Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Name Alexei Krasnozhon | |
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Native name Красножон Алексей Дмитриевич Full name Alexei Dmitrievich Krasnozhon Residence Dallas, Texas, United States | ||
Former country(ies) represented Russia | ||
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Alexei Dmitriyevich Krasnozhon (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Красножон; born 11 April 2000) is a figure skater who competes for the United States. He is the JGP Slovenia champion, the 2017 U.S. national junior men's champion, and placed eighth at the 2017 World Junior Championships.
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- Isu 2015 jr grand prix riga men short program alexei krasnozhon usa
- Isu 2015 jr grand prix men free skate riga alexei krasnozhon usa
- Personal life
- Career
- 201516 season
- 201617 season
- Competitive highlights
- References
He skated for Russia until the end of the 2012–13 season.
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Personal life
Krasnozhan was born on April 11, 2000 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His mother, Natalia, is an endocrinologist and his father, Dmitri, is an oncologist. He has two younger sisters, named Dana and Sofia.
In 2014, Krasnozhon moved to Dallas, Texas with his mother so that he could train there. He enrolled in a private online high school and is interested in a business degree from Georgetown University or SMU.
Career
Krasnozhon began skating at the age of five. When he was 7, he became a student of Alexei Mishin, as well as his wife Tatiana Mishina and their assistant coach Oleg Tataurov. He competed for Russia at the Volvo Open Cup in January 2013, winning gold on the advanced novice level, and placed 12th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships. Due to a back injury following that event, he missed the 2013–14 season.
In March 2014, Krasnozhon announced that he planned to compete for the United States and would be coached by Peter Cain and Darlene Cain in Euless, Texas. He qualified for the 2015 US Championships on the junior level and won the pewter medal. On July 1, 2015, the Russian Figure Skating Federation released Krasnozhon so that he could compete internationally for the United States. While training in Moscow, Krasnozhon performed full run-throughs of his programs about once a week, but he began doing them daily after moving to Texas.
2015–16 season
Krasnozhon made his ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in the 2015–16 season. He was awarded a bronze medal at his first JGP assignment, in Riga, Latvia, and then placed 5th in Torun, Poland. After receiving the junior gold medal at the Midwestern Sectionals, he closed his season by winning the junior bronze medal at the 2016 U.S. Championships, finishing behind Tomoki Hiwatashi and Kevin Shum.
2016–17 season
Competing in the 2016–17 JGP series, Krasnozhon won silver in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and then gold in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He qualified to the JGP Final in Marseille, France, where he finished 5th. At the 2017 U.S. Championships, he won the junior men's title. He qualified to the free skate at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
Competitive highlights
JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix