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Mykyta Pogorielov

Mykyta Pogorielov
Native nameМикита Погорєлов
Other namesPohorielov
Born (2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 22)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Ukraine
DisciplineIce dance
PartnerMariia Pinchuk (since 2020)
Anastasiia Sammel (2017–20)
CoachMatteo Zanni
Barbora Reznickova
Katharina Mueller
Denis Lodola
Skating clubKolos
Began skating2006

Mykyta Pogorielov (Ukrainian: Микита Погорєлов, born 24 September 2002) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Mariia Pinchuk, he is a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist (including gold at the 2023 JGP Turkey), a two-time Ukrainian junior national champion (2021, 2022), and competed in the final segment at two World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Personal life

Pogorielov was born on 24 September 2002 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Pogorielov fled Kharkiv during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He currently resides in Austria with Pinchuk and her mother, while his parents and brother found refuge in Spain.[1]

As of 2022, Pogorielov studies online at the Kharkiv School of Architecture.[1]

Career

Early years

Pinchuk and Pogorielov made their international junior debut in the 2020–21 season which, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, featured few events, in particular for junior skaters. Despite this, they won three silver medals at smaller events held in Europe, most notably the Budapest Trophy. They won both the national novice and junior titles.[2]

2021–22 season: War refugees

Pinchuk/Pogorielov made their Junior Grand Prix debut, coming ninth at the 2022 JGP Slovakia and sixth at the 2022 JGP Poland. They won their first international gold medal at the Open d'Andorra, and silver medals at both the Santa Claus Cup and the Victor Petrenko Cup, collecting their second Ukrainian junior title as well.[2]

Pinchuk and Pogorielov's plans for the second half of the season were derailed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which made their home city of Kharkiv the site of one of the largest and most protracted early battles. While Pogorielov's family evacuated to Spain, he traveled with Pinchuk, her mother and their coach Galina Churilova to Vienna.[1] Despite these disruptions, the team was able to attend the 2022 World Junior Championships, which had been delayed and moved to Tallinn as a result of the invasion, with all Russian and Belarusian skaters banned from participating.[3][4] Pinchuk/Pogorielov finished in seventeenth place in their ISU championship debut.[2]

2022–23 season: First Junior Grand Prix medal

With their regular choreographer Larisa Fiodorova still in Kharkiv and unable to leave, Pinchuk and Pogorielov received assistance in preparing their new programs from retired Ukrainian senior champions Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin.[1] In their second season on the Junior Grand Prix, they won the bronze medal at the 2022 JGP Latvia.[5] In their second event, the 2022 JGP Poland, they finished fourth.[2]

Opting to make their international senior debut, Pinchuk and Pogorielov won a bronze medal at the Bosphorus Cup and silver at the Pavel Roman Memorial. They were sent to represent Ukraine at the 2023 European Championships, qualifying to the free dance and finishing fifteenth. Pinchuk and Pogorielov then appeared at their second World Junior Championships, finishing in twelfth place.[2]

2023–24 season: Junior Grand Prix gold

Starting their season again on the Junior Grand Prix, Pinchuk and Pogorielov finished second in the rhythm dance at the 2023 JGP Turkey, but rose to first place after the free dance despite being second in that segment as well, winning the gold medal. This was the first Junior Grand Prix title for a Ukrainian dance team since Nosulia and Kholoniuk's victory on the 2011 circuit. Pinchuk assessed that "when you set a goal like this you have so many emotions and so many things to say but now I don't know what to say."[6] At their second event, the 2023 JGP Poland, they won the silver medal, including a first-place finish in the free dance. Their results qualified them to the Junior Grand Prix Final.[7]

Pinchuk and Pogorielov then competed at senior level events, winning bronze at the 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and gold at the 2023 Pavel Roman Memorial.[8]

In December, the duo finished fifth at the Junior Grand Prix Final, which they announced would be their last appearance at the junior level.[9]

Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Pinchuk and Pogorielov finished in eighteenth place.[2]

2024–25 season

Beginning their season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, Pinchuk and Pogorielov finished ninth at the 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy, twelfth at the 2024 Budapest Trophy, and tenth at the 2024 Nepela Memorial. Going on to make their senior Grand Prix debut, the team finished tenth at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy. They subsequently competed at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup, where they finished fourth.[2]

Programs

With Pinchuk

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2024–2025
[10]
  • Obscura
    by Power-Haus & Christian Reindl
  • Freya
    by Christian Reindl & Lucie Paradis
  • Lux
    by Power-Haus & Christian Reindl
    choreo. by Galina Churilova, Matteo Zanni
2023–2024
[11]
2022–2023
[12]
  • Tango Till They're Sore
    by Tom Waits
    performed by Madeleine Peyroux
  • Uccen (DWTS remix)
    by Taalbi Brothers
    choreo. by Larisa Fiodorova
2021–2022
[13]

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Mariia Pinchuk

Competition placements at senior level [8]
Season 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
European Championships 15th 18th
GP Finland 10th
CS Budapest Trophy 12th
CS Denis Ten Memorial 3rd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th
CS Nepela Memorial 10th
Bosphorus Cup 2nd
Pavel Roman Memorial 3rd 1st
Santa Claus Cup 4th
Competition placements at junior level [8][2]
Season 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
World Junior Championships 17th 12th
Junior Grand Prix Final 5th
JGP Latvia 3rd
JGP Poland 6th 4th 2nd
JGP Slovakia 9th
JGP Turkey 1st
Budapest Trophy 2nd
Ice Challenge 7th
LuMi Dance Trophy 2nd
Open d'Andorra 1st
Santa Claus Cup 2nd
Viktor Petrenko Cup 2nd
Winter Star 2nd

Ice dance with Anastasiia Sammel

Competition placements at junior level [14]
Season 2019–20
JGP Italy 15th
Ice Star 15th
NRW Trophy 10th
Mentor Toruń Cup 16th
Volvo Open Cup 14th

Detailed results

Ice dance with Mariia Pinchuk

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [8]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 167.22 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Rhythm dance TSS 65.93 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
TES 37.33 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
PCS 28.79 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Free dance TSS 105.74 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
TES 61.44 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
PCS 44.86 2023 JGP Poland
Results in the 2023–24 season[8]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 2–5, 2023 Kazakhstan 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 6 61.48 3 105.74 3 167.22
Nov 10–12, 2023 Czech Republic 2023 Pavel Roman Memorial 1 64.62 1 98.02 1 162.64
Jan 8–14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Championships 17 61.42 18 92.16 18 153.58
Results in the 2024–25 season[8]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 19–21, 2024 Germany 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8 63.04 10 96.49 9 159.53
Oct 11–13, 2024 Hungary 2024 CS Budapest Trophy 11 60.62 12 91.78 12 152.40
Oct 24-26, 2024 Czech Republic 2024 CS Nepela Memorial 9 65.93 10 96.35 10 162.28
Nov 15–17, 2024 Finland 2024 Finlandia Trophy 10 54.39 10 79.95 10 134.34
Nov 27 – Dec 2, 2024 Hungary 2024 Santa Claus Cup 3 64.86 5 100.13 4 164.99

References

  1. ^ a b c d Slater, Paula (July 10, 2022). "Pinchuk and Pogorielov: 'We miss Kharkiv'". Golden Skate. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Memola (ITA), Smith/Deng (USA) sealing spots in Junior Final with win at ISU JGP Riga". International Skating Union. September 12, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "Ami Nakai (JPN) and Rio Nakata (JPN) secure Junior Grand Prix Final spot in Istanbul (TUR)". International Skating Union. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Figure Skaters grab eight more tickets to the Final at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Gdansk (POL)". International Skating Union. October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "UKR–Mariia Pinchuk/Mykyta Pogorielov". SkatingScores.
  9. ^ Slater, Paula (December 9, 2023). "USA's Neset and Markelov dominate in Beijing". Golden Skate. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  10. ^ "Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.
  14. ^ "UKR–Anastasiia Sammel/Mykyta Pogorielov". SkatingScores.com.