Name Pavel Drozd | Full name Pavel Igorevich Drozd Training locations Moscow | |
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Former partner Anastasia Safronova, Valeria Podlazova Coach Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva | ||
Native name Pavel Igorevich Drozd | ||
2015 isu jr grand prix linz short dance alla loboda pavel drozd rus
Pavel Igorevich Drozd (Russian: Павел Игоревич Дрозд; born 14 December 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With his 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.
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- 2015 isu jr grand prix linz short dance alla loboda pavel drozd rus
- 2015 isu junior grand prix bratislava free dance alla loboda pavel drozd rus
- Personal life
- Early years
- Start of partnership with Loboda
- 20132014 season
- 20142015 season
- 20152016 season
- 20162017 season
- Programs
- Competitive highlights
- Detailed results
- References
2015 isu junior grand prix bratislava free dance alla loboda pavel drozd rus
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.
Early years
Drozd began learning to skate at age five in Saint Petersburg. He had an ice dancing partnership with Anastasia Safronova from around 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.
Programs
(with Loboda)
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Loboda
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
With Loboda