirovich Samarin | ||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Moscow, Russia |
15 June 1998 ||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Short program | 82.23 2017 Junior Worlds |
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Free skate | 163.30 2017 Junior Worlds |
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Medal record
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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.