Pavel Drozd

Pavel Igorevich Drozd (Russian: Павел Игоревич Дрозд; born 14 December 1995) is a Russian ice dancer who currently competes with Elizaveta Shichina. 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.

Pavel Drozd
Drozd in 2019
Full name	Pavel Igorevich Drozd
Native name	Павел Игоревич Дрозд
Born	(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 29) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Partner	Elizaveta Shichina
Coach	Alexander Zhulin
Skating club	Sambo-70
Medal record Representing  Russia (with Loboda) Figure skating: Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2017 Taipei Ice dancing 2016 Debrecen Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2016–17 Marseille Ice dancing 2015–16 Barcelona Ice dancing 2014–15 Barcelona Ice dancing

Personal life

Pavel Igorevich Drozd was born on 14 December 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[1] He moved to Moscow in 2010. His younger sister, Daria, has also competed in ice dancing.^[2] He studies foreign languages, first English and Spanish, and has now also taken up Italian and French.^[3]

Career

Early years

Drozd began learning to skate at age five in Saint Petersburg.^[4] He had an ice dancing partnership with Anastasia Safronova from 2008 to 2010.^[5] After they parted ways, Ksenia Rumiantseva invited him to join her group in Moscow.^[4] He then competed with Valeria Podlazova for two seasons.^[5]

Start of partnership with Loboda

On 10 March 2012, Drozd began skating with Alla Loboda, who trained under the same coaches.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[6] Loboda and Drozd ended their partnership by July.^[7]

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.^[7] On 5 November 2018, Drozd confirmed that he had teamed up with Ksenia Konkina and would continue to be coached by Zhulin.^[7] 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.^[8]

Programs

With Shanaeva

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2022–2023	Havana 1957 by Orishas

with Abachkina

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2021–2022	Puddit (Put It Where You Want It) Roof Garden by Al Jarreau

With Konkina

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2020–2021 [9]	Mack the Knife performed by Michael Bublé Mack and Mabel by Jerry Herman choreo. by Sergei Petukhov	My Brilliant Friend by Max Richter choreo. by Sergei Petukhov

With Loboda

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2017–2018 [10]	Samba: Largadinho by Claudia Leitte Rhumba: Diles by Malú Samba	Chicago (musical soundtrack)	Sous le ciel de Paris[11] by Zaz, Pablo Alborán
2016–2017 [4][12]	Blues: St. Louis Blues Swing	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2015–2016 [13]	Waltz: Nr. 10 in H minor, op. 69.2 by Frédéric Chopin March: Storming Pleven (from The Turkish Gambit)	Lo ti penso amore performed by David Garrett, Nicole Scherzinger Caprice No. 5 performed by Edvin Marton	The Winner Takes It All by ABBA
2014–2015 [14]	Samba: Samabando Rhumba Samba	Giselle by Adolphe Adam
2013–2014 [15]	Quickstep: Jeepers Creepers by Bennett Salvay Foxtrot: Work Song by Chantz	Vivo per lei performed by Andrea Boccelli, Hélène Ségara Dance of the Knights (from Romeo and Juliet) by Sergei Prokofiev Vivo per lei
2012–2013	That's Life Time to Swing by Helmut Lotti	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Records and achievements

(with Loboda)

• Set the junior-level ice dance record for the combined total score to 164.37 points at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Competitive highlights

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

With Shichina

National
Event	24-25
Russian Champ.	10th

With Shanaeva

National
Event	22–23	23–24
Russian Champ.	2nd	4th
Russian Cup Final[a]	2nd	5th

With Abachkina

International
Event	2021–22
CS Cup of Austria	WD
CS Warsaw Cup	WD
WD = Withdrew

With Konkina

International[16]
Event	18–19	19–20	20–21
GP Rostelecom Cup			WD
CS Asian Open Trophy		2nd
CS Warsaw Cup		2nd
Ice Mall Cup	3rd
NRW Trophy		1st
National[16]
Russian Champ.		8th	WD
WD = Withdrew

With Loboda

Loboda/Drozd at the 2014-15 Junior Grand Prix Final

International[17]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
GP France						9th
GP Skate Canada						5th
CS Golden Spin						10th
CS Lombardia						2nd
Shanghai Trophy						4th
International: Junior[17]
Junior Worlds				3rd	2nd
JGP Final			2nd	2nd	2nd
JGP Austria				1st
JGP Estonia					1st
JGP France			1st
JGP Japan			2nd
JGP Latvia		3rd
JGP Poland		3rd
JGP Russia					1st
JGP Slovakia				2nd
Ice Challenge	3rd
National[5]
Russian Champ.						6th
Russian Jr. Champ.	11th	5th	4th	1st	2nd

Detailed results

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

With Konkina

2019–20 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
24–29 December 2019	2020 Russian Championships	9 69.04	8 107.17	8 176.21
14–17 November 2019	2019 CS Warsaw Cup	1 71.81	2 106.62	2 178.43
30 October – 3 November 2019	2019 CS Asian Open Trophy	2 70.21	3 106.17	2 176.38
10–11 August 2019	NRW Trophy	1 66.81	1 99.98	1 166.79
2018–19 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
20–23 February 2019	2019 Open Ice Mall Cup	3 70.77	3 101.47	3 172.24

With Loboda

Loboda/Drozd at the 2016-16 Junior Grand Prix Final

2017–18 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
21–24 December 2017	2018 Russian Championships	6 63.07	6 96.92	6 159.99
6–9 December 2017	2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	11 59.42	9 90.90	10 150.32
24–26 November 2017	2017 Shanghai Trophy	–	4 95.27	4 95.27
17–19 November 2017	2017 Internationaux de France	7 60.43	9 85.42	9 145.85
27–29 October 2017	2017 Skate Canada	6 62.60	5 93.12	5 155.72
14–17 September 2017	2017 CS Lombardia Trophy	2 63.34	2 91.06	2 154.40

2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
15–19 March 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	1 67.59	2 96.78	2 164.37
1–5 February 2017	2017 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	1 69.40	4 88.59	2 157.99
8–11 December 2016	2016−17 JGP Final	Junior	1 67.58	2 94.29	2 161.87
28 September – 2 October 2016	2016 JGP Estonia	Junior	1 65.54	1 91.47	1 157.01
14–18 September 2016	2016 JGP Russia	Junior	1 64.96	1 96.91	1 161.87
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
14–20 March 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	Junior	6 58.93	3 92.26	3 151.19
19–23 January 2016	2016 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	1 68.84	2 96.06	1 164.90
10–13 December 2015	2015−16 JGP Final	Junior	3 64.01	2 86.85	2 150.86
9–13 September 2015	2015 JGP Austria	Junior	1 61.73	1 91.91	1 153.64
19–23 August 2015	2015 JGP Slovakia	Junior	1 60.48	2 86.90	2 147.38
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
4–7 February 2015	2015 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	2 61.84	5 78.53	4 140.37
11–14 December 2014	2014–15 JGP Final	Junior	2 53.72	2 82.59	2 136.31
10–14 September 2014	2014 JGP Japan	Junior	3 52.25	1 81.73	2 133.98
20–24 August 2014	2014 JGP France	Junior	2 50.10	1 82.34	1 132.44
2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
23–25 January 2014	2014 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	5 58.53	3 86.66	5 145.19
19–21 September 2013	2013 JGP Poland	Junior	3 54.55	3 79.56	3 134.11
29–31 August 2013	2013 JGP Latvia	Junior	3 50.93	1 75.50	3 126.43
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
1–3 February 2013	2013 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	12 41.22	11 66.04	11 107.26

References

1. The 2023 Russian Cup Final was renamed as the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.

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External links

Media related to Pavel Drozd at Wikimedia Commons

• Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd at the International Skating Union
• Pavel Drozd on Instagram