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Alexei Krasnozhon

In this name that followsEastern Slavic naming customs,thepatronymicisDmitriyevichand thefamily nameisKrasnozhon.

Alexei Dmitriyevich Krasnozhon(Russian:Алексей Дмитриевич Красножон;[2]born April 11, 2000) is a Russian-American former competitivefigure skater.Competing for the United States, he is the2017 CS Tallinn Trophysilver medalist,2017 Junior Grand Prix Finalchampion, and2017 U.S. nationaljunior champion. Krasnozhon skated for Russia earlier in his career, making his last international appearance in December 2013.

Alexei Krasnozhon
Krasnozhon at the2016−17 JGP Final
Full nameAlexei Dmitriyevich Krasnozhon
Native nameАлексей Дмитриевич Красножон(Russian)
Other namesAleksei
Born(2000-04-11)April 11, 2000(age 24)
Saint Petersburg,Russia
Height1.79 m (5 ft10+1⁄2in)
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
Began skating2005
RetiredMay 12, 2021[1]
Medal record
RepresentingUnited States
Figure skating:Men's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2017–18 Nagoya Men's singles

Personal life

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Krasnozhon was born on April 11, 2000, inSaint Petersburg,Russia.[3]His mother, Natalia, is anendocrinologistand his father, Dmitri, is anoncologist.[4]He has two younger sisters, named Dana and Sofia.[5] In 2014, Krasnozhon moved toDallas, Texas.While training in Texas, he lived with his coaches,Peterand Darlene Cain, for five years.[6]He later moved to live on his own in Plano, where his parents often visited.[7]After relocating with coaches Olga Ganicheva and Alexei Letov to Boston, Kranoszhon roomed with fellow skatersJimmy MaandMisha Mitrofanovin Norwood.[8]

In March 2018, Krasnozhon said that he planned to apply for U.S. citizenship and applied as analien of extraordinary abilityafter turning 18.[9]He received his green card in September 2020.[10]Krasnozhon retired prior to the2021–22 season,as he noted he would have been unable to gain citizenship in time for the2022 Winter Olympics.[1]Although he originally planned to retire after the Olympics in January 2022, he acknowledged that it would have been difficult for him to make the team regardless of his citizenship and chose to retire earlier and instead pursue a college degree.[11]

While skating, Krasnozhon enrolled in a private online high school and expressed interest in a business degree fromGeorgetown UniversityorSouthern Methodist University.In his May 2021 retirement announcement, he shared that he would be attendingTexas Christian University's John V. Roach Honors College.[1]Krasnozhon has expressed interest in becoming an immigration lawyer, as he was thankful for the opportunities afforded to him and his family by moving to the United States.[11]

Career

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In Russia

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Krasnozhon began skating as a five-year-old. At age seven, he became a student ofAlexei Mishin,as well as his wifeTatiana Mishinaand their assistant coachOleg Tataurov.He competed for Russia at theVolvo Open Cupin January 2013, winning gold on the advanced novice level, and placed twelfth at the2013 Russian Junior Championships.[12]

Krasnozhon won the junior silver medal at theDenkova-Staviski Cupin December 2013. He missed much of the season due to a back injury.[13]

Switch to the United States

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In March 2014, Krasnozhon announced that he planned to compete for theUnited Statesand would be coached byPeter Cainand Darlene Cain inEuless, Texas.[7][14]He qualified for the2015 US Championshipson the junior level and won the pewter medal.

On July 1, 2015, the Russian Figure Skating Federation released Krasnozhon so that he could compete internationally for the United States.[7]While training in Moscow, Krasnozhon performed full run-throughs of his programs about once a week, but he began doing them daily after moving to Texas.[15]

2015–2016 season

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Making hisJunior Grand Prix(JGP) debut, Krasnozhon won the bronze medal in August 2015 inRiga,Latvia. He then placed fifth inTorun,Poland. After receiving the junior gold medal at theMidwestern Sectionals,he closed his season by winning the junior bronze medal at the2016 U.S. Championships,finishing behindTomoki Hiwatashiand Kevin Shum.

2016–2017 season

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Competing in the2016 JGP series,Krasnozhon won silver inOstrava,Czech Republic, and then gold inLjubljana,Slovenia. He qualified to theJunior Grand Prix FinalinMarseille,France, where he finished fifth. At the2017 U.S. Championships,he won the junior men's title. He qualified to the free skate at the2017 World Junior ChampionshipsinTaipei,Taiwan.

2017–2018 season

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Making his senior international debut, Krasnozhon placed fourth at the Philadelphia Summer International in early August 2017. Competing in theJunior Grand Prixseries, Krasnozhon won gold medals in Brisbane, Australia, and Zagreb, Croatia, which qualified him for the Final for a second time.[16]Competing at his firstChallengerevent, and he won a silver medal at the2017 CS Tallinn Trophy.Krasnozhon then won gold at theJunior Grand Prix FinalinNagoya,Japan. He outscored the silver medalist,Camden Pulkinen,by more than 19 points and set a new personal best total score, 236.35 points, at the competition.

Krasnozhon competed in the senior ranks at the2018 U.S. Championships,placing eighth in the short program, thirteenth in the free skate, and tenth overall. In March, he placed first in the short program at the2018 World Junior ChampionshipsinSofia,Bulgaria. While attempting a quad salchow during his free skate, he sustained a Grade 2 sprain of all three major ligaments in his right ankle, causing him to withdraw.[9]

Krasnozhon changed coaches during the off-season, deciding to train under Olga Ganicheva and Alexei Letov at the Dr. Pepper Starcenter inPlano, Texas.[6]

2018–2019 season

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Krasnozhon started his season off at the2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy,where he placed fifth overall. Krasnozhon was invited to two seniorGrand Prixevents, the2018 Grand Prix of Helsinkiand2018 Rostelecom Cup.Making his Grand Prix debut, Krasnozhon placed sixth at the Grand Prix of Helsinki and eighth at the Rostelecom Cup. Krasnozhon withdrew from the2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebin December 2018.

At the2019 U.S. Championships,Krasnozhon placed fifth.[17]Assigned to compete at the2019 World Junior Championships,he placed fifth in the short program, making a minor error on his Lutz-loop combination.[18]In March 2019, he won gold medal at theEgna Spring Trophy.

2019–2020 season

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In early August, Krasnozhon received the bronze medal at thePhiladelphia Summer International.[19]Krasnozhon next placed fourth at the2019 CS U.S. Classic.In the free skate, he landed the quadloopfor the first time. At his firstGrand Prixof the year,2019 Skate America,he placed tenth in the short program after underrotating and falling on an attempted quadflip,a new jump for him.[20]In the free skate, he had a "hard, painful" fall on his quad flip attempt, but executed the rest of his planned triple jumps successfully, and rose to ninth place overall.[21]He was tenth at the2019 Rostelecom Cup.three week later he finished ninth at the2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Competing at the2020 U.S. Championships,Krasnozhon placed sixth in the short program, attempting only triple jumps.[22]In the free skate he underrotated an attempted quad loop and put a hand down on a triple Axel, but remained in sixth place.[23]

2020–2021 season

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With thecoronavirus pandemicraging, the ISU chose to assign theGrand Prixbased largely on training location, leading to Krasnozhon attending the2020 Skate America.[24]Krasnozhon landed another quad loop in the short program, placing fifth, but struggled in the free skate and fell to seventh place overall.[25][26]

Krasnozhon competed at the2021 U.S. Championships,placing sixteenth out of seventeen skaters in the short program after falling on every jump. He rallied in the free skate, placing seventh in that segment, rising to eleventh place overall.[27]

On May 12, he announced his retirement from competitive skating, saying that he would be attendingTexas Christian Universitystarting in the Fall of 2021.[1]

Programs

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Krasnozhon at the2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[28]

Dracula

2019–2020
[29]

Dracula

2018–2019
[6]
2017–2018
[30]
2016–2017
[3][15]
  • Rodeo
    byAaron Copland
    choreo. by Scott Brown
    • 50. Four Dance Episodes:
      III. Saturday Night Waltz
    • 51. Four Dance Episodes:
      IV. Hoedown
2015–2016
[31]
2014–2015
2013–2014
  • Love Story
    by Francis Lai
    choreo. by Scott Brown
  • Tango Amore
    by Edvin Marton
    choreo. by Scott Brown
2012–2013
  • Russian folk music
    choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva

Competitive highlights

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

For the United States

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International[12]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
GPFinland 7th
GPRostelecom Cup 8th 10th
GPSkate America 9th 7th
CSGolden Spin WD 9th
CSNebelhorn 5th
CSTallinn Trophy 2nd
CSU.S. Classic 4th
Challenge Cup WD
Egna Trophy 1st
Philadelphia 4th 3rd
International: Junior[12]
Junior Worlds 8th WD 11th
JGPFinal 5th 1st
JGPAustralia 1st
JGPCroatia 1st
JGPCzech Republic 2nd
JGPLatvia 3rd
JGPPoland 5th
JGPSlovenia 1st
Philadelphia 1st
National[2][5]
U.S. Champ. 4th J 3rd J 1st J 10th 5th 6th 11th
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

For Russia

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International[12]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14
Denkova-Staviski Cup 2nd J
Volvo Open Cup 1st N 4th J
National[2]
Russian Junior Champ. 14th 12th
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

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Small medals for short and free programs awarded only atISU Championships.ISU Personal best highlighted inbold.

Senior results

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2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 16
54.53 		7
152.23 		11
206.76
October 23–24, 2020 2020 Skate America 5
78.06 		9
136.55 		7
214.61
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 6
80.71 		6
160.61 		6
241.32
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 7
73.26 		8
139.25 		9
212.51
November 15–17, 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 10
75.46 		11
140.82 		10
216.28
October 25–27, 2019 2019 Skate America 10
72.30 		6
144.29 		9
216.59
September 17–22, 2019 2019 CS U.S. International Classic 5
76.92 		3
153.19 		4
230.11
Jul. 31 – Aug. 3, 2019 2019 Philadelphia Summer International 3
65.78 		3
127.84 		3
193.62
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 28–31, 2019 2019 Egna Spring Trophy 1
74.17 		2
145.95 		1
220.12
January 19–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships 5
82.53 		5
151.99 		5
234.52
November 16–18, 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 6
75.32 		8
132.69 		8
208.01
November 2–4, 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 8
74.05 		6
136.98 		7
211.03
September 26–29, 2018 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6
67.32 		5
126.78 		5
194.10

Junior results

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2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 5
79.98 		12
131.49 		11
211.47
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 1
80.28 		WD WD
Dec. 29 – Jan. 8, 2017 2018 U.S. Championships Senior 8
82.58 		13
141.00 		10
223.58
December 7–10, 2017 2017−18 Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 1
81.33 		1
155.02 		1
236.35
November 21–26, 2017 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 3
80.20 		2
142.19 		2
222.39
September 27–30, 2017 2017 JGP Croatia Junior 1
80.26 		2
145.22 		1
225.48
August 23–26, 2017 2017 JGP Australia Junior 1
75.04 		1
134.33 		1
209.37
August 3–5, 2017 2017 Philadelphia Summer International Senior 1
76.37 		7
129.88 		4
206.25
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 8
76.50 		10
134.97 		8
211.47
January 14–22, 2017 2017 U.S. Junior Championships Junior 2
66.89 		1
144.16 		1
211.05
December 8–11, 2016 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 5
71.48 		6
137.37 		5
208.85
September 21–25, 2016 2016 JGP Slovenia Junior 2
71.98 		1
139.20 		1
211.18
Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2016 2016 JGP Czech Republic Junior 2
75.10 		2
148.50 		2
223.60
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 15–24, 2016 2016 U.S. Junior Championships Junior 7
53.96 		3
122.25 		3
176.21
September 23–27, 2015 2015 JGP Poland Junior 5
62.44 		3
132.14 		5
194.58
August 26–30, 2015 2015 JGP Latvia Junior 3
67.53 		3
127.15 		3
194.68
August 3–5, 2015 2015 Philadelphia Summer International Junior 1
65.56 		1
114.11 		1
179.67
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 18–25, 2015 2015 U.S. Junior Championships Junior 6
60.52 		2
129.70 		4
190.22
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2013 2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup Junior 2
51.72 		2
116.55 		2
168.27
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 1–3, 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5
67.21 		17
110.85 		12
178.06

References

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