1. Mikhail Kolyada is a 2018 Olympic silver medalist in the team event, the 2018 World bronze medalist, a two-time European bronze medalist, the 2017 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a five-time Grand Prix medalist, and a three-time Russian national champion.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Kolyada was born on 18 February 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Mikhail Kolyada is enrolled at the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health.
Mikhail Kolyada won silver and bronze medals on the JGP series, becoming the first alternate for the Junior Grand Prix Final.
Mikhail Kolyada withdrew from the 2014 Rostelecom Cup, which would have been his Grand Prix debut, and the 2015 Russian Championships.
Mikhail Kolyada finished third in the Challenger Series rankings after winning silver at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy and bronze at the 2015 Ice Challenge.
In January 2016, Mikhail Kolyada placed ninth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fifth overall at the European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Mikhail Kolyada initially planned to incorporate a quad Lutz in his short and long programs but eventually decided that the consistency of the quad Lutz was too risky for the short and a clean program executed perfectly, along with his traditionally high components score, would keep him in the mix overall.
Mikhail Kolyada tried adding a quad Salchow and toe loop in the free skate along with the Lutz.
Mikhail Kolyada decided in this season to add a new choreographer to his team, two-time World champion and 2006 Olympic silver medalist Stephane Lambiel, along with his long-time choreographer, Olga Zotova.
Mikhail Kolyada placed fourth at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy and 2016 Rostelecom Cup.
Mikhail Kolyada placed fourth in the short program and third in the free skate.
Mikhail Kolyada started his season with a gold medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy after ranking 10th in the short program and first in the free skate.
Mikhail Kolyada placed fourth at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy and won the bronze medal at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup, and later the gold medal at the 2017 Cup of China, qualifying him for the Grand Prix Final.
Mikhail Kolyada then had his biggest achievement yet, finishing third at the Grand Prix Final.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Mikhail Kolyada was part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team in the team event.
Mikhail Kolyada performed poorly in the short program, falling on both quadruple jump attempts and singling his triple Axel, placing eighth overall.
Mikhail Kolyada won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy, being second after the short, but dropping to third after errors in the long.
Mikhail Kolyada started his season by competing in two ISU Challenger Series events.
At both events, Mikhail Kolyada ranked first in both the short program and the free skate.
In early December, Mikhail Kolyada competed at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where he won the silver medal after placing first in the short program and second in the free skate.
Mikhail Kolyada fell four times in the free program, placing eleventh there, and fifth overall.
At the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Mikhail Kolyada placed tenth in the short program after failing to execute his planned quad.
In June 2020, it was announced that Mikhail Kolyada had left his longtime coach Chebotareva to train with Alexei Mishin, the coach of Olympic champions Alexei Urmanov and Evgeni Plushenko.
Mikhail Kolyada debuted his new programs at the senior Russian test skates, where his appearance was widely praised as a highlight of the event, with particular emphasis on his free program tribute to legendary ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
Mikhail Kolyada performed only quad toe loops at the event but indicated that he was planning to reintroduce the quad Lutz and Salchow in the future.
Mikhail Kolyada next competed at the third stage of the domestic Cup of Russia series, winning the gold medal.
Mikhail Kolyada placed third in the short program after two minor jump errors.
Mikhail Kolyada won the free skate by a wide margin to take the gold medal, his second Grand Prix win.
Mikhail Kolyada was ill afterward, though not with the coronavirus, and was able to compete at the 2021 Russian Championships, winning the short program by four points over Makar Ignatov.
Mikhail Kolyada was selected for the Time of Firsts team captained by Evgenia Medvedeva.
Mikhail Kolyada placed first in the short program and then second in the free skate.
Mikhail Kolyada opted not to participate in the Russian Cup Final, instead competing at the 2021 Challenge Cup in the Netherlands and winning the gold medal.
Mikhail Kolyada was announced as part of the Russian team for the 2021 World Team Trophy.
Mikhail Kolyada placed fifth in the short program and third in the free skate, while Team Russia won the gold medal.
Mikhail Kolyada collaborated with Ilia Averbukh on his short program, initially debuting one making use of Luciano Pavarotti's "Caruso" at the Russian test skates.
Mikhail Kolyada was originally assigned to the 2021 Cup of China as his first Grand Prix assignment, but following that event's cancellation, he was instead reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia in Turin.
Mikhail Kolyada won the free skate despite errors and finished with another silver medal, qualifying for Grand Prix Final for the second time in his career.
The perceived frontrunner heading into the 2022 Russian Championships, Mikhail Kolyada placed fifth in the short program after singling his planned triple Axel.
Mikhail Kolyada won the free skate despite popping two jumps, finishing with the silver medal.
Mikhail Kolyada said he had "mixed feelings" about the event.