User:Mguinzbourg/sandbox/Alec Guinzbourg

Alec Guinzbourg
Alec Guinzbourg
	Alec Guinzbourg at 2018 Skate Ontario Sectionals
Born	November 25, 2004 (age 19); Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Hometown	Aurora, Ontario
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Canada
Coach	Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev
Skating club	Richmond Training Centre
Began skating	2007

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Alec Guinzbourg (born November 25, 2004) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2018 Canadian national novice champion, a two-time participant on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. He placed 11th at the 2018 ISU JGP Armenian Cup and 4th at the 2019 ISU JGP Chelyabinsk.

Personal life

Guinzbourg was born on November 25, 2004, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He speaks English, French, and Russian. He has a sister named Anya, who is a former competitive figure skater.

Career

Guinzbourg began learning to skate in 2007. Later Kim Crothers became his first competitive coach when he was five years old. In 2013 Guinzbourg moved to Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario and is coached by Andrei Berezintsev and Inga Zusev until present.

2017–2018 season

Guinzbourg broke his left (landing) leg, while picking in for a jump. He was out for two months in March - May 2017. Later on his way to recovery he won a silver medal at the 2018 Skate Canada Challenge in December 2017. The following month, he won gold in the novice men's event at the 2018 Canadian Championships.

2018–2019 season

Guinzbourg made his international debut in October 2018 at his first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment, in Yerevan,Armenia, placed 9th in short program and 11th overall. Competing first season on the junior level in Canada, Guinzbourg ranked seventh in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and eighth overall at the 2019 Canadian Championships.

2019–2020 season

Guinzbourg shattered his previous best international score to place fourth in men’s competition at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Guinzbourg delivered a clean free program to better his score from last year’s Grand Prix appearance by more than 20 points finishing at 185.80 points. His previous best was 162.90 set in an 11th place finish. In his free skate he executed seven jumps including three in combination and two double Axels. He was fourth after the short and remained there despite the seventh best ranked free skate.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2019–2020	When You're Smiling by Michael Buble choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev	Fellini's 8 1/2 Soundtrack by Nino Rota choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev
2018–2019	Andrzej Wajda's Smuga Cienia Soundtrack by Wojciech Kilar choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev	Ballet Moderne by Maksim Mrvica choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev
2017–2018	Andrzej Wajda's Smuga Cienia Soundtrack by Wojciech Kilar choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev	Fellini's Amarcord Soundtrack by Nino Rota choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[1]
Event	17–18	18–19	19–20
JGP Armenia		11th
JGP Russia			4th
National^[1]
Canadian National Championships	1st N	8th J
N = Novice level, J = Junior level

References

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External links

Alec Guinzbourg at the International Skating Union

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