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Vladimir Samoilov (figure skater)

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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
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country Poland (since 2021)
 Russia (until 2021)
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachAngelina Turenko
Alisa Mikonsaari
Skating clubIce Lab
Began skating2003
Medal record
Polish Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Spišská Nová Ves Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Turnov Singles

Vladimir Sergeevich Samoilov (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Самойлов, Polish: Władimir Samojłow; 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

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

Career

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Early career

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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 on the advice of Goncharenko. 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. He contemplated retiring from competition before he eventually moved to Evgeni Plushenko's new Academy Angels of Plushenko in August 2017.[1]

2017–18 season

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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 seventeenth-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

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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 eleventh at the 2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships.

2019–20 season

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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 fifteenth overall after a disastrous short program left him initially in seventeenth place.

2020–21 season: End of career for Russia

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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

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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 fifteenth in the short program after falling on a downgraded triple Axel attempt. His struggles continued in the free skate, where he fell to twenty-first 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

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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 and set a new personal best of 78.26.[6] He dropped to seventeenth after the free skate. Samoilov finished thirty-third at the 2023 World Championships.[5]

2023–24 season

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Samoilov started the season by competing on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, finishing tenth at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial, sixth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy, and fifth at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Between the latter two events, Samoilov would also win the 2023 Volvo Open Cup.[5]

In December, he would win the bronze medal at the 2024 Four National Championships behind Adam Hagara and Georgii Reshtenko.[7] Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Samoilov placed sixteenth in the short program but achieved a personal best score in the free skate, placing fifth in that segment and moving up to eighth place overall. He subsequently finished fifth at the 2024 International Challenge Cup.[7]

Samoilov would then compete at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in March. He placed thirty-first in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment.[7]

2024–25 season

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Samoilov began the season by finishing eighth at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy. Making his senior ISU Grand Prix debut, Samoilov competed at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy, where he finished eighth.[5]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skate Ref.
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19 [8]
2019–20
2021–22 [9]
2022–23 [10]
2023–24
2024–25
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Competitive highlights

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Single skating (for Poland)

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Competition placements at senior level [7]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 27th 33rd 31st
European Championships 17th 8th
Polish Championships 1st 1st 1st
GP Finland 8th
CS Budapest Trophy 7th 6th 8th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 18th 5th TBD
CS Nepela Memorial 6th 10th
CS Warsaw Cup 6th
Bavarian Open 1st
Challenge Cup 12th 5th
Volvo Open Cup 1st 1st

Single skating (for Russia)

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Competition placements at junior level [11]
Season 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Russian Championships (Senior) 17th 6th 11th 15th
Russian Championships (Junior) 16th 7th 4th 18th 7th
JGP Estonia 6th
JGP Italy 2nd
JGP Spain 6th
Ice Star 1st

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [12]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 230.17 2024 European Championships
Short program TSS 79.76 2023 CS Nepela Memorial
TES 42.94 2023 European Championships
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
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System [12]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 211.74 2017 JGP Italy
Short program TSS 77.65 2017 JGP Italy
TES 43.01 2017 JGP Italy
PCS 34.64 2017 JGP Italy
Free skating TSS 134.09 2017 JGP Italy
TES 68.95 2017 JGP Italy
PCS 66.14 2017 JGP Italy

For Poland

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Results in the 2021–22 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 9–11, 2021 Croatia 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 15 68.19 21 122.16 18 190.35
Dec 17–19, 2021 Slovakia 2022 Polish Championships 1 58.39 1 129.15 1 180.91
Jan 18–23, 2022 Germany 2022 Bavarian Open 3 73.34 1 138.23 1 211.57
Mar 21–27, 2022 France 2022 World Championships 27 60.71 – – 27 60.71
Results in the 2022–23 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022 Slovakia 2022 CS Nepela Memorial 6 67.31 6 126.73 6 194.04
Oct 13–16, 2022 Hungary 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 8 68.64 6 133.61 7 202.25
Nov 3–4, 2022 Latvia 2022 Volvo Open Cup 1 70.83 1 149.34 1 220.17
Nov 17–20, 2022 Poland 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 3 77.69 6 135.10 6 212.79
Dec 15–17, 2022 Hungary 2023 Polish Championships 1 87.27 1 136.16 1 223.43
Jan 25–29, 2023 Finland 2023 European Championships 6 78.26 21 113.33 17 191.59
Feb 23–26, 2023 Netherlands 2023 International Challenge Cup 9 70.90 13 119.74 12 190.64
Mar 22–26, 2023 Japan 2023 World Championships 33 61.48 – – 33 61.48
Results in the 2023–24 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 28–30, 2023 Slovakia 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 5 79.76 11 133.34 10 213.10
Oct 13–15, 2023 Hungary 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 5 75.67 4 140.93 6 216.60
Nov 2–5, 2023 Latvia 2023 Volvo Open Cup 1 81.88 2 141.06 1 222.94
Dec 6–9, 2023 Croatia 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 69.64 6 132.79 5 202.43
Dec 14–16, 2023 Czech Republic 2024 Polish Championships 1 62.64 1 129.37 1 192.01
Jan 8–14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Championships 16 71.05 5 159.12 8 230.17
Feb 22–25, 2024 Netherlands 2024 International Challenge Cup 6 68.14 5 144.70 6 212.84
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 31 67.81 – – 31 67.81
Results in the 2024–25 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 11–13, 2024 Hungary 2024 CS Budapest Trophy 8 60.58 7 115.25 8 175.83
Nov 15–17, 2024 Finland 2024 Finlandia Trophy 9 65.46 8 140.01 8 205.47

For Russia

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Senior level

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Results in the 2016–17 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 20–25, 2016 Russia 2017 Russian Championships 17 46.97 17 113.45 17 160.42
Results in the 2017–18 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 19–24, 2017 Russia 2018 Russian Championships 6 85.10 6 146.10 6 231.20
Results in the 2018–19 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 21–24, 2018 Russia 2019 Russian Championships 15 60.30 8 145.60 11 205.90
Results in the 2019–20 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 24–28, 2019 Russia 2020 Russian Championships 17 61.43 6 159.30 15 220.73

Junior level

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Results in the 2012–13 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 24–28, 2012 Russia 2013 Russian Championships (Junior) 15 58.52 14 113.94 16 172.46
Results in the 2013–14 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 22–27, 2013 Russia 2014 Russian Championships (Junior) 12 59.64 7 128.32 7 187.96
Results in the 2014–15 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 24–27, 2014 Estonia 2014 JGP Estonia 16 44.40 4 126.28 6 170.68
Feb 4–7, 2015 Russia 2015 Russian Championships (Junior) 5 66.03 4 131.88 4 197.91
Results in the 2015–16 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 30 – Oct 4, 2015 Spain 2015 JGP Spain 4 61.63 6 111.28 6 172.91
Jan 19–23, 2016 Russia 2016 Russian Championships (Junior) 18 51.39 18 97.67 18 149.06
Results in the 2017–18 season [11]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 11–14, 2017 Italy 2017 JGP Italy 1 77.65 3 134.09 2 211.74
Oct 26–29, 2017 Belarus 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 1 76.46 1 154.07 1 230.53
Jan 23–26, 2018 Russia 2018 Russian Championships (Junior) 11 70.36 4 144.40 7 214.76

References

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  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 "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. ^ a b c d e f g h "Vladimir Samoilov (POL)". SkatingScores.com.
  8. ^ "Vladimir SAMOILOV". International Skating Union.
  9. ^ "Vladimir SAMOILOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "Vladimir SAMOILOV: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Vladimir Samoilov (RUS)". SkatingScores.com.
  12. ^ a b "Personal Bests Vladimir Samoilov (POL)". International Skating Union.
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