76 Facts About Stephen Gogolev

Stephen Gogolev was born on December 22,2004 and is a Canadian figure skater.

Stephen Gogolev is the 2023 CS Autumn Classic bronze medalist and the 2019 Canadian national silver medalist.

Stephen Gogolev holds the Canadian record total score for junior men, as well as the national historical record total scores for pre-novice and novice men.

Stephen Gogolev comes from an athletic family; his parents were both gymnasts, and his mother was a figure skater.

Stephen Gogolev has an older brother, Peter Gogolev, who was a competitive kayaker.

Stephen Gogolev's hobbies include cars, mountain biking, surfing, and tennis.

Stephen Gogolev has a YouTube channel featuring his mountain biking videos.

Stephen Gogolev is a university student at the University of California, Irvine, majoring in political science.

Stephen Gogolev began skating in Yekaterinburg, ultimately choosing it over skiing.

Stephen Gogolev later joined Brian Orser and Lee Barkell at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club in Toronto.

Stephen Gogolev earned a historical record score while winning the pre-novice title at the 2015 Skate Canada Challenge.

Stephen Gogolev won the Central Ontario sectional, the 2016 Skate Canada Challenge, and the 2016 Canadian novice titles.

Stephen Gogolev earned another historical record score at the 2016 Challenge.

Stephen Gogolev won the Central Ontario sectional, the 2017 Skate Canada Challenge, and the 2017 Canadian Championships junior titles.

Stephen Gogolev attempted a quad Salchow for the first time in international competition at this event, having included it in his free skate this season.

Stephen Gogolev won the inaugural Skate Ontario senior men provincial title.

At the 2018 Skate Canada Challenge, Stephen Gogolev ranked seventh in the short program and fourth in the free skate to finish fourth overall.

Stephen Gogolev was eleventh in the short program and ninth in the free skate at the 2018 Canadian Championships, and ended up tenth overall.

Stephen Gogolev competed with a quad Salchow in his short and free programs and landed a quad toe loop for the first time in competition.

Stephen Gogolev was a member of Skate Canada's NextGen Team this season.

Stephen Gogolev was chosen to be part of Skate Canada's NextGen Team.

Stephen Gogolev was assigned to compete at JGP Bratislava and JGP Canada.

At the JGP Bratislava, Stephen Gogolev skated a clean short program to take the lead with a score of 77.67.

Stephen Gogolev was first in the free skate and won the gold medal.

Stephen Gogolev became the first Canadian skater as well as the youngest skater to land a quad Lutz in competition.

Stephen Gogolev was named the first alternate to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

On November 4,2018, Stephen Gogolev won another senior provincial title at the 2019 Skate Ontario Sectional Championships.

Stephen Gogolev placed second in the short program at the Final.

Stephen Gogolev's score of 233.58 points was a new junior world record.

Stephen Gogolev was the youngest winner of the men's competition at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

On January 20,2019, Skate Canada announced that Stephen Gogolev was selected to represent Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

Stephen Gogolev skated cleanly in the short program, albeit with two jumping passes he described as "a little bit shaky", placing tenth.

Stephen Gogolev ended his competition season with a performance at the exhibition gala.

On March 14, Stephen Gogolev was added as a guest star in the Toronto and Hamilton shows of the 2019 Stars on Ice Canada tour.

In 2019, Stephen Gogolev began representing the Granite Club with coach Lee Barkell, while training in Irvine, California with Rafael Arutyunyan.

Stephen Gogolev began his season with a win at the 2019 Glacier Falls Summer Classic.

Stephen Gogolev was assigned to compete at 2019 JGP Lake Placid and 2019 JGP Croatia Cup.

Stephen Gogolev earned a new personal best short program score in Lake Placid.

Stephen Gogolev came fifth in the free program after taking two falls.

At JGP Croatia Cup, Stephen Gogolev skated a clean short program to score 72.12 points and place sixth.

Stephen Gogolev scored 140.34 points to place fifth in the free skate and ranked fifth overall.

Stephen Gogolev ended the Junior Grand Prix season with a final ranking of eighth and was named as the second alternate to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Stephen Gogolev was named as one of Toronto's top 20 under 20 in the activists and athletes category by Post City's Streets of Toronto website.

Stephen Gogolev withdrew from the 40th Volvo Open Cup in October 2019.

Stephen Gogolev was assigned to the 2020 Bavarian Open, where he won the junior men's event.

At the 2020 World Junior Championships, Stephen Gogolev popped his planned triple Axel in the short program into a single, resulting in a score of 67.27 and a placement of eighteenth.

Stephen Gogolev later explained that the tongue of his boot broke as he went to do the planned triple Lutz, prohibiting him from properly performing his remaining jump elements.

Stephen Gogolev placed fourteenth in the free skate to move up to seventeenth overall.

Stephen Gogolev did not compete this season as he faced issues related to a growth cycle.

Stephen Gogolev was assigned to compete at the 2021 Warsaw Cup, his senior international debut.

Stephen Gogolev placed fourteenth in the short program, eighth in the free program, and eleventh overall.

Stephen Gogolev was assigned to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships on January 14.

Stephen Gogolev skated a clean short program, scoring 78.75 points and placing sixth.

On July 22,2022, it was announced that Stephen Gogolev had been assigned to two Grand Prix events: 2022 Skate Canada International and 2022 NHK Trophy.

Stephen Gogolev began his season at the 2022 Glacier Falls Summer Classic, where he debuted a new short program that he skated cleanly, scoring 88.68.

Stephen Gogolev was assigned to the 2022 CS US International Figure Skating Classic, where he placed sixth.

At his Grand Prix debut in Mississauga at the 2022 Skate Canada International, Stephen Gogolev made errors in his short program and placed eleventh.

Stephen Gogolev rallied back with a strong free skate, where he placed fifth, moving up to seventh overall.

At 2022 NHK Trophy, Stephen Gogolev finished ninth in the short program, but came back in the free skate with a score of 152.01, placing seventh.

Stephen Gogolev moved up to eighth with a season's best total score of 221.02.

At the 2023 Canadian Championships, Stephen Gogolev struggled with his short program, scoring 49.97 and placing seventeenth.

Stephen Gogolev returned in the free skate, scoring 170.16 and placing first in the segment, rising to fourth overall.

Stephen Gogolev invalidated a spin in the short program, scoring 72.82 and placing eleventh.

Stephen Gogolev was named to the Canadian team for the 2023 World Team Trophy in Tokyo.

Stephen Gogolev finished twelfth of twelve skaters in the short program, making errors on all three jumping passes.

Stephen Gogolev popped two jumps in the free skate, finishing eleventh in that segment, and said he had "mixed feelings" about the competition.

Stephen Gogolev was added to the entry list for 2023 Autumn Classic International on August 21.

Stephen Gogolev skated a clean short program in Montreal, earning a new personal best short program score of 86.25.

Stephen Gogolev placed fifth in the free skate with a score of 147.01.

Stephen Gogolev was assigned to two Grand Prix events this season.

Stephen Gogolev was assigned to 2023 Grand Prix de France the week of the event.

Stephen Gogolev placed tenth in the free skate with score of 142.60, placing seventh overall with a score of 228.74.

Stephen Gogolev withdrew from the event due to the injury and did not compete again this season.

On June 9,2024 Stephen Gogolev was assigned to two Grand Prix events: the 2024 Skate Canada International and the 2024 NHK Trophy.

Stephen Gogolev left Rafael Arutyunyan in Irvine, California and moved his training base back to Toronto at the Granite Club with Lee Barkell.

Stephen Gogolev withdrew from the 2024 NHK Trophy due to his ongoing back injury a few days prior to the event.