Sitnikov, Alexey Alexandrovich

Alexey Sitnikov
Alexey Sitnikov
	; Y. Zlobin and A. Sitnikov in 2012
Personal Information
Presents	Azerbaijan
Previous countries	Russia
Date of Birth	May 23, 1986 (33 years)
Place of Birth	Kirov , RSFSR
Growth	171 cm
Partner	Julia Zlobina
Former partners	Alexandra Murina
Trainer	Alexander Zhulin
Former coaches	Svetlana Alekseeva; Elena Kustarova; Olga Ryabinina
Choreographer	Sergey Petukhov
Place of residence	Moscow , Russia
Sports achivments
	The best results in the ISU system; (at international amateur competitions)
Amount	144.83
Short	60.93
Arbitrary	85.54
	Completed speeches

Aleksey Aleksandrovich Sitnikov ( Azeri. Aleksey Aleksandroviç Sitnikov , b. May 23, 1986 in Kirov , USSR ) is an Azerbaijani figure skater of Russian origin, performing in ice dancing . Together with Julia Zlobina, he is the winner of the 2011 Estonian Open Championship , the silver medalist of the Winter Universiade, and the bronze medalist of the 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial . Speaking for Russia, the couple participated in the Grand Prix series of the 2007–2008 season .

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Career

Alexey Sitnikov started figure skating at the age of 5 years. Engaged in Kirov with Olga Nikolaevna Ryabinina . In 2004, she and Yulia Zlobina started performing at the international level, participated in the Grand Prix among juniors.

In 2005 , together with the coach and three more dancing couples ( Olga Gmyzina / Ivan Lobanov , Maria Mon'ko / Alexander Bortsov and Ksenia Mon'ko / Kirill Khalyavin ) moved to Rostov-on-Don , as there were offered the best conditions for training ^{[1 ]} ^[2] . In the 2006–2007 season, we won one of the stages of the Grand Prix among juniors and, receiving a bronze medal in the second, made our way to the Final Series, where there were 6 (of eight participants). The following season, they participated in the “adult” Grand Prix, without much success (7th and 9th place).

In May 2009 , again with Ryabinina, they moved to Moscow and joined the group of Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alekseeva . But it was not possible to get into the main Russian national team because of the big competition ^[3] . Their highest place in the championships of Russia was the 5th place in 2010 .

In 2010, figure skaters decided to change sports citizenship and begin to play for Azerbaijan , where there are no other dance duets since 2009 ^[3] . For the first time under the flag of Azerbaijan, they performed in December 2010 at the Estonian Open Championship and beat the champions of Estonia, a couple Irina Stork / Taavi Rand . The first international competition for Azerbaijan was for the Ondrei Nepela Memorial 2011 couple in September 2011, in which they won bronze medals.

In March 2013, Alexei Sitnikov, together with Yulia Zlobina, won a license for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 following the World Cup in Canadian London ^[4] . At the end of the year, at the Winter Universiade in Italy, an Azerbaijani couple won a silver medal for the first time for figure skating in Azerbaijan ^[5] .

At the end of the Olympic season, the couple decided to end their sports career.

Sports Achievements

Results for Azerbaijan

(with Y. Zlobina)

Competition	2010—2011	2011—2012	2012—2013	2013—2014
Olympic Games				12
World Championships		17	sixteen	12
European Championships		ten	7	6
Grand Prix Stages: Skate America				eight
Grand Prix Stages: Trophée Bompard			five
Grand Prix Stages: Skate Canada			6
Nebelhorn trophy			2
Winter Universiade				2
Zagreb’s Golden Skate			2	one
Ice star			one
Ondrej Nepela Memorial		3
NRW Trophy		five
Istanbul Cup		one
Estonian Championships **	one

** - out of the test

Results for Russia