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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeevich and the family name is Samoilov.
Vladimir Samoilov
Samoilov at the 2024 World Championships
Full nameVladimir Sergeevich Samoilov
Native nameВладимир Сергеевич Самойлов (Russian)
Other namesSamoylov
Born (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 25)
Moscow, Russia
HometownMilan, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country Poland
 Russia (until 2021)
CoachAngelina Turenko
Alisa Mikonsaari
Skating clubIce Lab
Began skating2003

Vladimir Sergeevich Samoilov (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-pl; born 13 May 1999) is a Russian-born figure skater who currently represents Poland. He is the 2022 Bavarian Open champion, the 2022 Volvo Open Cup champion, and a three-time Polish national champion (2022-2024).

Competing for Russia, he is the 2017 JGP Italy silver medalist.

Personal life

Samoilov was born on 13 May 1999 in Moscow, Russia. He has an older sister, Katerina, who coaches figure skating.

Career

Early career

Samoilov began skating in 2003 at CSKA Sports School in Moscow under coach Irina Galustyan. He remained with Galustyan until 2009, after which he changed coaches several times, moving to Elena Sokolova for the 2009–2010 season, Anastasia Timofeeva for the 2010–2011 season, and Irina Smirnova for the summer of 2011. In December 2011, he moved back to CSKA to train under Inna Goncharenko.

His time with Goncharenko lasted until the 2016–2017 season, after which he moved to Sambo 70 to train under Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov, and Daniil Gleikhengauz. Samoilov was only in Tutberidze's camp for one season with little success due to a back injury he incurred there, which prevented him from training normally.[1] He contemplated retiring from competition before he eventually moved to Evgeni Plushenko's new Academy Angels of Plushenko in August 2017.

2017–18 season

After four years of competition on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Samoilov earned his first JGP medal in October 2017 at JGP Italy in Egna-Neumarkt. Samoilov won the short program with a score of 77.65 but was third in the free program after a series of falls. He won the silver medal behind Italian skater Matteo Rizzo and ahead of bronze medalist, American Tomoki Hiwatashi.

Samoilov competed next at 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star, where he placed first in the junior men's division by a margin of almost 20 points over silver medalist Irakli Maysuradze. He attempted three quadruple jumps in the free program, including one in combination, and successfully completed two.

At the 2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Samoilov had his best career finish at the event at the senior level, placing sixth overall – a major improvement over his 17th-place finish the year before. As a result of his placement at the event, Samoilov was named onto the Russian senior men's national reserve team for the 2018–2019 season.

2018–19 season

Samoilov departed Plushenko's training camp in the summer before the start of the 2018–19 season, following assistant coaches Alexei Vasilevsky and Yulia Lavrenchuk to their new program. He only competed domestically this season, finishing 11th at the 2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships.

2019–20 season

Samoilov again changed coaches before the start of the 2019–20 season, this time moving to train under Viktoria Butsaeva. Under Butsaeva, Samoilov appeared to strengthen his jumps, demonstrating the ability to perform all five different types of quad jumps (4T, 4S, 4Lo, 4F, and 4Lz), as well as difficult combinations such as the triple Axel-triple loop. He again qualified to the 2020 Russian Figure Skating Championships through the domestic Cup of Russia system but was only able to finish 15th overall after a disastrous short program left him initially in 17th place.

2020–21 season: End of career for Russia

Samoilov did not compete during the 2020–21 figure skating season but continued to train under Butsaeva. During the season, he displayed impressive jumping feats on social media, including quad Salchow-Euler-quad Salchow and quad Lutz-Euler-quad Salchow combinations. On 18 May 2021, Russian media outlets began reporting that Samoilov had put in a request with the Russian Figure Skating Federation for a transfer to represent Poland.[2] Samoilov confirmed the transition in an interview with Sport-Express.ru.[3] The transfer process, in actuality, began in 2019.

2021–22 season: Debut for Poland

Due to his transfer to represent Poland, Samoilov was banned from training in Russia by the Russian Figure Skating Federation and was forced to leave coach Viktoria Butsaeva.[4] He began training in Egna, Italy, with coaches Lorenzo Magri and Angelina Turenko in October 2021. He was scheduled to make his domestic debut representing Poland at the Federation's season-opening event in early September but withdrew before the start of the competition because of inadequate preparation time. He later received his first international assignment for Poland, the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, replacing French skater Adam Siao Him Fa after he withdrew from the event. In Zagreb, Samoilov placed 15th in the short program after falling on a downgraded triple Axel attempt. His struggles continued in the free skate, where he fell to 21st in the segment and eighteenth overall.[5]

The following weekend, Samoilov won his first Polish national title at the 2022 Four National Championships. He placed fourth in the short program due to a fall on a downgraded planned quad Salchow and a popped triple Axel attempt but climbed to second in the free skate by skating a mostly clean program of triple jumps. He placed third in the overall event behind Czech skaters Matyáš Bělohradský and Georgii Reshtenko but finished first of the Polish entrants. Despite his win, Samoilov was only named as first alternate to the Polish men's berth at the 2022 European Championships, with Kornel Witkowski receiving the assignment.[5]

Samoilov next competed at the 2022 Bavarian Open in January. He placed third in the short program after popping his planned quad Salchow to an invalid double but climbed to first in the free skate to take the title ahead of Austria's Luc Maierhofer and Kai Jagoda of Germany.[5]

Samoilov was assigned to Poland's berth in the men's event at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier in late March. He popped a planned triple Axel into a single in the short program and later fell during his step sequence. He scored 60.71 and did not advance to the free skate, finishing in twenty-seventh place.[5]

2022–23 season

Samoilov appeared three times on the Challenger circuit, coming seventh at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, sixth at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial, and seventh at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. He finished first among all skaters at the 2023 Four National Championships, earning a second Polish title.[5]

Making his debut at the European Championships, Samoilov finished sixth in the short program, in the process setting a new personal best of 78.26.[6] He dropped to 17th after the free skate. Samoilov finished 33rd at the 2023 World Championships.[5]

2023–24 season

Samoilov came tenth at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial.[5]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
2022–2023
[7]
2021–2022
[8]
2020–2021 Did not compete this season
2019–2020
2018–2019
[9]
2017–2018
2016–2017
2015–2016

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Poland

International[5]
Event 21–22 22–23 23–24 24-25
Worlds 27th 33rd 31st
Europeans 17th 8th
GP Finland TBD
CS Budapest Trophy 7th 6th
CS Golden Spin 18th WD 5th
CS Nepela Memorial 6th 10th
CS Warsaw Cup 7th WD
Bavarian Open 1st
Challenge Cup 12th 5th
Volvo Open Cup 1st 1st
National
Polish Champ. 1st 1st 1st
Four Nationals 3rd 1st 3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

For Russia

International: Junior[5]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
JGP Estonia 6th
JGP Italy 2nd
JGP Spain 6th
Ice Star 1st
National[10]
Russian Champ. 17th 6th 11th 15th
Russian Junior Champ. 4th 18th 7th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [11]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 230.17 2024 European Championships
Short program TSS 79.76 2023 CS Nepela Memorial
TES 42.94 2023 Europeans
PCS 37.75 2023 CS Nepela Memorial
Free skating TSS 159.12 2024 European Championships
TES 86.56 2024 European Championships
PCS 74.42 2022 CS Warsaw Cup

For Poland

2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
18–24 March 2024 2024 World Championships 31
67.81
- 		31
67.81
22-25 February 2024 2024 Challenge Cup 6
68.14 		5
144.70 		6
212.84
8-14 January 2024 2024 European Championships 16
71.05 		5
159.12 		8
230.17
14-16 December 2023 2024 Four Nationals Championships 5
62.64 		3
132.66 		3
201.17
6-9 December 2023 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4
69.64 		6
132.79 		5
202.43
2–5 November 2023 2023 Volvo Open Cup 1
81.88 		2
141.06 		1
222.94
13–15 October 2023 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 5
75.67 		4
140.93 		6
216.60
28–30 September 2023 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 5
79.76 		11
133.34 		10
213.10
2022–23 season
22–26 March 2023 2023 World Championships 33
61.48 		– 33
61.48
25–29 January 2023 2023 European Championships 6
78.26 		21
113.33 		17
191.59
15–17 December 2022 2023 Four Nationals Championships 1
87.27 		2
136.16 		1
223.43
17–20 November 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 3
77.69 		6
135.10 		6
212.79
3–4 November 2022 2022 Volvo Open Cup 1
70.83 		1
149.34 		1
220.17
13–16 October 2022 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 8
68.64 		6
133.61 		7
202.25
29 September – 1 October 2022 2022 CS Nepela Memorial 6
67.31 		6
126.73 		6
194.04
2021–22 season
21–27 March 2022 2022 World Championships 27
60.71 		– 27
60.71
18–23 January 2022 2022 Bavarian Open 3
73.34 		1
138.23 		1
211.57
17–19 December 2021 2022 Four Nationals Championships 4
58.39 		2
129.15 		3
187.54
9–11 December 2021 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 15
68.19 		21
122.16 		18
190.35

For Russia

2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
24–28 December 2019 2020 Russian Figure Skating Championships Senior 17
61.43 		6
159.30 		15
220.73
2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
21–24 December 2018 2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships Senior 15
60.30 		8
145.60 		11
205.90
2017–18 season
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 11
70.36 		4
144.40 		7
214.76
19–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships Senior 6
85.10 		6
146.10 		6
231.20
26–29 October 2017 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star Junior 1
76.46 		1
154.07 		1
230.53
11–14 October 2017 2017 JGP Italy Junior 1
77.65 		3
134.09 		2
211.74
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
20–25 December 2016 2017 Russian Figure Skating Championships Senior 17
46.97 		17
113.45 		17
160.42
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 18
51.39 		18
97.67 		18
149.06
30 September – 4 October 2015 2015 JGP Spain Junior 4
61.63 		6
111.28 		6
172.91
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5
66.03 		4
131.88 		4
197.91
24–27 September 2014 2014 JGP Estonia Junior 16
44.40 		4
126.28 		6
170.68

References

  1. ^ Velichko, Maria (22 December 2021). "Владимир Самойлов: "У Тутберидзе у меня начались большие проблемы со спиной. Даже месяц без болей покататься не мог"" [Vladimir Samoilov: "Tutberidze started having big problems with my back. I couldn't even ride for a month without pain."]. Sports.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ "Федерация фигурного катания получила заявление Самойлова о желании выступать за Польшу" [Figure Skating Federation received a statement from Samoilov about the desire to compete for Poland] (in Russian). TASS. 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ Kuznetsov, Dmitry (18 May 2021). "Российский фигурист с пятью четверными перешел в сборную Польши" [Russian figure skater with five quads moved to the national team of Poland] (in Russian). sport-express.ru.
  4. ^ Velichko, Maria (22 December 2021). "Владимир Самойлов о переходе в сборную Польши: "Меня очень долго не отпускали, и причины на это не было"" [Vladimir Samoilov on the transfer to the Polish national team: "I was not released for a very long time, and there was no reason for this"]. Sports.ru (in Russian).
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Vladimir SAMOILOV". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ Slater, Paula (January 25, 2023). "France's Adam Siao Him Fa takes convincing lead at Europeans". Golden Skate.
  7. ^ "Vladimir SAMOILOV: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023.
  8. ^ "Vladimir SAMOILOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Vladimir SAMOILOV". International Skating Union.
  10. ^ "Самойлов Владимир Сергеевич" [Samoilov Vladimir Sergeevich] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  11. ^ "POL-Vladimir SAMOILOV". Skating Scores.
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