1. Roman Sadovsky was born on May 31,1999 and is a Canadian figure skater and YouTuber.
56 Facts About Roman Sadovsky
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Roman Sadovsky is the 2019 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a two-time Canadian national champion.
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Roman Sadovsky's idol is Jeffrey Buttle, whom he credits as being the most important inspiration in his skating career; as a boy, Sadovsky wanted to emulate Buttle's skating style.
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Roman Sadovsky began learning to skate at the age of five years to play hockey.
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Roman Sadovsky withdrew from the 2013 Canadian Championships due to a metatarsal fracture in his right foot.
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Roman Sadovsky was selected for the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Roman Sadovsky then went on to place fourth at his second JGP event in Dresden, Germany.
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Roman Sadovsky ended his season with a fourteenth-place finish at the 2015 World Junior Championships.
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Roman Sadovsky then went on to win bronze at his second JGP event, in Torun, Poland.
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Roman Sadovsky represented Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and finished fourth.
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Roman Sadovsky changed coaches, joining Brian Orser and Lee Barkell at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.
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Roman Sadovsky began the season at the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International, where he placed fourth in both the short and free programs, winning the bronze medal, his first senior medal.
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Roman Sadovsky landed his first quad toe loop jump in competition.
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Roman Sadovsky then placed twelfth at the 2018 Skate Canada International, after struggling in both of his programs, and won the silver medal at the 2018 Inge Solar Memorial.
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Roman Sadovsky placed fifth in the short program at the 2019 Canadian Championships, but dropped to seventh place overall following a difficult free skate.
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Roman Sadovsky placed tenth at Skate Canada International, his first Grand Prix assignment for the season.
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Roman Sadovsky was second in the free skate, making only two minor errors on his second triple Axel and closing triple Lutz, and placed third overall, taking his first ever Grand Prix medal.
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Roman Sadovsky then won the free skate with only two minor jump errors on his triple loop and second triple Axel.
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Roman Sadovsky won his first national title by a margin of over seventeen points.
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Roman Sadovsky was named to one of Canada's three men's berths at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, but Skate Canada declined to immediately decide who would be Canada's sole men's representative at the 2020 World Championships in Montreal.
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Roman Sadovsky placed sixteenth at Four Continents, and thus was not chosen for the World Championships.
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Roman Sadovsky was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Roman Sadovsky placed first in both the short program and the free skate, taking the gold medal over Nam Nguyen by a margin of 5.58 points.
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Roman Sadovsky was named as an alternate to the 2021 World Championships with the lone men's berth going to Keegan Messing.
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Roman Sadovsky placed sixth in the short program at World Team Trophy, setting a new personal best, but was tenth of eleven skaters in the free skate.
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Roman Sadovsky placed eighth in the event after struggling with his jumps in both segments but managed to secure the seventh of seven available spots.
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Roman Sadovsky significantly improved at this second event, the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, where he placed fourth with new personal bests in the free skate and total score.
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Roman Sadovsky remarked he was "very, very pleased" with the results after early struggles.
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Roman Sadovsky placed fourth in the short program at the 2022 Canadian Championships after failing to execute a jump combination.
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Roman Sadovsky placed second in the free skate, his only notable error being a doubled attempt at a triple Lutz, taking the silver medal.
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Roman Sadovsky performed poorly in the short program, placing eighth of nine skaters and securing only three points for Canada.
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Roman Sadovsky fared no better in the men's event, making errors on all three jump attempts and finishing last in the short program, failing to qualify for the free skate.
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Roman Sadovsky later revealed that he had suffered a strained hip flexor after falling on the triple Axel in his short program but was able to work through it on his day off and compete in the free skate.
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Roman Sadovsky intended to skate to "Fix You" by Coldplay for his free program this season.
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Roman Sadovsky then returned to his old program of "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, with which he competed at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.
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Roman Sadovsky called his performance "an improvement from my last competition" overall.
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At his second event, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, Roman Sadovsky finished first in the short program with a score just slightly off his personal best, despite putting his free foot down on the landing of his jump combination.
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Roman Sadovsky's season finished on a disappointing note at the 2023 Canadian Championships, where he placed eighth after two error-strewn programs.
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Roman Sadovsky travelled to Montreal to work with new choreographer Samuel Chouinard.
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Roman Sadovsky used this time to master the quadruple toe loop and begin developing the quadruple Lutz.
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Roman Sadovsky was scheduled to begin his season at the Cranberry Cup International in Norwood, Massachusetts, but withdrew after injuring his ankle in training in the days leading up to it.
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Roman Sadovsky then went on to compete at Skate Ontario Sectional championships, where he won the short, and withdrew from the free.
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Roman Sadovsky was instead reassigned to the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, but encountered further difficulties when his flight was unable to land due to weather, and missed that competition as well.
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Finally making his first major event of the season at the 2024 Canadian Championships in Calgary, Roman Sadovsky placed seventh in the short program after multiple jump errors.
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Skate Canada initially declined to name its team for the 2024 World Championships, pending the results of the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, which Roman Sadovsky attended with Wesley Chiu and Conrad Orzel.
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Roman Sadovsky finished tenth, second among the Canadians, behind Chiu.
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Roman Sadovsky had a strong short program at the World Championships, coming eleventh in the segment, but a poor free skate dropped him to nineteenth.
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Roman Sadovsky ultimately withdrew before the free skate competition due to this nagging injury.
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Roman Sadovsky then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2024 Tallinn Trophy.
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At the 2025 Canadian Championships, Roman Sadovsky placed first in the short program, 4.17 points ahead of second-place Anthony Paradis, earning an 81.44 after an underrotation call and a fall on his triple Axel.
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Roman Sadovsky won the free skate with only two minor jump errors, winning his second national title.
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Roman Sadovsky was assigned to the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, which he attended with Mathew Newham and Aleksa Rakic.
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Roman Sadovsky finished 10th overall, and had the highest scores amongst the 3 Canadian men, and was thus selected as the sole berth for the 2025 World Championships in Boston.
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At the 2025 World Championships, Roman Sadovsky was tasked with earning a second spot for Canada for the mens segment at the 2026 Olympics in Milan.
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Roman Sadovsky delivered a strong short program, only putting a hand down on the triple lutz of his jump combination, for a 15th place score of 80.25.
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Roman Sadovsky was scheduled to compete in the 2025 World Team Trophy in Tokyo.