Dmitri Aliev

Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev (Дмитрий Сергеевич Алиев; born 1 June 1999) is a Russian figure skater.

Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev was born on 1 June 1999 in Ukhta, Komi Republic, Russia.

On his paternal side, Dmitry has Azerbaijani roots.

His father, Sergey Vasilevich, is the director of a children's and youth sports school №1 in Ukhta.

His mother, Elena, is a skier.

In September 2022, Aliev received a summons to appear at the military commissariat for a potential call-up to serve in the Russian Army during the 2022 Russian mobilization.

Having begun skating in 2005, Aliev trained in Ukhta until 2013 when he moved to Saint Petersburg, becoming a student of Evgeni Rukavicin.

Aliev debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2014–15 season.

Awarded bronze medals in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Aichi, Japan, he finished as the third alternate for a place at the JGP Final.

Making his senior international debut, he placed tenth at the 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb, an ISU Challenger Series event.

Returning to the junior ranks, he won bronze medals at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

In 2015–16, Aliev's first assignment was a Junior Grand Prix event in Riga, Latvia.

Placing sixth in the short program and first in the free skate, he won the gold medal by a margin of 5.32 points ahead of Latvia's Deniss Vasiļjevs.

He then took gold in Linz, Austria, with a total score 14 points higher than silver medalist Vincent Zhou, and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Competing on the senior level, Aliev was awarded bronze at the 2015 International Cup of Nice and silver at the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy.

In December, he won the silver medal at the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona, having finished second to Nathan Chen of the United States.

Later that month, he placed sixth at the 2016 Russian Championships in Yekaterinburg before winning his first junior national title in January in Chelyabinsk.

Aliev won the bronze medal in the men's singles discipline and the gold medal in the team event at the 2016 Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway.

He was awarded a small gold medal for his short program result at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Ranked seventh in the free skate, he finished 6th overall.

Starting his season on the Junior Grand Prix series, Aliev won gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after placing first in both segments.

Ranked first in the short and seventh in the free, he finished fourth at his next JGP event in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

His results gave him the last spot at the 2016–17 JGP Final in Marseilles.

In December, he won the gold medal in France by a margin of 3.55 points over Alexander Samarin.

On the junior level, he is the 2017 World Junior silver medalist, the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time medalist at the 2016 Youth Olympics (bronze in the men's singles discipline and gold in the team event), and a two-time (2016, 2017) Russian national junior champion.

Later that month, Aliev finished fifth at the 2017 Russian Championships in Chelyabinsk.

In early 2017 Aliev won his second junior national title in Saint Petersburg.

This result gave him a spot at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

He ranked first in the short program, third in the free skate, and second overall in Taipei, Taiwan, winning the silver medal behind American Vincent Zhou and ahead of the teammate Alexander Samarin.

Aliev started his season by placing 1st in the short program at the domestic competition in Saint Petersburg.

He landed 4Lz-3T combination, 4T, 3A and scored 99.7 points.

He decided to try six quads in two programs, including quad Lutz, quad Salchow and two quad toe loops in the free program.

Aliev was going to compete at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy but withdrew due to ankle inflammation.

In October 2017, Aliev debuted at the Grand Prix series.

He placed sixth at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup and eighth at the 2017 NHK Trophy.

He then won his first ISU Challenger Series gold medal at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy.

He was third in the 2018 Russian Nationals.

In January 2018, he won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championship after placing second in both the short program and the free skate.

At the Europeans, he scored his personal best score of 274.06 points.

He is the 2020 European champion and the 2020 Russian national champion.