Alexander Petrov

Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov (Александр Дмитриевич Петров; born 26 April 1999) is a Russian figure skater.

Alexander Dmitriyevich Petrov was born 26 April 1999 in Saint Petersburg.

He is the eldest child in his family and has one younger sister.

Besides skating, Petrov also enjoys listening to music, playing soccer, snowboarding and skateboarding.

He supports FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Petrov began skating at the age of 5 in 2004.

His parents first took him skating because he had contracted bronchitis at a very young age.

Under doctor's orders they were asked to either take him swimming or to the skating rink.

Because he was only 5 years old, Petrov took up figure skating instead of ice hockey.

Tatiana Mishina, Oleg Tataurov and Svetlana Frantsuzova were his earliest coaches.

In the 2009–10 season Petrov brought home the silver medal in the novice event at the 2010 Toruń Cup and finished just shy of a medal at Rostelecom Crystal Skate.

The following season, Petrov won gold at the 2011 Toruń Cup, his first international gold medal.

In the 2011-12 season, he won the novice event at the 2011 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany and finished second in the junior event at Rostelecom Crystal Skate.

Making his debut at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships, he finished 12th.

Petrov became age-eligible for the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2012-13 season and was assigned two JGP events in his debut season.

He finished 5th in his JGP debut in Courchevel, France, and won the silver medal at his second JGP event in Turkey.

A triple Axel was included in his programs for his first season on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit.

This jump was landed and ratified in his second JGP event, albeit with a negative Grade of Execution (GOE).

As the 2012-13 season progressed, Petrov went on to land several clean 3A with positive GOE, including one at the 4th stage of the Cup of Russia series in November 2012.

Weeks later, at the 5th stage of the Cup of Russia series, Petrov landed a combined total of three clean 3A including a 3A-3T in the free skate.

He won that competition with a score of 221.15.

On the international scene, Petrov won gold medals in the junior events at the 2012 Coupe de Nice and the 2013 20th Volvo Open Cup.

At the Russian Championships, he was tenth in his senior-level debut and won the bronze medal in the junior event.

In his final competition of the season, Petrov won the junior gold medal at the 2013 Triglav Trophy with an overall score of 192.97 points, which included a 3A (1.00 GOE) in the short and 3A (2.00 GOE) and 3A-2T (1.00 GOE) in the free skate.

In the 2013-14 season, Alexei Mishin began coaching Petrov alongside Tatiana Mishina and Oleg Tataurov.

Petrov won silver in his season's debut at the Junior Grand Prix event in Gdańsk, Poland and another silver medal in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

He qualified for his first JGP Final.

In November, Petrov competed in the first senior international of his career at the 2013 22nd Volvo Open Cup in Riga, Latvia and won the silver medal there.

He beat several experienced skaters including compatriots Sergey Borodulin and Zhan Bush, finishing behind 4-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko.

In Riga he landed a total of three clean 3As, including a 3A-2T in the long program.

Petrov then finished 5th at the Junior Grand Prix Final held in Fukuoka, Japan.

At the Russian Championships, Petrov ranked eighth on the senior level and improved on his previous showing by winning silver in the junior event, finishing 1.88 points behind Adian Pitkeev.

On the junior level, he is the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2015 Russian Junior National champion.

Petrov holds the title of Master of Sports of Russia.

He placed 4th at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

In his season's debut at the Junior Grand Prix series, Petrov took the silver medal in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he led China's Jin Boyang after the short program and finished 3.84 points behind Jin overall after the latter landed three quadruple jumps in the free skate.

He went on to win gold in Tallinn, Estonia, outscoring Japan's Sota Yamamoto by 5.67 points, and qualified for his second consecutive Junior Grand Prix Final, where he would eventually take home the bronze medal after finishing second in the free skate.

Competing on the senior level at the 2014 Finlandia Trophy, he placed second in the short and third in the free skate, taking the bronze medal behind American Adam Rippon.

Petrov won his first international senior title at the 2014 Cup of Nice after placing first in both programs and outscoring fellow medalists Artur Dmitriev, Jr. and Keiji Tanaka by over thirty points.

He is the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion and the 2016 Russian National bronze medalist.