Jonathan Guerreiro Explained

Jonathan Guerreiro
Fullname:Jonathan Franciscovich Guerreiro
Birth Date:1991 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Partner:Tiffany Zahorski
Formerpartner:Ekaterina Pushkash (RUS), Ekaterina Riazanova (RUS), Daria Panfilova (RUS), Kiah Pilz (AUS)
Formercoach:Svetlana Alexeeva, Elena KustarovaAlexander Zhulin, Anjelika Krylova, Nikolai Morozov, Denis Samokhin, Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov, Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk, Svetlana Alexeeva, Elena Kustarova
Formerchoreographer:Nikolai Morozov, Natalia Linichuk, Irina Zhuk, Elena Kustarova, Igor Pivorovich
Skating Club:Vorobievie Gory
Formertraininglocations:Novogorsk, Moscow
Aston, Pennsylvania
Beganskating:2000
Retired:July 17, 2023
Dance Score:188.45
Dance Date:2021 World Championships
Sd Score:75.58
Sd Date:2021 World Championships
Fd Score:112.93
Fd Date:2020 European Championships
Show-Medals:yes
Medaltemplates:
(with Pushkash)
(with Riazanova)

Jonathan Franciscovich Guerreiro (Russian: link=no|Джонатан Францискович Гурейро; born 3 April 1991) is a retired Australian-Russian ice dancer. Representing Russia with Tiffany Zahorski, he is the 2018 NHK Trophy silver medalist, the 2018 Skate America bronze medalist, and a three-time Russian national medalist (2021 silver; 2018, 2020 bronze).

Earlier in his career, he won medals at two World Junior Championships — bronze in 2009 with Ekaterina Riazanova and silver in 2011 with Ekaterina Pushkash.

Personal life

Guerreiro was born on 3 April 1991 in Sydney, Australia, to Svetlana Liapina, a former ice dancer for the Soviet Union, and Francisco Guerreiro from Portugal. He grew up in Australia before moving to Moscow with his family in 2005. He holds dual Russian-Australian citizenship.

Early career

After early partnerships with Australians Kiah Pilz and Rachael Reading, Guerreiro competed on the Russian regional level with Daria Panfilova. He teamed up with Ekaterina Riazanova in the summer of 2006. They competed together for three seasons and won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Junior Championships. They were coached by Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva at Blue Bird FSC in Moscow. Shortly after the 2009 Junior Worlds, Riazanova ended the partnership to skate with Ilia Tkachenko.

Partnership with Pushkash

Junior career

Coaches Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin arranged a tryout with Ekaterina Pushkash and they teamed up in May 2009. They finished fifth at the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final and won the bronze medal at the 2010 Russian Junior Championships. At the end of the season, they switched coaches to Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponossov, which required them to move to Aston, Pennsylvania in the United States.

During the 2010–11 season, they finished fourth at the JGP Final. At the 2011 Russian Junior Championships, they won the silver medal and were assigned to the World Junior Championships where they won silver.

Senior career

Pushkash and Guerreiro moved up to the senior level for the 2011–12 season. Guerreiro fractured his left foot in training in June 2011, causing them to miss a few weeks of training. They competed at two Grand Prix events, 2011 Skate Canada and 2011 Cup of Russia. At the end of the season, they changed coaches to Nikolai Morozov in Moscow.

Prior to the 2013–14 season, Pushkash and Guerreiro began training with Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. They ended their partnership at the end of the season.

Partnership with Zahorski

2014–15 season

In 2014, Guerreiro formed a partnership with French ice dancer Tiffany Zahorski, coached by Alexander Zhulin. In July 2014, the Russian Federation asked the French Skating Federation (FFSG) to release her to skate for Russia. They placed fifth at the 2015 Russian Championships.

2015–16 season

The FFSG released Zahorski in October 2015, three years and nine months after her last competition for France, allowing Zahorski/Guerreiro to appear for Russia internationally. The two made their international debut at the 2015 Santa Claus Cup, winning the gold medal. They finished fifth at the 2016 Russian Championships.

2016–17 season

In the 2016–17 season, Zahorski/Guerreiro won the bronze medal at the 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial after placing third in both segments and earning a new personal best total score of 165.64 points. They received another bronze medal in their next event, the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy. They then made their Grand Prix series debut at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup where they placed fifth. A few weeks later they won their third CS medal of the season, the silver at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup with a personal best score of 173.02 points.

For the third consecutive year, they finished fifth at the Russian Championships. Zahorski competed in the free dance after developing a fever.

In mid-May 2017 Zahorski/Guerreiro changed coaches to Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva[1]

2017–18 season: Pyeongchang Olympics

Zahorski/Guerreiro started their season by winning the silver medal at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star. Competing on the Grand Prix series, they placed fourth at the 2017 Cup of China and sixth at the 2017 Skate America.

In December 2017 they won the bronze medal at the 2018 Russian Championships. A month later they placed 6th at the 2018 European Championships after placing eighth in the short dance and sixth in the free dance.

It was announced by the Russian Figure Skating Federation on 23 January 2018 that Ivan Bukin was not invited to the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] Because of this, Zahorski/Guerreiro were sent instead. Zahorski/Guerreiro placed thirteenth at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Later they placed eighth at the 2018 World Championships with a personal best score of 180.42 points.

2018–19 season

Zahorski suffered from a recurrence of a knee injury over the summer that limited the duo's training time leading up to the new season. Zahorski/Guerreiro started their season at the 2018 Skate America. They ranked third in the rhythm dance and fourth in the free dance, placing third overall. The bronze medal was their first Grand Prix medal. Guerreiro said: "We haven't had this many free dance run-throughs under our belts, so we just kind of prayed and hoped for the best. Overall, it's a good start." In early November Zahorski/Guerreiro competed at their second Grand Prix event of the season, the 2018 NHK Trophy, where they won the silver medal with a personal best score of 183.05 points.

With one Grand Prix silver medal and one bronze medal they qualified for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final, where they finished fifth.

At the 2019 Russian Championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro placed third in the rhythm dance, several points behind the top two teams but more than three points ahead of fourth-place finishers Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin. The team had major problems in the free dance, with Guerreiro's boot laces coming undone early on, and Zahorski making errors on both her twizzles and the one-foot step sequence. Consequently, they dropped to seventh place in the free dance and overall, and were not named to the Russian team to the European Championships.

2019–20 season

Zahorski tore the meniscus in her knee late in the summer, causing the team to lose significant training time.

Zahorski/Guerreiro debuted their programs at the Russian test skates, citing their "Survivor" free dance as having been chosen to differentiate themselves from the prevailing lyrical style of skating. They did not compete a Challenger event, and made their return to the Grand Prix at 2019 Skate America, where they placed fifth. They were fifth as well at the 2019 Internationaux de France.

Competing at the 2020 Russian Championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro placed third in the rhythm dance. Third in the free dance as well, they returned to the national podium as bronze medalists. Zahorski said "before this competition, we actually got in training. We had a good two and a half weeks of training, so hopefully, going into Europeans, we'll add more and it will be much better." At the 2020 European Championships, they placed fourth in the fifth in the rhythm dance, but dropped to sixth place after the free dance. They had been assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020–21 season

Zahorski contracted a mild case of COVID-19 in the off-season, but the team nevertheless debuted at the senior test skates. They competed in the third stage of the Cup of Russia series in Sochi, beating Khudaiberdieva/Bazin for gold by 4.02 points.

With the Grand Prix assigned based primarily on geographic location, Zahorski/Guerreiro competed at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, coming second in the short program. They were second in the free dance as well, taking the silver medal.

Two-time defending national champions Sinitsina/Katsalapov sat out the 2021 Russian Championships, making Zahorski/Guerreiro the presumptive silver medalists behind Stepanova/Bukin. They indeed placed second in both programs, taking another silver medal. While the 2021 European Championships had already been cancelled due to the pandemic, and assignments for the 2021 World Championships other than the national champions were withheld pending later domestic results.

Following the national championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro participated in the 2021 Channel One Trophy, a televised team competition held in lieu of the cancelled European Championships. They were selected for the Red Machine team captained by Alina Zagitova. They placed second in both their segments of the competition, while their team finished in first overall. They did not participate in the Russian Cup Final.

2021–22 season

The team's preparations for the new season were hindered by Guerreiro contracting COVID-19 over the summer. As a result of this, their new free dance was not ready for debut by the Russian test skates, and they performed their rhythm dance twice. They subsequently withdrew from their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2021 Skate America. On October 14, Guerreiro and Zahorski's coach Svetlana Alekseeva told TASS that Zahorski was in an infectious diseases hospital.

Returning to competition for the 2022 Russian Championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro were fourth in the rhythm dance, 4.60 points behind the newcomers Davis/Smolkin, a result which attracted audible boos from audience members in Saint Petersburg. However, they struggled through the free dance, with Zahorski immediately going to the medical room upon leaving the ice, and dropped to eighth position overall. Guerreiro said afterward "we wanted to fight for a spot on the Olympic team and we knew it would be a hard competition. Tiffani skated well in the rhythm dance, but today it was just physically not possible."

In the fall of 2022, Guerreiro announced that he and Zahorski would take indefinite time off from competing to allow Zahorski to recover from her longstanding illness.

Zahorski/Guerreiro officially announced their retirement on July 17, 2023.

Post-competitive career

In 2022, Guerreiro moved back to Sydney, Australia, where he now works as a figure skating choreographer.

Programs

With Zahorski

SeasonRhythm danceFree danceExhibition
2021–22
2019–21
2018–19
  • Blues for Klook
Short dance
2017–18
  • Hip Hip Chin Chin
  • Volveras
  • Batucada Brasiliera
Muse medley
  • You are beautiful
2016–17
  • Nasty Naughty Boy
  • All night long
  • Wicked Game

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2015–16
  • The Nutcracker Waltz
  • Pizzicato Polka

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  • The Nutcracker Waltz
  • Pizzicato Polka
2014–15
  • Paso doble

With Pushkash

SeasonShort danceFree danceExhibition
2013–14
2012–13
  • Tristan & Iseult
2011–12
  • Capriccio Rhapsody
2010–11
  • Scorchio
Original dance
2009–10
  • Un Giorno Per Noi

With Riazanova

SeasonOriginal danceFree dance
2008–09
2007–08
  • Gulya
  • Yabloko
  • Perfida
2006–07
  • Spanish Dance

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Zahorski

International
Event14–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22
align=left 13th
align=left 8th C 10th
align=left 6th 6th
align=left 5th
align=left 4th
align=left 5th WD
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 5th bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 6th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 5th WD
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
6th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
National
align=left 5th 5th 5th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 7th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=silver 2nd 8th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

With Pushkash

International
Event09–1010–1111–1212–1313–14
align=left 7th
align=left 7th
align=left 6th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd 5th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd 9th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
International: Junior
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 5th 4th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st J
National
align=left 4th 6th 8th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=silver 2nd
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

With Riazanova

International: Junior
Event07–0808–09
align=left 6th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 8th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 9th bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st J
National
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=gold 1st
J = Junior level

With Pilz

National
Event2002–03
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd N
N = Novice level

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

With Zahorski

2021–22 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
21–26 December 20212022 Russian Championshipsalign=center 4
79.36		align=center 9
100.14		align=center 8
179.50
2020–21 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
22–28 March 20212021 World Championshipsalign=center 10
75.58		align=center 10
112.87		align=center 10
188.45
5–7 February 20212021 Channel One Trophyalign=center 2
85.76		align=center 2
128.05		align=center bgcolor=gold 1T/2P
213.81
23–27 December 20202021 Russian Championshipsalign=center 2
84.02 		align=center 2
126.92 		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
210.94
20–22 November 20202020 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 2
84.46		align=center 2
122.45		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
206.91
23–27 October 20202020 Cup of Russia Series, 3rd Stage, Sochi
domestic competition		align=center 1
80.64		align=center 1
120.38		align=center bgcolor=Gold1
201.02
2019–20 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
20–26 January 20202020 European Championshipsalign=center 5
75.10		align=center 6
112.93		align=center 6
188.03
24–29 December 20192020 Russian Championshipsalign=center 3
77.38		align=center 3
120.35		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
197.73
1–3 November 20192019 Internationaux de Francealign=center 5
75.05		align=center 5
109.39		align=center 5
184.44
18–20 October 20192019 Skate Americaalign=center 5
71.18		align=center 5
110.64		align=center 5
181.82
2018–19 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
19–23 December 20182019 Russian Championshipsalign=center 3
73.37		align=center 7
98.39		align=center 7
171.76
6–9 December 20182018–19 Grand Prix Finalalign=center 5
72.98		align=center 6
111.39		align=center 5
184.37
23–25 November 20182018 Warsaw Cupalign=center 1
74.85		align=center 1
112.55		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
187.40
9–11 November 20182018 NHK Trophyalign=center 1
75.49		align=center 4
107.56		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
183.05
19–21 October 20182018 Skate Americaalign=center 3
73.30		align=center 4
108.08		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
181.38
2017–18 season
DateEventSDFDTotal
19–25 March 20182018 World Championshipsalign=center 8
72.45		align=center 8
107.97		align=center 8
180.42
14–25 February 20182018 Winter Olympicsalign=center 13
66.47		align=center 14
95.77		align=center 13
162.24
15–21 January 20182018 European Championshipsalign=center 8
65.35		align=center 6
103.10		align=center 6
168.45
21–24 December 20172018 Russian Championshipsalign=center 3
71.52		align=center 4
104.26		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
175.78
6–9 December 20172017 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 6
62.92		align=center 6
94.92		align=center 6
157.84
24–26 November 20172017 Skate Americaalign=center 4
64.20		align=center 6
96.08		align=center 6
160.28
3–5 November 20172017 Cup of Chinaalign=center 4
67.62		align=center 4
96.79		align=center 4
164.41
26–29 October 20172017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Staralign=center 2
67.99		align=center 2
101.82		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
169.81
2016–17 season
DateEventSDFDTotal
22–25 December 20162017 Russian Championshipsalign=center 5
69.01		align=center 5
100.45		align=center 5
169.46
17–20 November 20162016 CS Warsaw Cupalign=center 2
69.06		align=center 2
103.96		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
173.02
4–6 November 20162016 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 5
64.28		align=center 5
92.67		align=center 5
156.95
6–10 October 20162016 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 3
62.27		align=center 4
90.73		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
153.00
30 September – 2 October 20162016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorialalign=center 3
68.04		align=center 3
97.60		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
165.64
2015–16 season
DateEventSDFDTotal
23–27 December 20152016 Russian Championshipsalign=center 5
61.30		align=center 5
98.30		align=center 5
159.60
28–30 November 20152015 Santa Claus Cupalign=center 1
57.97		align=center 1
93.50		align=center bgcolor=gold1
151.47
2014–15 season
DateEventSDFDTotal
24–28 December 20142015 Russian Championshipsalign=center 5
59.62		align=center 5
85.51		align=center 5
145.13

External links

https://t.me/jonathan_guerreiro

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Загорски и Гурейро перешли от Жулина к Кустаровой и Алексеевой. 21 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Reduced pool of Russian athletes and officials who can be considered for invitation to PyeongChang 2018 determined - Olympic News.

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