Alexander Majorov
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![]() Majorov at the 2013–14 Swedish Championships. | |
Full name | Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov |
Born | Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 19 July 1991
Hometown | Luleå, Sweden |
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Sweden |
Coach | Alexander Majorov Sr. Irina Majorova |
Skating club | Luleå FCS |
Began skating | 1996 |
Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov (Russian: Александр Александрович Майоров, born 19 July 1991) is a figure skater who competes for Sweden. He is the 2011 World Junior bronze medalist, a five-time Nordic champion (2011–14 and 2016), and a three-time Swedish national champion (2012–14). His best finish at the European Championships is 6th (2013). He was 14th at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Personal life
Majorov was born on 19 July 1991 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] When he was an infant, his family began spending half a year in Sweden and half in Russia,[2] settling in Luleå when he was six years old.[3] His father, Alexander senior, is a figure skating coach,[4] who was the first coach of Alexei Yagudin.[5] His mother, Irina Majorova, runs a dance and ballet school in Luleå.[6] He has a younger brother, Nikolaj, who also competes in figure skating.[7]
Majorov holds dual Swedish and Russian citizenship and speaks both languages.[5] He is studying physiotherapy.[8] He is a bone marrow donor for his father, who was diagnosed with severe MDS in June 2015 and acute leukaemia a few month later.[9]
Career
Majorov began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2005. He made his senior international debut at the 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb, placing 11th, but continued competing also on the junior level.
In the 2009–10 season, Majorov was eighth at the 2010 World Junior Championships and ended his season by winning the senior silver medal at the Triglav Trophy.
In 2010–11, Majorov won his first JGP medal, bronze, at the JGP in Ostrava. He also won two senior events, the Ice Challenge in Graz and the 2010 NRW Trophy. In March 2011, he won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships. It was Sweden's first ISU Championships medal in 74 years.[5] Majorov had back problems in 2011.[10]
In the 2011–12 season, Majorov finished 11th at the 2012 European Championships and 26th at the 2012 World Championships.
In 2012–13, Majorov was 6th at the 2013 European Championships and 18th at the 2013 World Championships.
In the 2015–16 season, Majorov placed 8th at the 2015 CS Finlandia Trophy and won silver medals at two events – the International Cup of Nice and Volvo Open Cup. To prepare for his father's treatment, one bag of blood was drawn from the skater a week before the Volvo Open Cup and another a week before the 2015 Rostelecom Cup, from which he withdrew.[9] He withdrew from the Swedish Championships to recover after an operation to extract bone marrow for his father.[9] Majorov won gold at the Nordics Open in February 2016. His withdrawal from the 2016 World Championships in Boston followed the detection of a precursor to a stress fracture of the pelvis.[11]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2016–2017 |
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2015–2016 [1][12] |
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2014–2015 [12][13] |
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2013–2014 [14][15][8] |
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2012–2013 [16] |
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2011–2012 [5][17] |
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2010–2011 [18] |
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2009–2010 [19] |
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2008–2009 [20] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[21] | ||||||||||||||
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Event | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
Olympics | 14th | |||||||||||||
Worlds | 28th | 26th | 18th | 32nd | 23rd | WD | ||||||||
Europeans | 22nd | 11th | 6th | 11th | 11th | 11th | ||||||||
GP Bompard | 6th | 8th | ||||||||||||
GP Skate America | 10th | 7th | ||||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 9th | WD | ||||||||||||
GP Rostel. Cup | WD | WD | ||||||||||||
CS Finlandia | 8th | 9th | ||||||||||||
Cup of Nice | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Finlandia | 4th | |||||||||||||
Golden Spin | 11th | 3rd | ||||||||||||
Ice Challenge | 1st | |||||||||||||
Lombardia | 1st | |||||||||||||
Merano Cup | 3rd | |||||||||||||
Nebelhorn | 12th | |||||||||||||
New Year's Cup | 1st | |||||||||||||
Nordics | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||||
NRW Trophy | 1st | 1st | ||||||||||||
Seibt Memorial | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Warsaw Cup | 1st | |||||||||||||
International: Junior[21] | ||||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 13th | 8th | 3rd | |||||||||||
JGP Croatia | 10th | 4th | ||||||||||||
JGP Czech Rep. | 8th | 3rd | ||||||||||||
JGP Estonia | 15th | |||||||||||||
JGP Germany | 10th | |||||||||||||
JGP Japan | 5th | |||||||||||||
JGP Netherlands | 9th | |||||||||||||
JGP Romania | 9th | |||||||||||||
JGP South Africa | 7th | |||||||||||||
JGP USA | 6th | |||||||||||||
EYOF | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Nordics | 1st J. | 1st J. | ||||||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 8th N. | |||||||||||||
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Swedish Champ. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | WD | WD | ||||
TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior |
References
- ^ a b "Alexander MAJOROV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Osborne, Magdalena (2006). "Alexander Majorov times two – meet the father/son team". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d Flade, Tatjana (18 September 2011). "History-maker Majorov looks to improve". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Jangbro, Eva Maria (13 January 2012). "The Marvelous Majorovs, part 2". Absolute Skating.
- ^ Osborne, Magdalena (2008). "Sasha Majorov working his way back". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b Jangbro, Eva Maria (25 March 2014). "Memories of Sochi and things to come for Alexander Majorov". Absolute Skating.
- ^ a b c "Alexander Majorov will not compete in the Swedish National Championships – read his open letter". Skate Sweden. 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
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- ^ "Alexander Majorov deltar ej i VM i Boston nästa vecka" (in Swedish). Skate Sweden. March 23, 2016. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016.
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- "2013–14 season". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
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- "2013–14 season". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Alexander MAJOROV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Alexander MAJOROV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014.
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- ^ "Alexander MAJOROV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013.
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External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website
- Alexander Majorov at the International Skating Union
- Alexander Majorov at Skate Sweden