Vladimir Litvintsev

Vladimir Litvintsev
File:2019 Rostelecom Cup Vladimir Litvintsev IMG 7742.jpg Litvintsev at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup
Personal information
Native name	Владимир Андреевич Литвинцев (Russian)
Full name	Vladimir Andreyevich Litvintsev
Country represented	Azerbaijan
Born	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 Ukhta, Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Height
Coach	Alexei Chetverukhin, Anastasia Kazakova
Former coach	Vladimir Kotin, Alexei Fedorov, Maria Safonova, Irina Galustian, Sergei Rozanov
Choreographer	Sergei Rozanov
Former choreographer	Vyacheslav Kalinin, Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Koniok Tchaikovskoi
Former skating club	Dynamo, Angels of Plushenko, Sambo 70, CSKA Moscow
Training locations	Moscow
Began skating	2004
World standing	28 (2021-22) 31 (2020–21) 36 (2019–20) 79 (2018–19)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	251.76 2023 Worlds
Short program	85.83 2022 Worlds
Free skate	169.05 2023 Worlds

Vladimir Andreyevich Litvintsev (Russian: Владимир Андреевич Литвинцев; born 18 February 2001) is a Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater who represents Azerbaijan in men's singles. He is the 2018 Volvo Open Cup champion, the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup champion, and the 2018 Ice Star silver medalist. Litvintsev represented Azerbaijan at the 2022 Winter Olympics and finished 18th overall.

Personal life

Litvintsev was born on 18 February 2001 in Ukhta in the Komi Republic in Russia. His family moved to Moscow when he was nine.

In 2020, Litvintsev began his studies at the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture.

His biggest inspirations from the world of figure skating are Guillaume Cizeron, Patrick Chan, and Nathan Chen. Besides skating, Litvintsev is passionate about music; he is a beatmaker and also learning to play the piano.

Career

Early years

Litvintsev began learning to skate in 2004 as a three-year-old. At that time, he was training together with his older brother Andrey and Dmitri Aliev at a local lake.

After moving to Moscow, Litvintsev trained at the CSKA Moscow sports club until January 2011 and then moved to Sambo 70, where he was coached by Alexei Chetverukhin, Vladimir Kotin, and Anastasia Kazakova.

He made no international appearances for Russia.

2018–2019 season

In October, making his international debut for Azerbaijan, Litvintsev finished 8th at the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Later that month, he made his first appearance in the senior ranks, winning the silver medal at the 2018 Minsk-Arena Ice Star, behind Latvia's Deniss Vasiļjevs and ahead of Armenia's Slavik Hayrapetyan. In November, he took gold at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup – his first senior title – by a margin of about nine points over silver medalist Mark Gorodnitsky. At his first Challenger series event, the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy, he finished ninth overall after scoring personal bests in both the free program and overall.

In January 2019, Litvintsev was named to Azerbaijan's team for the 2019 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. He placed fourteenth in the short program and advanced to the final segment. Appearing at his first World Championships, he placed seventeenth.

2019–2020 season

Litvintsev suffered a leg injury over the summer that forced him to withdraw from both of his Challenger series assignments, the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial and 2019 CS Ice Star. Making his Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, he placed eleventh.

After a poor sixteenth-place showing at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and a victory at the Toruń Cup, Litvintsev concluded his season at the European Championships, where he placed ninth. He had been assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but those were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020–2021 season

Litvintsev has been suffering from pain in both knees. This problem was exacerbated after he had spent around three months off the ice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to run the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location. Litvintsev was assigned to the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, where he placed tenth.

In January 2021, Litvintsev moved to Angels of Plushenko Figure Skating Academy to train with Sergei Rozanov. He placed twenty-seventh in the short program at 2021 World Championships and did not advance to the free skate competition.

2021–2022 season

Litvintsev and his coach Sergei Rozanov left Angels of Plushenko for Dynamo in the summer of 2021 and also spent seven weeks training in Italy and France. A foot stress fracture limited the intensity of Litvintsev's training. Later, during the season, Litvintsev returned to his former coaches at Koniok Tchaikovskoi club.

Litvintsev began the season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where he placed first in the short program, but dropped to fourth overall after coming fifth in the free skate. At 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, he was sixth after the short program and overall, although he scored fifth in the free skate. This result qualified a place for Azerbaijan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

At the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Litvintsev finished in the eighth place.

Litvintsev was a flag bearer for Azerbaijan's national team at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He achieved a new personal best of 84.15 in the short program of the men's event, finishing eighteenth in that segment and qualifying to the free skate. Nineteenth in the free skate, he remained eighteenth overall.

At the 2022 World Championships, Litvintsev achieved a new personal best in the short program and finished in sixteenth place overall.

2022–2023 season

Litvintsev won a bronze medal at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and the gold at the Bosphorus Cup. At the 2023 World Championships, Litvintsev finished in eleventh place overall, having earned new personal best scores in the free skate and total score.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2022–2023	La Cena (from Lady Caliph) by Ennio Morricone	Joker Smile performed by Jimmy Durante Bathroom Dance by Hildur Guðnadóttir Rock and Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter
2021–2022	Prelude in C-sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninov performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy	Joker Smile performed by Jimmy Durante Bathroom Dance by Hildur Guðnadóttir Rock and Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter
2020–2021	Concerto de Espana by Benise Fuego	Hallelujah performed by Jeff Buckley
2019–2020	Blues for Klook by Eddy Louiss	Hallelujah performed by Jeff Buckley
2018–2019	Abbey Road Blues performed by Era	The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Azerbaijan

International
Event	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23	23–24
Olympics				18th
Worlds	17th	C	27th	16th	11th
Europeans	16th	9th		8th	WD
GP Finland						TBD
GP Rostelecom Cup		11th	10th
GP Skate America						TBD
GP Wilson Trophy					WD
CS Denis Ten Memorial					3rd
CS Finlandia					WD
CS Golden Spin		16th
CS Lombardia				4th
CS Nebelhorn				6th
CS Nepela Memorial		WD
CS Tallinn Trophy	9th
Bosphorus Cup					1st
Ice Star	2nd
Open Ice Mall Cup	1st
Toruń Cup		1st
Volvo Open Cup	1st	3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds	13th	WD
JGP Slovenia	8th
National
Azerbaijan	1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Detailed results

Senior

2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 17–19, 2023	2023 Grand Prix of Espoo			TBD
October 20–22, 2023	2023 Skate America			TBD
2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 22–26, 2023	2023 World Championships	10 82.71	10 169.05	11 251.76
October 26–29, 2022	2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	3 64.00	3 124.77	3 188.77
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	14 85.83	15 147.79	16 233.62
February 8–10, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	18 84.15	19 155.04	18 239.19
January 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	7 83.46	7 161.24	8 244.70
September 22–25, 2021	2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	6 80.54	5 148.11	6 228.65
September 10–12, 2021	2021 CS Lombardia Trophy	1 80.83	5 137.97	4 218.80
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
22–28 March 2021	2021 World Championships	27 68.43	—	27 68.43
20–22 November 2020	2020 Rostelecom Cup	9 81.55	10 158.24	10 239.79
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
20–26 January 2020	2020 European Championships	17 70.04	8 151.05	9 221.09
4–7 December 2019	2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	14 68.47	19 116.65	16 185.12
15–17 November 2019	2019 Rostelecom Cup	12 54.42	9 154.65	11 209.07
6–10 November 2019	2019 Volvo Open	8 65.48	3 141.94	4 207.42

Junior

2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
18–24 March 2019	2019 World Championships	Senior	16 81.46	19 149.38	17 230.84
4–10 March 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	Junior	16 68.94	14 127.99	13 196.93
20–23 February 2019	2019 Open Ice Mall Cup	Junior	1 71.03	1 132.26	1 203.29
21–27 January 2019	2019 European Championships	Senior	14 73.60	15 130.68	16 204.28
26–29 November 2018	2018 CS Tallinn Trophy	Senior	6 66.41	10 121.80	9 188.21
6–11 November 2018	2018 Volvo Open Cup	Senior	2 74.10	1 135.87	1 209.97
18–21 October 2018	2018 Minsk-Arena Ice Star	Senior	3 72.78	2 134.74	2 207.52
3–10 October 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	Junior	7 67.96	8 113.35	8 181.31

External links

• Vladimir Litvintsev at the International Skating Union
• Vladimir Litvintsev at Olympics.com
• Vladimir Litvintsev at Olympedia
• Vladimir Litvintsev on Instagram
• Vladimir Litvintsev information site