38 Facts About Alexander Samarin

Alexander Vladimirovich Samarin is a retired Russian figure skater.

Alexander Samarin is the 2019 European silver medalist, the 2019 Internationaux de France silver medalist, the 2017 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, the 2018 Internationaux de France bronze medalist, and a four-time 2017 Russian national medalist.

Alexander Samarin has won three medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2015 CS Warsaw Cup.

Alexander Vladimirovich Samarin was born on 15 June 1998 in Moscow.

Alexander Samarin was assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships, where he finished eighth.

Alexander Samarin won bronze at his first Junior Grand Prix event of the season, in Courchevel, France, and then silver in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Alexander Samarin appeared at two CS events, placing fourth at the 2015 Mordovian Ornament and winning the 2015 Warsaw Cup.

Alexander Samarin finished fourth at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen after winning a small silver medal for the short program and placing fifth in the free skate.

In January 2017, Alexander Samarin competed at the 2017 European Championships, where he placed eighth.

In March 2017, Alexander Samarin competed at the 2017 Junior Worlds, where he won the bronze medal after placing third in the short program and fourth in the free skate.

In October 2017, Alexander Samarin made his debut at the Grand Prix series.

Alexander Samarin won the bronze medal at the 2017 Skate Canada and placed fourth at the 2017 Internationaux de France.

In December 2017, Alexander Samarin competed at the 2018 Russian Championships, where he won the silver medal behind Mikhail Kolyada.

Alexander Samarin was consequently not named to the Russian Olympic team for the 2018 Winter Olympics, where there were only two men's spots.

Alexander Samarin started his season at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where he finished fifth.

In early December, Alexander Samarin competed at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where he won the bronze medal.

At the 2019 Russian Championships, Alexander Samarin placed fourth in the short program after falling on an attempted quad toe loop.

Alexander Samarin placed second and won the bronze medal overall.

Alexander Samarin landed a quad Lutz, quad toe, and six triple jumps in the free skate.

Alexander Samarin's only major mistake was a two-footed triple loop.

Alexander Samarin achieved a new personal best score of 269.84 points and his first podium finish at a senior-level ISU Championship.

Alexander Samarin competed at the 2019 Winter Universiade, where he placed fourth.

In March 2019, Alexander Samarin competed at the 2019 World Championships and placed twentieth in the short program, seventh in the free program, and twelfth overall.

Alexander Samarin concluded the season as part of the Russian team at the 2019 World Team Trophy, where he placed last in the short program after falling on both quad attempts and performed better in the free skate.

Alexander Samarin began the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial before winning silver at the 2019 Shanghai Trophy.

Alexander Samarin fell twice in the free skate, and finished third in that segment behind Chen and Aymoz, but won the silver medal overall.

At the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, Alexander Samarin placed first in the short program despite falling on his quad flip and putting a foot down on his triple Axel.

Alexander Samarin placed eighth in the short program at the 2020 Russian Championships after making errors on all three jumping passes and failing to complete his jump combination.

Alexander Samarin was assigned to compete at the European Championships, where he performed poorly in the short program after underrotating his quad Lutz and falling on an attempted quad toe loop without executing a combination.

Alexander Samarin debuted his programs at the senior Russian test skates.

Alexander Samarin subsequently injured his back and, as a result, withdrew from his scheduled second Cup of Russia event as well as the 2020 Rostelecom Cup.

Alexander Samarin competed at the 2021 Channel One Trophy, a televised event organized in lieu of the cancelled European Championships.

Alexander Samarin was selected for the Time of Firsts team captained by Evgenia Medvedeva.

Alexander Samarin placed sixth in both segments, and the Time of Firsts team finished in second place.

Alexander Samarin did not participate in the Russian Cup Final.

Alexander Samarin began the season with a bronze medal at the Budapest Trophy.

Alexander Samarin was sixth at 2021 NHK Trophy, his second Grand Prix, notably managing second place in the free skate.

At the 2022 Russian Championships, Alexander Samarin finished in sixth place.