Aleksandr Korovin

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Aleksandr Korovin
Korovin at the 2019 Universiade
Full nameAleksandr Sergeyevich Korovin
Native nameАлександр Сергеевич Коровин
Other namesAlexander Korovin
Born (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30)
Pervouralsk, Russia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Philippines
 Russia
PartnerIsabella Gamez (since 2021)
Alisa Efimova (2014–20)
Alexandra Minina (2012–13)
CoachDmitri Savin
Fedor Klimov
Skating clubPhilippine Skating Union
Began skating1999
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing  Russia
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Krasnoyarsk Pairs

Aleksandr Korovin (also known as Alexander Korovin; Russian: Александр Сергеевич Коровин; born 15 February 1994) is a Russian pair skater. Having previously competed for Russia, Korovin represents the Philippines with Isabella Gamez since 2021.

Korovin and Gamez are the first pair from Southeast Asia and the Philippines to qualify and compete at the World Figure Skating Championships.[1] They are the first international medalists for the Philippines in pairs skating,[2] first pair to compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating for Southeast Asia and the Philippines, as well as two-time Philippine National Champions for pairs skating bringing attention to the sport in the tropical country.

Earlier in his career, he represented Russia with Alisa Efimova. The pair won one Grand Prix medal, silver at the 2018 Skate America, and six medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Career

Early career

Korovin began learning to skate in 1999.[3] He switched from single skating to pairs in 2010. Competing with his first partner, Alexandra Minina, he placed ninth at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships. He teamed up with Alisa Efimova in 2014.[4][5] Their international debut came in February 2016 at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial. They won the silver medal, finishing second to Italy's Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek.

Partnership with Efimova

2016–2017 season

Efimova/Korovin at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup

Coached by Natalia Pavlova and Alexander Zaitsev in Moscow,[6] Efimova/Korovin debuted on the Grand Prix series, placing seventh at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup in November. Later that month, the two received the silver medal at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy, having ranked second in the short program, first in the free skate, and second overall behind Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin of Russia. After placing eighth at the 2017 Russian Championships, they took silver at the Cup of Tyrol in March 2017.

2017–2018 season

Efimova/Korovin relocated to Saint Petersburg to be coached by Oleg Vasiliev and Tamara Moskvina.[7] In September, the pair placed fifth at their season opener, the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy and then won bronze at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy a week later. In November, they took silver at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy behind Australia's Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor. They had no Grand Prix assignments. They finished ninth at the 2018 Russian Championships.

2018–2019 season

In September, Efimova/Korovin won their first international gold medal at their first event of the season, the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Ranked fourth in the short program and first in the free skate, they outscored the silver medalists, Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim, by 1.72 points.

Efimova/Korovin competed at two Grand Prix events, the 2018 Skate America and 2018 Rostelecom Cup. In October, Efimova/Korovin won their first Grand Prix medal, silver, at the 2018 Skate America. Ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate, they won the silver medal behind their teammates Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov. In mid-November, they competed at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup, where they finished fifth after placing fourth in the short program and fifth in the free skate.

In early December, Efimova/Korovin won their second Challenger Series gold medal of the season at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, they again narrowly beat Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim. This time Efimova/Korovin beat them by 1.05 points. Efimova/Korovin scored their best score of 183.89 points at this event.

At the 2019 Russian Championships, Efimova/Korovin placed sixth. They then finished the season by winning gold at the 2019 Winter Universiade.

2019–2020 season

Beginning the season on the Challenger series, Efimova/Korovin were seventh at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, then won the silver medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished eighth of eight teams at the 2019 Cup of China. They placed fourth at the 2019 NHK Trophy.[8]

At the 2020 Russian Championships, Efimova/Korovin placed fourth in the short program.[9] The free skate was a struggle, with them placing tenth in that segment and dropping to ninth place overall.[10] It was announced afterward that they had split.[11]

Partnership with Gamez

2020–2021 & 2021–2022 seasons

Korovin did not compete during the 2020–2021 and 2021–2022 seasons as he awaited his release from the Figure Skating Federation of Russia. In August 2021, the Philippine Skating Union announced that Isabella Gamez had teamed up with Russian skater Aleksandr Korovin to represent the Philippines.[12] Korovin and Gamez were paired by 2014 Winter Olympics pairs champion Maxim Trankov and Olympic, World Championship coach Marina Zoueva. They met and began training together in early 2021. For the 2021–2022 season, Gamez and Korovin focused on their training at Hertz Arena with coach, Marina Zoueva, and her team in Estero, Florida.

Per International Skating Union regulations, Gamez and Korovin can compete together for the Philippines for International Skating Union competitions up to the World Figure Skating Championships level, with only one partner of the two requiring citizenship of the represented country. This enables Korovin to compete as a pair despite being a Russian citizen as Gamez is a Philippine citizen born to Filipinos.[13]

2022–2023 season

The Korovin/Gamez pair made their debut at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they placed ninth after two years of inactivity.[14][15] The pair shared before their international debut, Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida affecting their training venue and practice schedule a week before Finland.[16] In their second competition together, Korovin and Gamez achieved a historical milestone for the Philippines. They won the first-ever medal for Philippine pairs skating in an international competition, a silver medal at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur in Nice, France.[2] They competed at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup placing 11th, and withdrew from the Golden Spin of Zagreb due to injury. Gamez/Korovin continued the season to become the first Senior Pairs team to win Philippine Figure Skating Championships bringing awareness to the pairs discipline in the tropical country as the only competitors in December 2022. They qualified and competed at the 2023 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs placing ninth. They competed at the Challenge Cup in Tilburg, Netherlands, where they placed 6th, and earned the technical minimums to become the first Southeast Asian and Philippine pairs team to qualify and compete in the final segment for the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan.[1]

Korovin publicly expressed his wish to be granted Filipino citizenship after becoming the first Philippine National Champions for Pairs Figure Skating with Gamez while in Manila on December 2022, sharing his commitment to the Philippines and opportunities to grow figure skating in the country.[17]

2023–2024 season

Gamez/Korovin at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships

Prior to the season, it was announced that Gamez/Korovin had relocated to Montclair, New Jersey, where they were now being coached by Dmitri Savin, Alexei Bychenko, Evgeni Krasnopolski, and Galit Chait.[18]

They would start their second season together by competing at John Nicks Pairs Challenge in New York, NY and 2023 CS Autumn Classic International in Montreal, Canada in September 2023. They withdrew from October 2023 competitions due to a COVID-diagnosis and returned to compete at Philippine Figure Skating Championships in November 2023, where they won their second National Championship title at SM Mall of Asia in Manila, Philippines. In January 2024, they competed at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China, where they placed 11th and competed at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada as the only competitors representing the Philippines. The pair would finish in twenty-first place.[19]

Bills were filed in the House of Representatives on May 2023 and Senate of the Philippines on October 2023 proposing Philippine citizenship for Korovin.[20][21] The bills were approved through three readings each in the Philippine House of Representatives and Senate proposing the granting of Filipino citizenship to Korovin in 2024.[22][23] Both bills in the two chambers were approved and were consolidated, and is awaiting signature by the President or it lapses into law.

Once granted citizenship, Korovin will be eligible to compete with Gamez for the Philippines at the 2025 Asian Winter Games and the 2026 Winter Olympics.[23]

2024–2025 season

Prior to the season, Fedor Klimov would join Gamez/Korovin's coaching team.[24] They would begin the season by finishing ninth at the 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition.[19] They went on to compete at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, however after completing the short program segment, the pairs free skate event was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Gamez/Korovin were awarded the silver medal based on their short program result.[25][26]

Not initially assigned to compete on the Grand Prix series, Gamez/Korovin's names were entered to compete at the 2024 NHK Trophy to replace Becarri/Guarise due to Becarri's foot injury.[27][28] However, they were unable to accept the assignment due to the short notice invitation.[29] They were later assigned to the 2024 Cup of China following the withdrawal of Yang/Deng of China.[30][31] They would finish the event in seventh place.[26]

Personal life

Korovin was born in Pervouralsk, Russia.[3] He speaks Russian, English and is learning Filipino.[32]

Bills were filed in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines proposing the granting of Filipino citizenship to Korovin via naturalization. The proposals were approved in the Philippines House of Representatives in May 2024,[32] Senate of the Philippines in December 2024 and is awaiting the signature of the president or its lapsing into law.[23]

Programs

With Gamez

Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
[24]
2023–2024
[18]
2022–2023
[33]

With Efimova

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2019–2020
[34]
2018–2019
[3]
  • Gypsy Dance
2017–2018
[7]
  • Joue Jusqu'au Matin
    by Yoska Nemeth
    choreo. by Julia Goriunova
  • La Strada
    by Nino Rota
2016–2017
[6]
  • Chilly Cha Cha
    by Jessica Jay
    choreo. by Julia Goriunova
2015–2016
  • New York, New York
2014–2015
  • New York, New York

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

With Gamez for the Philippines

International [33]
Event 22–23 23–24 24–25
Worlds 18th
Four Continents 9th 11th
GP Cup of China 7th
CS Autumn Classic 10th
CS Finlandia 9th
CS Golden Spin WD
CS John Nicks Challenge 9th
CS Warsaw Cup 11th
Trophée Métropole Nice 2nd 2nd
Challenge Cup 6th
John Nicks Challenge 6th
National [33]
Philippine Champ. 1st 1st

With Efimova for Russia

International[35]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
GP Cup of China 8th
GP NHK Trophy 4th
GP Rostelecom Cup 7th 5th
GP Skate America 2nd
CS Finlandia Trophy 2nd
CS Golden Spin 1st
CS Lombardia 5th
CS Nebelhorn 1st 7th
CS Ondrej Nepela 3rd
CS Tallinn Trophy 2nd 2nd
Cup of Tyrol 2nd
Seibt Memorial 2nd
Universiade 1st
National[4]
Russian Champ. 9th 8th 9th 6th 9th

With Minina

National[4]
Event 2012–13
Russian Junior Championships 9th

Detailed results

Pair skating with Isabella Gamez (for the Philippines)

Results in the 2024–25 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 3–4, 2024 United States 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition 6 57.28 9 99.76 9 157.04
Oct 16–20, 2024 France 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 2 55.73 – – 2 55.73
Nov 22–24, 2024 China 2024 Cup of China 7 50.65 7 100.61 7 151.26

Note: The senior pairs free skate at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur was cancelled on account of inclement weather. It was later announced that the short program results would be considered as the final results for the competition.[36]

2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 30-February 4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 12
49.79 		11
93.07 		11
142.86
September 14–17, 2023 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 10
37.40 		10
85.25 		10
122.65
September 6–7, 2023 2023 John Nicks Pairs Challenge 8
46.73 		6
91.66 		6
138.39
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 20–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 19
53.29 		18
93.78 		18
147.07
February 23–26, 2023 2023 Challenge Cup 6
54.74 		8
95.27 		6
150.01
February 7–12, 2023 2023 Four Continents Championships 10
39.69 		9
73.79 		9
113.48
December 7–10, 2022 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14
39.71 		WD WD
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 11
42.94 		11
84.66 		11
127.60
October 19–23, 2022 2022 Cup of Nice 3
48.32 		1
95.22 		2
143.54
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
44.25 		9
78.15 		9
122.40

With Efimova for Russia

2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 4
72.83 		10
113.14 		9
185.97
22–24 November 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 4
64.94 		4
124.40 		4
189.34
8–10 November 2019 2019 Cup of China 6
63.97 		8
106.22 		8
170.19
11–13 October 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 2
69.12 		3
125.16 		2
194.28
25–28 September 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8
59.94 		7
111.52 		7
171.46
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
7–9 March 2019 2019 Winter Universiade 2
57.72 		1
113.29 		1
171.01
19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 6
70.61 		6
129.06 		6
199.67
5–8 December 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1
65.84 		2
118.05 		1
183.89
16–18 November 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 4
65.46 		5
116.16 		5
181.62
19–21 October 2018 2018 Skate America 2
62.38 		3
116.60 		2
178.98
26–29 September 2018 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 4
56.42 		1
122.52 		1
178.94
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships 8
63.44 		10
113.19 		9
176.63
21–26 November 2017 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy 2
64.58 		3
98.04 		2
162.62
21–23 September 2017 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3
61.82 		3
109.40 		3
171.22
14–17 September 2017 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 5
56.54 		6
104.16 		5
160.70
2016–2017 season
Date Event SP FS Total
28 February – 5 March 2017 2017 Cup of Tyrol 2
59.88 		2
101.70 		2
161.58
20–26 December 2016 2017 Russian Championships 6
63.69 		8
112.91 		8
176.60
20–27 November 2016 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy 2
57.62 		1
103.06 		2
160.68
4–6 November 2016 2016 Rostelecom Cup 6
61.27 		7
103.80 		7
165.07
2015–2016 season
Date Event SP FS Total
23–28 February 2016 2016 Hellmut Seibt Memorial 2
50.21 		2
112.26 		2
162.47
23–27 December 2015 2016 Russian Championships 11
54.34 		9
106.96 		9
161.30

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