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March 22–28 2021
OFFICIAL ISU SPONSORS
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Photo: Anna-Lena Ahlström/Kungl. Hovstaterna
Crown Princess Victoria opens
Stockholm2021
The ISU World Figure Skating Champion- warmth, and a message of good luck
ships 2021 at the Ericsson Globe Arena for all competitors in the World Cham-
start with a spectacular opening ceremony pionships.
on ice on the evening of March 24. The ceremony is produced by
HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden choreographer and artistic director
will inaugurate the Championships. Albin Boudrée. For Boudrée, who has
The opening ceremony itself is divided competed in figure skating at elite level,
into four separate themes. The first is this is a dream come true.
challenging in terms of choreography “This is huge and I’m incredibly excited.
and technique and is about challenging Figure skating has always been a big part
our fears and never giving up. The second of my life and to be responsible for the
features two solo skaters who find them- opening ceremony of the World Champi-
selves in a dream world filled with love. onships is an unbelievable honour.”
The third theme is about community. The ceremony will also include
Multiple sources of light combine to speeches by Anna König Jerlmyr, Mayor
create a visually beautiful whole. Solo- of Stockholm, Helena Rosén Andersson,
ist Lovisa Svensson sings the national President of the Swedish Figure Skating
anthem. The ceremony culminates Association, and Jan Dijkema, President
with a big rock number filled with love, of the International Skating Union.
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Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT
On behalf of the Swedish Figure normal times. For me personally, it is
Skating Association, I would like to just wonderful to see the world elite
Dear Figure Skating Friends,
extend a warm welcome to the ISU compete again. I myself was a flower
Welcome! World Figure Skating Championships
2021 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
girl at the 1976 World Championships
in Gothenburg and had the privilege of
presenting flowers to gold medallist
On behalf of the International Skating and fans international competitions John Curry. This time, it will be
Union, it is a great pleasure for me to again in a safe way. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Sweden’s 14th World Figure Skating
extend a warm welcome to all of you Therefore, I would like to express my Championships will unfortunately be Championships and it is a great honour
at the 2021 ISU World Figure Skating sincere appreciation to everyone who held behind closed doors. The safety for us to once again host one of the
Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. has contributed to this major ISU Event. of the skaters, their teams and officials world’s biggest winter sports events.
This memorable edition will be a Compliments go to Swedish Figure are our top priority. This means that It is particularly encouraging that
spectacle full of exciting and breath- Skating Association, the Organizing figure skating fans from all around the interest in figure skating in Sweden is
taking performances. I would like to Committee, the officials and the many world will instead watch the world’s growing. Over the past two years or
wish everybody at the venue and fans volunteers who have worked hard to best figure skaters and their fight for so, membership of the Swedish Figure
from all over the world, who follow the make the Championships a success. medals on TV. Skating Association has increased by
event through the media, a very joyful I also extend my gratitude to the media In light of this, I believe it is important 24 per cent. I am convinced that the
experience. and the sponsors for their interest in that we strive to create happiness and Championships will increase the inte-
One year ago, we could not imagine our beautiful sport. a sense of shared experience through rest in figure skating even more, both
that our lives would change in so many Last but not least, I wish the skaters a figure skating at the very highest level in our country and globally.
ways. The COVID-19 pandemic has great deal of success after a very difficult during the difficult times that the whole So, let’s all get ready to enjoy the
a huge impact, and the far-reaching year. Together we get #UpAgain. world currently faces. The Champion- world’s best figure skating of 2021!
consequences have also been felt ships will therefore, also this year, be
strongly in the ice skating community. an event that the entire figure ska- Helena Rosén Andersson,
President of the Swedish
However, it was essential for the ISU ting world can gather around, albeit Figure Skating Association
to find creative ways and offer skaters Jan Dijkema, ISU President in a slightly different way than during
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Photo: Per Andrén/AAD
On behalf of the Organizing Commit- I would like to take this opportunity Good luck with the competitions we all have the chance of being part of
tee, it is my pleasure to welcome you to express our sincere thanks to the and welcome back to Stockholm! with the televising of the competition.
all to the ISU World Figure Skating International Skating Union for putting We hope that your stay in Stockholm
Championships 2021. their trust in Sweden to host this event It gives me great pleasure, together with during the championships will create
and for their support in planning these the people of Stockholm, to welcome many wonderful sporting memories,
It is a great honour and pleasure to Championships. everyone in the figure skating family to great competition, and that in the future
have Crown Princess Victoria open the The team that made these World Stockholm and to the Ericsson Globe. you will have the opportunity to see
Championships here at the Ericsson Championships possible include many We are especially proud that more of our beautiful city. Stockholm is
Globe Arena. volunteers from all across Sweden and Stockholm, together with the Swedish known for its openness and diversity.
The Swedish Figure Skating Associ- I would like to thank them for all their Figure Skating Association, is hosting a It is a place where everyone is equally
ation has been working closely with time and effort. World Figure Skating Championships. welcomed and praised. Stockholm is
The International Skating Union to host I would also like to thank The City of The last time we hosted one was 74 close to nature and highly urban. It is
the ISU World Figure Skating Champi- Stockholm for their excellent support years ago, in 1947. one of Europe’s top hubs for innovation
onships 2021. The health and safety of and cooperation. Major sports competitions and in tech, fashion, music, film, design,
participants is our number one priority Finally, I hope you will enjoy the championships unite people all over gaming, and other creative industries.
and something we have focused on exciting competitions we have ahead of the world. Sport serves as a powerful Again, we really hope that you will be
extensively. us! We are delighted to be your hosts in inspiration for movement and exercise able to experience Stockholm when the
The Organizing Committee and its Stockholm! that supports a healthy, happy lifestyle time is right.
associates have worked extremely Ulrika Molin – which is especially important now Good luck in the championships and
hard to provide the best possible President of the during the pandemic. A World Figure welcome back!
Organizing Committee
conditions for all participants in these Skating Championships also provides Anna König Jerlmyr
The Mayor of Stockholm
challenging circumstances. excitement and entertainment that
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Ericson Globe is part of the largest
Photo: Visit Stockholm
Photo: Ola Ericson
event district in Northern Europe and
one of the most modern multi arenas
in the world, awarded ”Venue of the
Year” in 2014. The arena is home arena
of both Hammarby football and
Djurgården football as well as hosting
mega artists as Avicii, The Rolling
Stones, Justin Timberlake, Madonna
and many more.
The event district around the Tele2
Arena with the sister arenas Hovet and tions as one of Europe’s best preserved
Annexet also includes hotels, restau- medieval city centers to Fotografiska,
rants, offices and shopping facilities the world’s largest meeting place for
and is served by excellent connections contemporary photography, or
to the public transportation system the Vasa Museum, the most visited
that we hope you can explore one day museum in Scandinavia or ABBA the
in Stockholm. Museum filled with music.
Next time you visit Stockholm we Stockholm is a vibrant and creative
hope you have some time to explore city loving sports and events, and we
the local city life in the streets and are really proud to host the World
restaurants. Stockholm has experien- Championships in Figure Skating 2021!
ced a culinary boom the last couple Welcome to join Stockholm for the
of years. Now everything, it seems, Worlds 2021!
revolves around food. New venues are For more information and inspiration
opening one after another. Stockholm on Stockholm please visit:
also offers unique and famous attrac- www.visitstockholm.com
Photo: Henrik Trygg
Welcome to join Stockholm
for the Worlds 2021!
Stockholm is widely regarded as one of Fashion, technology, music, film, design
the world’s most beautiful cities, built and the game industry thrive here like
where lake meets sea, on fourteen never before.
islands, with eight centuries of history It is a place where creativity grows,
and culture to choose from. and where dreams and new ideas are
Stockholm is a ground breaking, realized. But most of all
welcoming and innovative trendsetter. – A city open for everyone!
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ISU
International Skating Union
ISU
Event Officials
Council Technical Committees ISU Men Pairs
Representative: Referee: Referee:
President: Single & Pair Skating Jan Dijkema Philippe Meriguet Yukiko Okabe
Jan Dijkema – Netherlands Chairperson: Technical Controller: Technical Controller:
ISU
Fabio Bianchetti – Italy Leena Laaksonen Vera Tauchmanova
1st Vice President Medical Advisor:
Members: Technical Specialists: Technical Specialists:
Figure Skating: Joel Shobe
Yukiko Okabe – Japan Konstantin Kostin Troy Goldstein
Alexander Lakernik – Russia ISU
Rita Zonnekeyn – Belgium Filip Stiller-Borowicz Sarkis Tewanian
2nd Vice President Event Coordinator:
Leena Laaksonen – Finland Ladies Ice Dance
Speed Skating: Wieland Lüders
Susan Lynch – Australia Referee: Referee:
Tron Espeli – Norway Appointed Skater: ISU Fabio Bianchetti Hilary Selby
Figure Skating: Fedor Klimov – Russia Event Coordinator Assistant: Technical Controller: Technical Controller:
Patricia St. Peter, USA Appointed Coach: Julia Degenhardt Emilie Billow Halina Gordon-Poltorak
Tatsuro Matsumura – Japan Patrick Meier – Switzerland Technical Specialists: Technical Specialists:
Maria Teresa Samaranch – Spain Vera Vandecaveye György Elek
Ice Dance
Marie Lundmark – Finland Sandor Galambos Ayako Higashino
Chairperson:
Benoit Lavoie – Canada
Halina Gordon-Poltorak – Poland
Data / Replay Operators: David Santee, Soltan Kokoev
Speed Skating: Members:
Stoytcho G. Stoytchev – Bulgaria Shawn Rettstatt – USA
Sergio Anesi – Italy Hilary Selby – Great Britain
Judges
Jae Youl Kim – Republic of Korea György Elek – Hungary
Roland Etienne Maillard – Switzerland Appointed Skater: Agita Abele Elena Fomina Jennifer Mast
Suwanna Silpa-Archa – Thailand Alper Uҫar – Turkey Pia Alhonen Tomie Fukudome Iryna Medvedieva
Director General: Appointed Coach: Inger Andersson Peggy Graham Christiane Miles
Fredi Schmid – Switzerland Maurizio Margaglio – Italy Julia Andreeva Katarina Henriksson Miroslav Misurec
Almila Arikan Sarbanoglu Garry Hoppe Ron Conacher
Treasurer: Synchronized Skating Sviatoslav Babenko Feng Huang David Munoz
Ulrich Linder – Switzerland Chairperson: Ronald Beau Marketa Horklova Roland Mäder
Legal Advisors: Philippe Maitrot – France Lenka Bohunicka Kerstin Kimminus Marta Olozagarre
Michael Geistlinger – Austria Members: Claudia Brambati Olga Kozhemyakina Massimo Orlandini
Béatrice Pfister – Switzerland Petra Tyrbo – Sweden Josip Cerovac Marcin Kozubek Tineke Posno
Lois Long – USA Dan Chen Laimute Krauziene Katharina Rauch
Figure Skating Sports Director:
Uliana Chirkova – Russia Salome Chigogidze Matjaz Krusec Chihee Rhee
Charles Z. Cyr – USA
Appointed Skater: Ludwig Czoczek Anthony Leroy Stanislava Smidova
Speed Skating Sports Director: Roberta Giuliani – Italy Lisa Davidson Elisabeth Louesdon Ursula Stahl
Hugo Herrnhof – Italy Appointed Coach: Francoise de Rappard Kristina Lundgren Yu Wang
Cathy Dalton – Canada Andrea Derby Helle Lyngberg
Wendy Enzmann Anastassiya Makarova
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Organizing Committee
Photo: Sören Andersson
President: Event Appearance/Decoration:
Ulrika Molin Cathrine Svensson
Event & Technical Manager: Hygiene & Safety:
Peter Levin Ulrika Ljungdahl
Johan Ljungdahl
Accommodation Manager:
Sofia Borg Judges Service & Skating Lounge:
Carina Kelly
Communication Manager:
Anna Cedergren Logistics:
Leif Kronkvist
Competition Manager:
Johan Lundberg
Camilla Fredman
IT:
Financial Manager:
Lars Rambäck
Kaj Nyman
Medical:
Food & Beverage Manager:
Helen Karlsson
Johanna Holmudd
Annette Rödström
Health & Safety Manager:
Music:
Tove Lindqvist
Berit Westin
Hospitality & Partner Manager: Anna Häägg
Anna Magnusson
Printing Office:
Legal Adviser: Gunilla Ödlund
Björn Sahlin
Rink Coordination:
Press Officer: Laila Davidsson
Fredrik Pallin
Transportation:
Volunteer Manager: Mona Friedman
Olivia Skoog
Volunteers:
Accreditation: Anna Wärdell
Marianne Hogner
Volunteer Service:
Announcers: Camilla Bergström
Susanne Seger
City of Stockholm:
Arena Construction: Anette Craas
Pasi Rönkkö Annika Malhotra
Ceremonies: Stockholm Live:
Cathrine Svensson Åsa Sandström
Albin Boudrée Jonas Andersson
The Ericsson Globe is the largest spherical building on Earth.
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PRESENTATION OF SELECTED COMPETITORS: PAIRS
Photo: Joosep Martinson/ISU
Wenjing Sui&Cong Han – CHN. from injuries, and are hoping to make
The two-time World Champions are this their kick start for the 2022 Winter
looking to win a third gold medal here. Olympics in Beijing. Sui and Han
However, it will be their first major teamed up in 2007 without having pre-
international competition this season, vious pair experience. They are both
after missing out on the Grand Prix Cup inspired by Olympic Champions Xue
of China in November due to Han’s hip Shenand Hongbo Zhao and started
surgery. skating after watching them compete
This artistic and stunningly powerful in the 2002 Olympic Games. Hongbo
team is known for amazing comebacks Zhao is now their coach.
Photo: Joosep Martinson/ISU
Evgenia Tarasova&Vladimir Morozov back very strong and won the Russian
– FSR. This experienced Russian Nationals in December against tough
couple have three World Championship competition. Look out for their triple
medals (two silver, one bronze). They twist, when Morozov throws Tarasova
are also two-time European champions high in the air before catching her.
(2017 and 2018) and were fourth at the Tarasova and Morozov teamed up in
Winter Olympics in 2018. 2012 after their respective coaches sug-
Like many other athletes, they have gested the move. Tarasova competed at
had their 2020/2021 season disrupted the international junior level in singles
by illness, but have managed to come before switching to pairs in 2010.
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PRESENTATION OF SELECTED COMPETITORS: PAIRS
Photo: Joosep Martinson/ISU
Aleksandra Boikova&Dmitrii Kozlovskii with grace, they have become true con-
– FSR. Despite their young age, this tenders at the world level. This season
team managed to win the European they won the Grand Prix Rostelecom
Championships in 2020 in their second Cup during the fall, and they are hoping
senior season, in a discipline where it for their first World Championship
usually takes many years to reach the medal here. Boikovaand Kozlovskii
top. They also took bronze at the Euro- teamed up in November 2015, both
pean Championships in 2019, and sixth were single skaters. Coach Artur
place at the World Championships the Minchuk competed at the international
same year. By pairing explosive tricks junior level in pair skating.
Photo: Lintao Zhang/ISU
Cheng Peng&Yang Jin – CHN. Slowly have also shown strong results in the
but surely this immensely talented cou- few competitions that have been held
ple have come closer to the top, by ska- this season, so they are to be consi-
ting with flow and ease and a beautiful dered medal contenders. Peng and
sense for the music and choreography. Jin teamed up following the 2015/16
They missed out on a World Cham- season. He is the 2014 and 2015 World
pionship medal in 2019 by a narrow Junior Champion with former partner
margin in, finishing fourth, but have Xiaoyu Yu. Coach Hongbo Zhao is the
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PRESENTATION OF SELECTED COMPETITORS: LADIES
Anna Shcherbakova – FSR. The two-
Photo: Joosep Martinson/ISU
time Russian Champion has an impres-
sive ability to combine difficult quadru-
ple jumps, such as the Lutz and the Flip,
with graceful and artistic skating. There
is always a lightness about her skating
that is wonderful to watch.
This will be her debut at the World
Championship, but she already has a
great level of maturity in her skating. In
2020, she won the silver medal at the
European Championship, and the year
before that, she took silver at the Junior
World Championships. The Muscovite
is also a three-time National Champion
of Russia. In December 2020, she won
the Nationals despite losing plenty of
training due to illness. Shcherbakova
turns 17 on Sunday March 28th.
Alexandra Trusova – FSR. She has
Photo: Joosep Martinson/ISU
made history on numerous occasions,
becoming the first woman to land a
quadruple Lutz (2018) and a
quadruple Flip (2019) in competition,
at a very young age. She is as well the
first woman to land a quadruple
Toeloop as well as two quadruple
jumps (Toeloop and Salchow) in one
program in competition (at the World
Junior Championships 2018).
Trusova displays athletic and power-
ful skating and has a bronze medal
from the European Championships, as
well as two gold medals from the World
Junior Championships. Coach Evgeni
Plushenko is a two-time Olympic
Champion (2006 and with the team
2014) as well as two-time Olympic silver
medalist (2002, 2010).
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Rika Kihira – JPN. With her beautiful
Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/ISU
triple Axel and smooth skating skills,
Kihira has become a force to be
reckoned with. She is the first woman
to land a triple Axel-triple Toeloop
combination in competition (at the
Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
in December 2017).
She is the reigning two-time Four
Continents Champion, and won the
Japanese Nationals in December
against many strong competitors. In
2019, Kihira came incredibly close to
a medal at the World Championships,
landing in fourth place, only 0,31 points
behind the bronze. Coach Stephane
Lambiel is the 2005 and 2006 World
Champion and 2006 Olympic silver
medalist, representing Switzerland.
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva – FSR.
Photo: Lintao Zhang/ISU
This lady has made the comeback of all
comebacks. She won both the World
Championships and the European
Championships in 2015, but after that,
she had to face very tough competition
in Russia, with ladies performing
elements the world had not seen ever
before. But Tuktamysheva never gave
up. Instead, she has learned to jump
the rare and valuable triple Axel, while
also developing her characteristic style
and personality. At 24 years of age,
she is more experienced than many of
her competitors, but probably just as
hungry for a medal. This season, she
won the Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup,
and has shown good form prior to the
World Championships.
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Nathan Chen – USA. Since the Olympic
Photo: Joosep Martinson/ISU
Games in 2018, Nathan Chen has not
lost one single competition. The two-
time World Champion is known as the
“quad king”, for his ability to consistently
land numerous quadruple jumps with
breathtaking quality.
He became the first skater to perform
five quadruple jumps in one free
skating (quad Lutz, Flip, Salchow and
two quad Toeloops at the U.S. National
Championships and Four Continents
Championships in 2017). A year before,
he became the first skater to land four
quads in one free program. What is
extra impressive, is that despite this
incredibly difficult technical content,
Chen keeps developing his artistry to a
new level each season.
Yuzuru Hanyu – JPN. Although he has
Photo: Atsushi Tomura/ISU
won two back-to-back Olympic gold
medals, Hanyu keeps pushing himself
to improve. He is the first Japanese
male skater to win Olympic gold and
the first man since 1948 and 1952
Olympic Champion Dick Button (USA)
to win back-to-back Olympic gold
medals. He is the first skater to
perform a clean quadruple Loop in
competition (2016).
His massive fanbase loves him for his
ability to execute spectacular programs
with flow and ease, and his jumps can
seem unreal in their sheer perfection.
Hanyu has two World Championship
titles from 2014 and 2017 and has
contributed significantly to the choreo-
graphy of his programs in the 2020/21
season.
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Mikhail Kolyada – FSR. After sitting out
Photo: Atsushi Tomura/ISU
the 2019/2020 season due to sinusi-
BEAUTÉ tis, the artistically immensely talen-
ted Kolyada has made an impressive
comeback this season. With beauti-
PROFESSIONNELLE ful programs and a much-improved
consistency in the jumps, the World
PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY CARE Championship bronze medalist from
2018 has mesmerized figure skating
audiences at numerous competitions.
Kolyada is a silver medalist in the
Team Event at the 2018 Olympic Winter
Games and has two bronze medals
from the European Championships
SOINS
(2017, 2018). He is the first Russian
VISAGE skater to perform a quadruple Lutz in
international competition (2017) and
FACE CARE got married to former competitive
TREATMENTS figure skater Daria Beklemisheva in
July 2019.
Shoma Uno – JPN. Shoma Uno is
Photo: Joosep Martinson/ISU
SOINS especially loved for his amazing ska-
ting skills, speed across the ice, and
CORPS deep knee bend, especially in his jump
landings. He won the silver medal at
BODY CARE the Olympic Games in 2018 and has
TREATMENTS two silver medals from previous World
Championships (2017, 2018). He is also
the 2019 Four Continents Champion,
and a four-time Japanese Champion.
Uno went to the ice rink for fun with his
father when he was five years old and
liked skating immediately. He looks up
to 2010 World Champion Daisuke Taka-
ÉPILATION hashi. Uno switched coaches in 2019
PARFAITE and has relocated to Switzerland for
training. Coach Stephane Lambiel is the
HAIR REMOVAL 2006 Olympic silver medalist and the
METHODS 2005 and 2006 World Champion.
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Viktoria Sinitsina&Nikita Katsalapov flow and long beautiful lines will be Madison Chock&Evan Bates – USA. a concussion during the summer that
– FSR. It has been a disrupted season looking for a podium finish at these This is another very strong team from kept her off the ice for a month and
for the reigning European Champions World Championships. Sinitsina and the United States that can deliver the couple out of two competitions in
and 2019 World Championship silver Katsalapov teamed up in spring 2014. mesmerizing performances and keep the fall. Chock and Bates teamed up
medalists from Russia. After winning Sinitsina is the 2012 World Junior the audience at the edge of their seats. in spring 2011, and before that, they
the Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup in No- Champion with former partner Ruslan Chock and Bates have a silver and were both World Junior Champions
vember both contracted covid-19 and Zhiganshin, while Katsalapov is the a bronze medal from previous World with their previous partners. The team
had to withdraw from competing at the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist and Championships and have won the Four trains in Canada alongside Hubbelland
Russian National Championships. Even Olympic gold medallist in the team Continents Championships two times Donahue with coaches Marie-France
so, the couple known for their graceful event with former partner ElenaI linykh. in a row (2019 and 2020). She suffered Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.
Photo: Christian Petersen/ISU
Photo: Minas Panagiotakis/ISU
Madison Hubbell&Zachary Donahue skating. This will be their seventh time at Alexandra Stepanova&Ivan Bukin – FSR. podium at the 2019 World Champions-
– USA. After not being happy with the the World Championships. Hubbell and They are Russian Champions after a hips. Make sure to notice their speed
2019/2020 season, Hubbell and Donohue teamed up in spring 2011. Prior breathtaking performance at Nationals across the ice, unison, and grace.
Donahue have had several successful to that, Hubbell had competed success- in December and will be looking for Stepanova and Bukin teamed up in
competitions this season. The two-time fully with her brother Keiffer at the inter- their first World Championship medal 2006. She was a single skater before
World Championship medalists won national junior level. Hubbell and Do- here. With their modern, innovative and moved from St. Petersburg to Mos-
both the Grand Prix Skate America nahue switched coaches and moved to skating, Stepanova and Bukin have cow to take up ice dance. Bukin is the
in October 2020 and the US National Canada in 2015, and coaches Marie-Fran- won several medals at the European son of 1988 Olympic Ice Dance Champion
Championships in January 2021, with ce Dubrueil and Patrice Lauzon are the Championships, and in 2019 they were Andrei Bukin, and his mother Elena
their fluid, gorgeous and yet powerful 2006 and 2007 World silver medalists. less than two points away from the Vasiuk was also an ice dancer.
26 27The official webshop The Swedish National Team
Examples of what you can find in our webshop: Josefin Taljegård. She keeps progres- Nikolaj Majorov. The 20-year-old
sing in her figure skating career, with Swedish Champion Nikolaj Majorov will
better results both in Sweden and be representing his home country at
internationally. Josefin Taljegård has a the World Championships. His progres-
unique energy and charisma and has sion over the last couple of years has
won her three Swedish Championship been explosive, both when it comes to
medals so far, one silver and two bronze. his high and powerful jumps and his
The season 2020/2021 has been energetic artistry.
Taljegård’s strongest to date, with His international breakthrough came
many personal bests. But her career at the European Championship in 2020,
hasn’t been a straight path. In 2014, where he finished in 15th place.
she decided to quit skating. Majorov is from a true figure skating
family, where older brother Alexander
Majorov gained several top ten finis-
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hes at Europeans and was 12th at the
World Championships in 2018. Father
Alexander Majorov senior is Nikolaj’s
coach, and mother Irina Majorova is
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– I was injured, my body told me I needed
to take it easier. I started studying at
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student, and joined a theatre group, says
Taljegård. After a while, however, she
started to miss skating.
– It is a special feeling to be on the ice,
a feeling you can’t have anywhere else. – My brother is a big role model for me, as
I realized I was not finished; I had not is my father. It was a natural step for me
achieved what I knew I could. What I like to start skating when I was young, says
most about skating is performing, the fact Majorov.
that you are on a stage in front of a lot of He is aiming to add quadruple jumps
people. It is such a thrill. to his programs, where the Salchow is
the main goal.
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28 29Illya Solomin. Illya Solomin has made Anita Östlund. She has made it to the Cassandra Johansson. This 21-year- Matilda Algotsson. With two 13th
an impressive comeback. After being a final at the European Championships old has shown impressive consistency place finishes at the European Champi-
young and successful talent in his early three times in a row, and the two-time in her triple jumps and is an establis- onships, this Stockholm native became
teens, he is now back at a high interna- Swedish Champion has shown that she hed name at the top level of Swedish one of Sweden’s most promising future
tional level at the age of 22. Last season is one to watch. With the ability to pull skating. She has achieved a gold medal hopefuls in figure skating. Matilda
he was very close to reaching the final off triple-triple combinations with ease, at the junior level and two top five se- Algotsson has one gold and three other
of the European Championships, and Östlund emerged as a big talent at an nior placements at the Swedish Cham- medals from the Swedish Champions-
he continues to develop both technically early age. pionships, but Cassandra Johansson hips and uses her great musicality to
and artistically. is aiming for the international champi- wow the judges and the audience.
He made his debut at the European onships in the coming years. The next step is to increase her
Photo: IsabellaStåhl/StudioEmmaSvensson
Championship in 2014, at only 15 years She says she has a tougher, more consistency, she says.
of age. dynamic style than the average figure
skater.
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Photo: Maria Jangbro
Photo: Rasmus Lindahl/Studio Emma Svensson
The 20-year-old was born in Odessa,
– It was really exciting. I had never seen Ukraine and describes herself as
the skaters that participated there live competition-minded and stubborn.
before, like Javier Fernandez from Spain. – I like to improve and always do my best. – I want to continue to improve the tech-
And to be able to not only see them, but Technically the jumps are my strong suit, – I like to keep a high tempo, rather than nical contents of my programs, like doing
to compete against them, was great, says but I’ve also developed a lot artistically. aim to be elegant or graceful. Jumping triple-triple combinations more frequent-
Solomin. This has made it easier for me to express and learning difficult tricks is what I like ly. And of course, I am hoping to compete
It would be another six years before my programs and find personal connec- best, but also to learn new programs, in more championships.
his next European Championship in tions to them, says Östlund. says Johansson. Matilda Algotsson looks up to skaters
2020. Because of the diversity in the Her programs are choreographed like Carolina Kostner, Ashley Wagner,
– I had a tough time in some of those sport of figure skating, there is always by Viktoria and Joshi Helgesson, who and Satoko Miyahara. She describes
years, where I stopped competing due something to work on. achieved some of Sweden’s best figure herself as a person with mixed traits.
to injuries. When I came back it took a – My goal is to keep getting better at all skating results in modern times, when – I can be very focused and precise at
long time to prepare the mental strength aspects of the sport. Even if I’ve raised the they competed until 2015 and 2017 times, but more absent-minded in others.
I needed to compete. But I managed to bar on my performing aspect, there are respectively. I’m a Gemini which might explain some
perform a clean short program at the other things to think about too. I’ve – I need to improve my edges and lines, of it to whoever is interested in astrology
Europeans and proved to myself that I focused a lot lately on skating my and to be more precise and elegant, says and zodiac signs, she says with a laugh.
can still do it. programmes, to stabilize all my elements. Cassandra Johansson.
30 31Photo: Argle Bargle
Måns & Polina
the Organizing Committee. seems to me impossible and amazing.
“It feels great that Polina and I have “Circles and Squares” is a very direct and
The stars behind the official song. been entrusted by the Figure Skating romantic song – which is just how I see
Association to perform the song together. figure skating! I hope that figure skating
For the ISU World Figure Skating Cham- “The song will help lift the Champion- I was extremely impressed by her as a fans and music lovers will like the song,”
pionships 2021, global stars Måns ships and will be performed throughout. singer back in 2015 in Vienna. When we says Polina.
Zelmerlöw and Polina Gagarina have We’ll play the single during build-up and wrote the song, we wanted to capture the “Circles and Squares” is written by
combined to perform the official song practice sessions and the music video will drama and theatre of figure skating. I Måns Zelmerlöw, Stefan
of the Championships: “Circles and be shown on the big screen inside the are- really think we’ve put together a song that Örn, David Lindgren
Squares”. The artists met in 2015 in na. I hope that figure skating fans around is ideal for the ice,” says Måns. Zacharias, Sandra
the Eurovision Song Contest final, in the world play the song to get in the right “For me, this collaboration is not only Bjurman and Jon Eyden.
which Zelmerlöw clinched victory with World Championships mood! The song about visiting beautiful Sweden, but also
his track “Heroes” and Gagarina took is available on most digital platforms, so an immersion in the world of figure skating. Scan and listen now!
second place with “A Million Voices”. enjoy!” says Ulrika Molin, President of I admire the skaters. Everything they do
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36 37A bit of history
by Claes-Johan Larsson
We often hear their names, but who
Jackson Haines
are they – the pioneers? Here’s a quick
look at those who came before us.
One of the very first pioneers was
Henning Grenander. Like many others,
Henning Grenander
At the time, ice skating rinks were
often a thing of vanity where skaters
showed off that they could afford
expensive skates and clothing. For
those who had spent all their money
on buying skates, the only thing left for
them to do was to impress in another
way – by becoming the best at
performing ‘figures’ on ice, and so
competitive figure skating was born,
especially amongst men.
he was inspired by the great interna- In 1866, the Royal Skating Club was
tional figure skater of the late 19th established. Then, in 1883, the Stock-
century, the American, Jackson Haines. holm Public Skating Club (SASK) was
Haines was actually an unemployed formed, which became part of the
ballet dancer at home in the United International Skating Union (ISU) when
States who, living by the motto that ‘ice that was set up in 1892. An organi-
is freer than air’, attached blades to his sation was now in place that could
shoes and began to dance to music. He arrange competitions at international
also understood how to dress stylishly, level. The very first World Champi-
and the Europeans fell head over heels onships were held in St. Petersburg in
1896 and, as early as 1898, the graceful
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38 39Swede Henning Grenander took World accident in the Swedish town of Borås.
Gillis Grafström
Championship gold. It was a win that But rather like Indiana Jones, he ma-
Magda Juhlin
sparked the first World Championship naged to grab the lift cable and swing
scandal when the skaters who usually elegantly to safety. When he finally
won lodged a protest. Grenander took arrived in Antwerp, one of Grafström’s
it to heart and stopped competing. skates broke, but he managed to take
However, he had initiated a tradition of gold anyway – his third consecutive
Swedish victories! Olympic gold! There might even have
In 1901, Ulrich Salchow won the been a fourth at Lake Placid in 1932,
had it not been for a collision with a
photographer, leaving him to settle for
Ulrich Salchow
”only” silver.
What happened next? Grafström,
who had a degree in architecture,
moved to Potsdam and collected Meis-
sen porcelain. He married the great
grandchild of the composer Mendels-
sohn-Bartholdy, but she died tragically
from blood poisoning only two months
after the wedding. Juhlin became an
accountant and later appeared on her
Olympic gold. Juhlin, who was four
own postage stamp! She continued
months pregnant at the time, was prai-
to skate using the skates she received
sed for her skilfully executed moves
from Salchow until her death at the age
and “admirable energy”.
of 96 in 1990.
Salchow was committed to sport for
his entire life. He competed in cycling,
Svea Norén
first of his ten World Championships, sailing, and bobsledding. He was chair-
followed by nine European Champions- man of the Swedish Boxing Association
hips and an Olympic medal. A unique and AIK sports club, and President of
record that still stands today. Salchow the International Skating Union (ISU)
could have achieved another gold at Prior to the Antwerp Olympics, Gillis and much more. Each and every one
the Antwerp Olympics in 1920, but he Grafström survived the Spanish flu and were pioneers and role models.
fell while attempting his own original shortly afterwards was involved in a lift
move – a Single Salchow Jump. Despite
the fall, he still managed to finish in
fourth place. Salchow’s students also Sources:
• Magda Henriette Maria Julin, https://www.skbl.se/en/article/MagdaJulin, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (article by
competed at the same Olympics. Lennart K Persson), 2021-03-07.
Magda Juhlin had already won • Gillis E Grafström, https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13131 , Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
(article by Olof Groth), 2021-03-07.
several golds at the Swedish Champi- • K E J Ulrich Salchow, https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id= 6321&forceOrdinarySite= true , Dictionary of
onships and the Nordic Games, before Swedish National Biography, (article by Jan Lindroth), 2021-03-07.
• ”Det är ingen som kan åka figurer idag” Artikel, Aftonbladet January 26, 2014, author Petra Thorén
narrowly beating Svea Norén to
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1. ARM Slavik Hayrapetyan 1. ARM Anastasiya Galustyan 1. AUT Miriam Ziegler & Severin Kiefer 1. ARM Tina Garabedian & Simon Proulx Senecal
2. AUS Brendan Kerry 2. AUS Kailani Craine 2. BLR Bogdana Lukashevich & Alexander Stepanov 2. AUS Holly Harris & Jason Chan
3. AUT Maurizio Zandron 3. AUT Olga Mikutina
3. CAN Kirsten Moore-Towers & Michael Marinaro 3. AZE Ekaterina Kuznetsova & Oleksandr Kolosovskyi
4. AZE Vladimir Litvintsev 4. AZE Ekaterina Ryabova
4. CAN Evelyn Walsh & Trennt Michaud 4. BLR Viktoria Semenjuk & Ilya Yukhimuk
5. BLR Konstantin Milyukov 5. BLR Viktoriia Safonova
6. BUL Larry Loupolover 6. BEL Loena Hendrickx 5. CHN Cheng Peng & Yang Jin 5. BUL Mina Zdravkova & Christopher M. Davis
6. CAN Keegan Messing 7. BUL Alexandra Feigin 6. CHN Wenjing Sui & Cong Han 6. CAN Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen
8. CHN Boyang Jin 8. CAN Emily Bausback 7. CHN Yuchen Wang & Yihang Huang 7. CAN Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier
9. CHN Han Yan 9. CAN Madeline Schizas 8. CRO Lana Petranovic & Antonio Souza Kordeiru 8. CAN Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha
10. CZE Michal Brezina 10. CHN Hongyi Chen
9. CZE Elizaveta Zhuk & Martin Bidar 9. CHN Shiyue Wang & Xinyu Liu
11. EST Aleksandr Selevko 11. TPE Emmy Ma
10. FRA Cleo Hamon & Denys Strekalin 10. CZE Natalie Taschlerova & Filip Taschler
12. FIN Valtter Virtanen 12. CYP Emilea Zingas
11. FRA Coline Keriven & Noel-Antoine Pierre 11. FIN Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis
13. FRA Kevin Aymoz 13. CZE Eliska Brezinova
14. GEO Morisi Kvitelashvili 14. EST Eva-Lotta Kiibus 12. GEO Anastasiia Metelkina & Daniil Parkman 12. FRA Adelina Galyavieva & Louis Thauron
15. GER Paul Fentz 15. FIN Jenni Saarinen 13. GER Annika Hocke & Robert Kunkel 13. FRA Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud
16. GBR Peter James Hallam 16. FRA Mae Berenice Meite 14. GBR Zoe Jones & Christopher Boyadji 14. GER Katharina Mueller & Tim Dieck
17. ISR Alexei Bychenko 17. GEO Alina Urushadze 15. HUN Ioulia Chtchetinina & Mark Magyar 15. GBR Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson
18. ITA Daniel Grassl 18. GER Nicole Schott
16. ISR Anna Vernikov & Evgeni Krasnopolski 16. HUN Anna Yanovskaya & Adam Lukacs
19. ITA Matteo Rizzo 19. GBR Natasha Mckay
17. ITA Nicole Della Monica & Matteo Guarise 17. ISR Shira Ichilov & Laurent Abecassis
20. JPN Yuzuru Hanyu 20. HKG Yi Christy Leung
21. JPN Yuma Kagiyama 21. HUN Julia Lang 18. ITA Rebecca Ghilardi & Filippo Ambrosini 18. ITA Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri
22. JPN Shoma Uno 22. ISR Nelli Ioffe 19. JPN Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara 19. ITA Carolina Moscheni & Francesco Fioretti
23. KAZ Mikhail Shaidorov 23. ITA Lara Naki Gutmann 20. NED Daria Danilova & Michel Tsibato 20. JPN Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto
24. LAT Deniss Vasiljevs 24. JPN Rika Kihira 21. FSR Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitrii Kozlovskii 21. LTU Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius
25. MEX Donovan Carrillo 25. JPN Satoko Miyahara
22. FSR Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov 22. NED Chelsea Verhaegh & Sherim Van Geffen
26. KOR Junhwan Cha 26. JPN Kaori Sakamoto
23. FSR Evgenia Tarasova & Vladimir Morozov 23. POL Natalia Kaliszek & Maksym Spodyriev
27. FSR Mikhail Kolyada 27. LAT Angelina Kuchvalska
28. FSR Evgeni Semenenko 28. LTU Elzbieta Kropa 24. UKR Sofiia Holichenko & Artem Darenskyi 24. FSR Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov
29. SWE Nikolaj Majorov 29. NED Lindsay Van Zundert 25. USA Ashley Cain-Gribble & Timothy Leduc 25. FSR Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin
30. SUI Lukas Britschgi 30. PHI Alisson Krystle Perticheto 26. USA Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier 26. FSR Tiffani Zagorski & Jonathan Guerreiro
31. TUR Basar Oktar 31. POL Ekaterina Kurakova 27. ESP Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khaliavin
32. UKR Ivan Shmuratko 32. KOR Yelim Kim
28. TUR Yuliia Zhata & Berk Akalin
33. USA Jason Brown 33. KOR Haein Lee
29. UKR Alexandra Nazarova & Maxim Nikitin
34. USA Nathan Chen 34. FSR Anna Shcherbakova
30. USA Madison Chock & Evan Bates
35. USA Vincent Zhou 35. FSR Alexandra Trusova
36. FSR Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 31. USA Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker
37. SLO Dasa Grm 32. USA Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue
38. SWE Josefin Taljegård
39. SUI Alexia Paganini
40. UKR Anastasiia Arkhipova
41. USA Karen Chen
42. USA Bradie Tennell
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