Pavel Drozd Explained

Pavel Drozd
Native Name:Павел Игоревич Дрозд
Native Name Lang:ru
Fullname:Pavel Igorevich Drozd
Birth Date:14 December 1995
Birth Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Partner:Elizaveta Shanaeva
Formerpartner:Angélique Abachkina
Ksenia Konkina
Alla Loboda
Anastasia Safronova
Valeria Podlazova
Coach:Alexander Zhulin
Formercoach:Anjelika Krylova
Oleg Volkov
Ksenia Rumiantseva
Ekaterina Volobueva
Formerchoreographer:Benoît Richaud
Igor Rasporski
Mikhail Kolegov
Skating Club:Sambo-70
Currenttraininglocations:Moscow
Novogorsk
Dance Score:176.38
Dance Date:2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Sd Score:70.21
Sd Date:2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Fd Score:106.17
Fd Date:2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Show-Medals:yes
Medaltemplates:
(with Loboda)

Pavel Igorevich Drozd (Russian: Павел Игоревич Дрозд; born 14 December 1995) is a Russian ice dancer who currently competes with Elizaveta Shanaeva. With his former skating partner, Alla Loboda, he is a two-time World Junior medalist (silver in 2017, bronze in 2016), a three-time JGP Final silver medalist (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17), and the 2016 Russian junior national champion. With his former skating partner, Ksenia Konkina, he is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy and 2019 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist.

Personal life

Pavel Igorevich Drozd was born on 14 December 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He moved to Moscow in 2010. His younger sister, Daria, has also competed in ice dancing. He studies foreign languages, first English and Spanish, and has now also taken up Italian and French.

Career

Early years

Drozd began learning to skate at age five in Saint Petersburg. He had an ice dancing partnership with Anastasia Safronova from 2008 to 2010. After they parted ways, Ksenia Rumiantseva invited him to join her group in Moscow. He then competed with Valeria Podlazova for two seasons.

Start of partnership with Loboda

On 10 March 2012, Drozd began skating with Alla Loboda, who trained under the same coaches. Led by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Volobueva in Moscow, they placed 11th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.

2013–2014 season

Loboda/Drozd debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2013–14 season, obtaining bronze medals in Riga, Latvia and Gdańsk, Poland. They finished fifth at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships.

2014–2015 season

Loboda/Drozd's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Courchevel, France. Ranked second in the short dance and first in the free dance, they won the gold medal by a margin of 2.82 points over Canada's Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang. They took silver in Aichi, Japan, finishing second to Edwards/Pang by 0.44 points. Loboda/Drozd qualified for the JGP Final in Barcelona, where they won the silver medal behind teammates Anna Yanovskaya / Sergei Mozgov. Having finished 4th at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships, they were not named in Russia's team to the 2015 World Junior Championships.

2015–2016 season

In the 2015–16 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd won the silver medal in Bratislava, Slovakia, and then gold in Linz, Austria, before taking silver behind Americans Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter at the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona. After winning their first junior national title, they were awarded the bronze medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, having finished third behind McNamara/Carpenter and Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons.

2016–2017 season

Competing in the 2016–17 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd won gold medals in Saransk, Russia, and Tallinn, Estonia. In December 2016, they were awarded the silver medal behind the Parsons at the 2016–17 JGP Final in Marseille, France.

In March 2017 they won the silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

2017–2018 season

Loboda/Drozd started their senior career by winning the silver medal at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy. In October 2017, they made their Grand Prix debut at the 2017 Skate Canada, where they placed 5th. Next month they competed at their 2nd GP event of the season, the 2017 Internationaux de France, where they placed 9th. In December 2017, they competed at the 2018 Russian Championships, where they placed 6th after placing 6th in both the short dance and the free dance.

Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Volkov became their new coaches in May 2018. Loboda and Drozd ended their partnership by July.

2018–2019 season

In July 2018, Alexander Zhulin began coaching the partnership of Drozd and Angélique Abachkina, but the skaters parted ways after learning that the French federation would not release her to compete for Russia. On 5 November 2018, Drozd confirmed that he had teamed up with Ksenia Konkina and would continue to be coached by Zhulin. Konkina/Drozd made their international debut at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup where they won the bronze medal.

2019–2020 season

Konkina/Drozd opened their season by winning the gold medal at 2019 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany. They then won silver at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy behind Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States.

2020–2021 season

Konkina/Drozd were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup but withdrew. The team split later in the season after health issues forced Konkina to retire. Drozd re-teamed with Angélique Abachkina after she successfully obtained her release from the Fédération Française des Sports de Glace.[1]

Programs

With Loboda

SeasonShort danceFree danceExhibition
2017–2018
  • Chicago (musical soundtrack)
2016–2017
  • St. Louis Blues
2015–2016
  • Nr. 10 in H minor, op. 69.2
  • Storming Pleven
2014–2015
  • Samabando
2013–2014
2012–2013

Records and achievements

(with Loboda)

Competitive highlights

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

With Shanaeva

National
Event22–2323–24
align=left bgcolor=silver2nd 4th
bgcolor=silver 2nd 5th
Golden Sate bgcolor=silver 2nd
Idel bgcolor=silver 2nd
Krasnoyarye bgcolor=silver 2nd
Volga Pirouette bgcolor=silver 2nd

With Abachkina

International
Event2021–22
align=left WD
align=left WD
WD = Withdrew

With Konkina

International[2]
Event18–1919–2020–21
align=left WD
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left Ice Mall Cup bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
National
align=left 8th WD
WD = Withdrew

With Loboda

International
Event12–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–18
align=left 9th
align=left 5th
align=left 10th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 4th
International: Junior
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
National
align=left 6th
align=left 11th 5th 4th bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=silver 2nd

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Konkina

2019–20 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
24–29 December 20192020 Russian Championshipsalign=center 9
69.04
align=center 8
107.17
align=center 8
176.21
14–17 November 20192019 CS Warsaw Cupalign=center 1
71.81
align=center 2
106.62
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
178.43
30 October – 3 November 20192019 CS Asian Open Trophyalign=center 2
70.21
align=center 3
106.17
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
176.38
10–11 August 2019NRW Trophyalign=center 1
66.81
align=center 1
99.98
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
166.79
2018–19 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
20–23 February 20192019 Open Ice Mall Cupalign=center 3
70.77
align=center 3
101.47
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
172.24

With Loboda

2017–18 season
DateEventSDFDTotal
21–24 December 20172018 Russian Championshipsalign=center 6
63.07
align=center 6
96.92
align=center 6
159.99
6–9 December 20172017 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 11
59.42
align=center 9
90.90
align=center 10
150.32
24–26 November 20172017 Shanghai Trophyalign=center align=center 4
95.27
align=center 4
95.27
17–19 November 20172017 Internationaux de Francealign=center 7
60.43
align=center 9
85.42
align=center 9
145.85
27–29 October 20172017 Skate Canadaalign=center 6
62.60
align=center 5
93.12
align=center 5
155.72
14–17 September 20172017 CS Lombardia Trophyalign=center 2
63.34
align=center 2
91.06
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
154.40
2016–17 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
15–19 March 20172017 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center bgcolor=gold 1
67.59
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
96.78
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
164.37
1–5 February 20172017 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 1
69.40
align=center 4
88.59
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
157.99
8–11 December 20162016−17 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 1
67.58
align=center 2
94.29
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
161.87
28 September – 2 October 20162016 JGP EstoniaJunioralign=center 1
65.54
align=center 1
91.47
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
157.01
14–18 September 20162016 JGP RussiaJunioralign=center 1
64.96
align=center 1
96.91
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
161.87
2015–16 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
14–20 March 20162016 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 6
58.93
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
92.26
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
151.19
19–23 January 20162016 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 1
68.84
align=center 2
96.06
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
164.90
10–13 December 20152015−16 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 3
64.01
align=center 2
86.85
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
150.86
9–13 September 20152015 JGP AustriaJunioralign=center 1
61.73
align=center 1
91.91
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
153.64
19–23 August 20152015 JGP SlovakiaJunioralign=center 1
60.48
align=center 2
86.90
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
147.38
2014–15 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
4–7 February 20152015 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 2
61.84
align=center 5
78.53
align=center 4
140.37
11–14 December 20142014–15 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 2
53.72
align=center 2
82.59
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
136.31
10–14 September 20142014 JGP JapanJunioralign=center 3
52.25
align=center 1
81.73
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
133.98
20–24 August 20142014 JGP FranceJunioralign=center 2
50.10
align=center 1
82.34
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
132.44
2013–14 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
23–25 January 20142014 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 5
58.53
align=center 3
86.66
align=center 5
145.19
19–21 September 20132013 JGP PolandJunioralign=center 3
54.55
align=center 3
79.56
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
134.11
29–31 August 20132013 JGP LatviaJunioralign=center 3
50.93
align=center 1
75.50
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
126.43
2012–13 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
1–3 February 20132013 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 12
41.22
align=center 11
66.04
align=center 11
107.26

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ermolina. Olga. Flade. Tatjana. May 19, 2021. Александр Жулин: «Не надо делать из олимпийского сезона нечто special». Alexander Zhulin: "There is no need to make something special out of the Olympic season". ru. Figure Skating Federation of Russia.
  2. Web site: Ksenia KONKINA / Pavel DROZD: Competition Results . .