Grigory Smirnov

Grigory Smirnov
Personal information
Native name	Григорий Сергеевич Смирнов
Full name	Grigory Sergeyevich Smirnov
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1997-04-01) 1 April 1997 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Height
Partner	Anastasia Shpilevaya
Former partner	Yulia Borisova, Valeria Neyman
Coach	Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Choreographer	Alena Samarskaia
Former choreographer	Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Skating club	Moscow UOR 4
Training locations	Moscow
Began skating	2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	146.55 2016 Junior Worlds
Short dance	59.15 2016 Junior Worlds
Free dance	87.40 2016 Junior Worlds
Medal record Representing Russia Figure skating: Ice dancing Winter Youth Olympics 2016 Lillehammer Ice dancing

Grigory Sergeyevich Smirnov (Russian: Григорий Сергеевич Смирнов, born 1 April 1997) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With partner Anastasia Shpilevaya, he is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion and 2016 Russian junior national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Grigory Sergeyevich Smirnov was born on 1 April 1997 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He resides in Moscow.

Early years in skating

Smirnov began learning to skate in 2002. He competed with Yulia Borisova in the 2010–11 season and with Valeria Neyman in 2011–12.

Partnership with Shpilevaya

Smirnov teamed up with Anastasia Shpilevaya ahead of the 2012–13 season. Competing on the junior level, they placed fifth at the Ice Challenge and won silver at the Pavel Roman Memorial. The following season, they qualified for the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, where they finished 7th.

2014–15 season

Shpilevaya/Smirnov received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2014–15 season. They won bronze in late August at the JGP in Courchevel, France, but finished 9th the following month in Tallinn, Estonia. The two placed fifth at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.

2015–16 season

Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first event of the 2015 JGP series took place in October in Logroño, Spain. They finished fourth, outscored for the bronze medal by Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit, resulting in the loss of their provisional assignment to Zagreb, Croatia. In January 2016, they won the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, behind Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd and Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko. They were named in Russia's teams to the Youth Olympics and World Junior Championships.

In February, Shpilevaya/Smirnov won gold at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, having placed first in both segments. Assigned to Team Courage for the mixed NOC team event, they placed first in their segment and their team finished sixth. In March, they will compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Programs

(with Shpilevaya)

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2015–16	Foxtrot: Somewhere, My Love performed by Frank Sinatra Waltz:	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand
2014–15	Samba: Rhumba: Samba:	Out of My Mind by Raphael Gualazzi Bye, Bye Johnny by Robert Wells

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Shpilevaya

International
Event	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Junior Worlds				5th
Youth Olympics				1st
JGP Estonia			9th
JGP France			3rd
JGP Spain				4th
DS Cup				1st J.
Ice Challenge	5th J.
Pavel Roman	2nd J.
Volvo Open Cup			1st J.
National
Russian Jr. Champ.		7th	5th	3rd
Team events
Youth Olympics				6th T (1st P)
J. = Junior level; TBD = Assigned T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

With Neyman

International
Event	2011–12
Bavarian Open	4th N.
Ice Challenge	1st N.
N. = Advanced novice level

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov at the International Skating Union