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Artur Gachinski

Artur Gachinski
2012 European FSC Artur Gachinski.jpg
Gachinski at the 2012 European Championships.
Personal information
Full name Artur Andreyevich Gachinski
Alternative names Artur Khil
Country represented Russia
Born (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 23)
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Former coach Tatiana Tarasova
Alexander Uspenski
Maxim Zavozin
Alexei Mishin
Tatiana Mishina
Choreographer Maxim Staviski
Former choreographer Tatiana Tarasova
Alexander Uspenski
Jeffrey Buttle
Juri Smekalov
Tom Dickson
Evgeni Kovtun
Edvald Smirnov
Skating club CSKA Moscow
Former skating club Yubileyny
Training locations Moscow
Former training locations Saint Petersburg, Jaca, Tartu, Pinzolo
Began skating 2000
World standing 25 (As of 2 November 2013)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 246.27
2012 Europeans
Short program 84.80
2012 Europeans
Free skate 163.52
2011 Worlds

Artur Andreyevich Gachinski (Russian: Артур Андреевич Гачинский; born 13 August 1993) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2011 World bronze medalist, the 2012 European silver medalist, the 2010 World Junior bronze medalist, and a two-time Russian national silver medalist (2011, 2012). He announced his retirement from competitive skating in December 2015, citing injuries.

Artur Andreyevich Gachinski was born 13 August 1993 in Moscow. He received roller skates at age six but soon switched to ice skating. At age nine, Gachinski moved with his family to Saint Petersburg for training. Initially, he competed under his mother's surname Хиль, which was romanized as Khil or Hill. After a discussion with his family, he decided to take his father's surname, Gachinski. His mother is a painter.

Gachinski's parents brought him to a rink when he was six years old. At age nine, he was accepted as a pupil by Alexei Mishin in Saint Petersburg but was coached mainly by his wife, Tatiana Mishina, for the first few years.

In the 2005–2006 season, Gachinski won the junior bronze medal at the Russian Championships. In the 2006–2007 season, he placed 8th on the junior level and 14th on the senior level at the Russian Championships.

The 2007–2008 season was the first season in which Gachinski was old enough to compete on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. He competed in two events, placing 4th in his debut in Romania and winning silver in Estonia. Gachinski qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed 8th. He won the gold medal on the junior level at the 2007 Coupe de Nice and placed 9th at the 2008 Russian Championships.


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