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Alexander Grachev

Anastasia Platonova Alexander Grachev 2009 Rostelecom Cup.JPG
Platonova/Grachev in 2009.

Personal information
Full name Alexander Pavlovich Grachev
Country represented Russia
Born
(1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 34)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Former partner
Anastasia Platonova
Elena Romanovskaya
Former coach
Alexander Zhulin
Oleg Volkov
Svetlana Alexeeva
Elena Kustarova
Alexei Gorshkov
Sergei Chemodanov
Former choreographer
Liudmila Vlasova
Elena Kustarova
Sergei Petukhov
Skating club Moskvich
Retired 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 153.22
2009 Cup of Russia
Comp. dance 28.46
2008 Cup of Russia
Original dance 47.88
2009 Cup of Russia
Free dance 77.41
2009 Cup of Russia

Alexander Pavlovich Grachev (Russian: Александр Павлович Грачёв, born 28 July 1984) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Elena Romanovskaya, he is the 2004 World Junior champion.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Programs


    • 2.1 With Platonova


    • 2.2 With Romanovskaya




  • 3 Competitive highlights


    • 3.1 With Platonova


    • 3.2 With Romanovskaya




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Career


From 1999 to 2006, Grachev competed with Elena Romanovskaya, with whom he won the 2004 World Junior title.[1]


In 2007, Grachev teamed up with Anastasia Platonova. They were initially coached by Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva in Moscow. In the summer of 2009, they switched to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov. They decided to retire from competition in 2010.[2]



Programs



With Platonova


















Season

Original dance

Free dance
2009–2010
[3]
Dagestan folk dance:
  • Lezginka


  • Fantasie for piano in D minor
    by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2008–2009
[4]


  • Blues: St. James Infirmary Blues

  • Swing: Woodside Riot



  • Nocturne
    by Arno Babadganian



With Romanovskaya
















































Season

Original dance

Free dance
2005–2006
[5]


  • Rhumba: Cantinero de Cuba

  • Cha cha: Santa Esmeralda

  • Samba




  • Flamenco

  • Music
    by Gypsy Kings


2004–2005
[6]


  • Slow foxtrot

  • Quickstep: Jumpin Jack
    by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy



  • Music Was my First Love

2003–2004
[7]


  • Blues

  • Rock'n Roll



  • Libertango
    by Ástor Piazzolla

2002–2003
[8]


  • Masquerade Waltz
    by Aram Khachaturian

  • Galop




  • Holding Out for a Hero


  • Total Eclipse of the Heart
    by Bonnie Tyler


2001–2002
[9]


  • Flamenco

  • Tango Felicia



  • GoldenEye

2000–2001
[10]


  • Foxtrot: Sixteen Tons

  • Quickstep




  • Blues

  • Jumping Jack

  • Disco


1999–2000
[11]

  • Latin mix


  • Riverdance

1998–1999
[11]


  • Beware of the Car
    by Andrey Petrov


  • Romeo & Juliet



Competitive highlights


GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix



With Platonova



































International[12]
Event
2007–08

2008–09

2009–10

GP Cup of Russia
7th 5th
Finlandia Trophy 2nd 2nd
NRW Trophy 1st
National[13]
Russian Championships 5th 5th 7th


With Romanovskaya
















































































































































































International[14]
Event

99–00

00–01
01–02
02–03
03–04
04–05
05–06
World Champ. 23rd

GP NHK Trophy
6th

GP Skate America
11th

GP Skate Canada
5th
Winter Universiade 4th
International: Junior[14]
World Junior Champ. 6th 3rd 3rd 1st

JGP Final
5th 2nd 3rd 2nd

JGP Germany
3rd

JGP Italy
2nd

JGP Japan
2nd

JGP Netherlands
1st

JGP Poland
1st

JGP Slovakia
1st 1st

JGP Sweden
1st
National[13]
Russian Champ. 4th 4th
Russian Jr. Champ. 7th 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd


References





  1. ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Antsyreva, Svetlana; Ikunin, Dmitry (11 August 2010). Анастасия Платонова и Александр Грачёв: Мы открыты для предложений [Anastasia Platonova and Alexander Grachev: We are open to suggestions] (in Russian). fskate.ru. Retrieved 12 July 2011.


  3. ^ "Anastasia PLATONOVA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  4. ^ "Anastasia PLATONOVA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  5. ^ "Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 November 2006.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  6. ^ "Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  7. ^ "Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  8. ^ "Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2003.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  9. ^ "Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 August 2002.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  10. ^ "Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2001.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  11. ^ ab "Programs". Romanovskaya/Grachev at ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2006.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  12. ^ "Competition Results: Anastasia PLATONOVA / Alexander GRACHEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.


  13. ^ ab "Грачёв Александр Павлович" [Alexander Pavlovich Grachev]. fskate.ru (in Russian).


  14. ^ ab "Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-04-22.




External links








  • Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev at the International Skating Union


  • Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev at the International Skating Union

  • Romanovskaya / Grachev official site









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