Roman Serov

Roman Serov
Roman Serov
	Serov in 2005.
Full name	Roman Serov
Born	16 December 1976 (age 47); Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Israel; Russia
Medal record
Representing Russia
Men's singles Figure skating
Winter Universiade

Roman Serov (born 16 December 1976 in Moscow) is a Russian-born figure skater and skating coach who has also competed for Israel. He won two medals on the Grand Prix series and is a two-time Israeli national champion.

Career

Serov represented Russia until 2001–2002, twice placing 4th at the Russian Championships and winning medals at Cup of Russia and Finlandia Trophy. After his marriage to an Israeli, he decided to represent Israel and sat out the mandatory wait period, returning to international competition in 2003. Serov represented Israel at the 2005 & 2006 European and World Figure Skating Championships. He was removed from Israel's list of candidates for the 2006 Olympics because he did not hold Israeli citizenship, nor meet residency requirements.^[1]

Following his retirement from competition, Serov began working as a coach. He worked with Georgian figure skater Elene Gedevanishvili. Serov is currently based at the Ice House Arena in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Personal life

Serov married skater Rachel Lior in August 2004, and they had a daughter in 2006 named Isabella Serova. They divorced in 2007. Serov married Anna Zadorozhniuk in 2011.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2005–2006 ^[2]	The Truman Show	World of Technology (Techno mix) Children by Robert Miles World of Technology (Techno mix)
2004–2005 ^[3]^[4]^[5]	Rhapsody in Rock by Robert Wells	World of Technology (Techno mix) Children by Robert Miles World of Technology (Techno mix) Beethoven's Last Night by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
2003–2004 ^[6]	Rhapsody in Rock by Robert Wells	On the Waterfront by Leonard Bernstein, London Festival Orchestra Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre, London Festival Orchestra
2001–2002 ^[7]	Echoes of Harlem (Blues)	Casablanca by Max Steiner On the Waterfront by Leonard Bernstein Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre

Results

Results^[2]^[4]^[6]^[7]
International
Event	1994–95	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Worlds									19th	18th
Europeans									13th	22nd
GP Cup of China										12th
GP Cup of Russia							2nd
GP Lalique						3rd
GP NHK Trophy										10th
GP Skate America						7th			4th
GP Skate Canada							10th
Finlandia					1st		2nd		2nd
Golden Spin					1st			3rd
Skate Israel					1st	1st		1st		1st
Universiade						1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds	16th
National
Israeli Champ.								1st	1st
Russian Champ.		10th	11th	5th	4th	6th	4th
For Russia until 2002. For Israeli from 2003. GP = Grand Prix

References

^ Ben Ami, Yair (12 August 2005). "Skating on thin ice". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Roman SEROV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 July 2006.
^ Mittan, Barry (10 November 2004). "Serov Returns With a Splash". Golden Skate.
^ ^a ^b "Roman SEROV: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005.
^ "Roman SEROV: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 October 2004.
^ ^a ^b "Roman SEROV: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 April 2004.
^ ^a ^b "Roman SEROV: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 November 2001.