Sergey Alexandrovich Mozgov (; born 10 March 1995) is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer. With former partner Betina Popova, he is the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup champion. With former partner Anna Yanovskaya, he was the 2015 World Junior champion, two-time (2013, 2014) JGP Final champion, the 2012 Youth Olympics champion, the 2014 World Junior silver medalist, and the 2015 Russian junior national champion.
Early career Mozgov began skating in 1999. His parents introduced him to skating to improve his health. Early in his career, he competed with Sabina Adigamova.
Mozgov and Evgenia Kosigina made their international debut in the 2008–09 season. The following season, they received a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment in Hungary, where they placed fifth. He ended their partnership after they finished 12th at the 2010 Russian Junior Championships.
In the 2010–11 season, Mozgov competed with Tatiana Baturintseva. They received no JGP assignments and parted ways after placing 9th at the 2011 Russian Junior Championships.
Partnership with Yanovskaya Mozgov teamed up with Anna Yanovskaya in 2011. They were coached mainly by Svetlana Alexeeva at the Medvedkovo rink in Moscow.
2011–12 season: First season together Yanovskaya/Mozgov won the bronze medal at their first Junior Grand Prix event, in Gdańsk, Poland, and then gold in Tallinn, Estonia. Their placements qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed second in the short dance, third in the free, and took the silver medal ahead of Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin. After winning the gold medal at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, they placed fourth at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. At the 2012 World Junior Championships, they were third in the short dance. During the free dance the referee stopped their music because Mozgov's left bootstrap had come loose. Yanovskaya/Mozgov finished fourth overall behind American ice dancers Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton who moved up the rankings and took the bronze medal.
2012–13 season In 2012–13, Yanovskaya/Mozgov won a pair of silver medals at JGP events in Austria and Slovenia and qualified for the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where they finished fourth. They won the bronze medal at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.
2013–14 season: First JGP Final title In 2013–14, Yanovskaya/Mozgov began their season by taking gold at the 2013 JGP Slovakia in Košice. They won another gold at the 2013 JGP Estonia, qualifying them for their third JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan. Setting personal bests, Yanovskaya/Mozgov placed first in both segments at the final and won the gold medal ahead of Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker. After placing second to Stepanova/Bukin at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, they took the silver medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, finishing second to Hawayek/Baker.
2014–15 season: World Junior title Yanovskaya/Mozgov decided to remain in the junior ranks in the 2014–15 season. In addition to Moscow, they also trained in Liepāja in the summer. Mozgov recovered from a knee injury early in the season. In the 2014–15 JGP series, the duo won gold medals in Estonia and Croatia, earning qualification to their fourth JGP Final. At the event, held in December in Barcelona, they outscored Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd for the gold and stood atop the podium for the second consecutive year. In March, they competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Ranked first in both segments, they were awarded the gold medal ahead of Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter.
2015–16 season: Senior debut and split Although still age-eligible for junior events in the 2015–16 season, Yanovskaya/Mozgov decided to move up to the senior ranks. Debuting on the Grand Prix, they placed sixth at the 2015 Skate America and 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard. In December, they finished sixth at the 2016 Russian Championships in Yekaterinburg. On 2 May 2016, the Russian media reported that their partnership had ended.
Partnership with Popova According to the Russian media, Mozgov has teamed up with Betina Popova.
Popova/Mozgov made their international debut at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where they placed fifth.
2017–18 season In 2017–18 season they competed at three ISU Challenger Series competitions. They won the gold medal at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup with a personal best score of 164.07 points. They also won the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. At the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy they placed fifth.
In October 2017 they made their Grand Prix debut at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup where they placed sixth. In December 2017 they competed at the 2018 Russian Championships where they placed fourth after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance.
In May 2018 Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Volkov became their new coaches.
2018–19 season Popova/Mozgov started their season in mid September at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where they won the bronze medal with a personal best score of 170.47 points. In early November they placed seventh at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Three weeks later they finished eighth at the 2018 Internationaux de France. In early December they won their second Challenger Series bronze medal of the season at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
They placed fourth at the Russian Championships for the second consecutive year.
In March, Popova/Mozgov have participated in the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk Russia. They finished first in the short and second in the free, earning the gold medal with a total of 183.01 points.
2019–20 season Popova/Mozgov took time off to heal injuries following their Universiade victory, and then resumed training for the new season. The two selected "Bohemian Rhapsody" as their free dance music, believing it would be a new sort of material for them. They placed fourth at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial and then won the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. Given one Grand Prix assignment, they placed eighth at the 2019 Skate Canada International.
Popova/Mozgov announced their retirement from competition on February 14, 2020. Mozgov indicated that he might seek a coaching career.
Programs
With Popova Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2019–2020 Willkommen Money Money Mein Herr Bohemian Rhapsody Nevesta 2018–2019 Volver The Master and Margarita Power Rangers soundtrack
Hafanana Short dance 2017–2018 Formidable Batacuda Mixes Carmen Suite 2016–2017 Dream a Little Dream of Me Rock n Roll Going to the Run Black Betty
With Yanovskaya Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2015–2016 Ribellione My Sweet and Tender Beast The Great Gatsby Young and Beautiful A Little Party Never Killed Nobody 2014–2015 Shiki Boom Boom La Playa Cocorito Tango de Besame El Dia Despues Besos Crazy in Love 2013–2014 Puttin' On the Ritz Fever Il Mirto E La Rosa Behind Blue Eyes 2012–2013 Why Don't You Do Right? Land of a Thousand Dances Maktub Inta Eih Ya habibi yalla Still 2011–2012 Una Notte a Napoli Another Cha Cha Mala Luna
Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Popova International Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 Finland 7th France 8th Rostelecom Cup 6th Skate Canada 8th Finlandia Trophy 5th 3rd Golden Spin 5th 3rd Nepela Trophy 3rd 3rd 4th Warsaw Cup 1st Volvo Open Cup 1st Universiade 1st National Russian Champ. 4th 4th TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
With Yanovskaya
International Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 Bompard 6th Skate America 6th International: Junior Junior Worlds 4th 2nd 1st Youth Olympics 1st Final 2nd 4th 1st 1st Austria 2nd Croatia 1st Estonia 1st 1st 1st Poland 3rd Slovakia 1st Slovenia 2nd Ice Star 1st J Volvo Open Cup 1st J 1st J National Russian Champ. 6th Russian Jr. Champ. 4th 3rd 2nd 1st Team events Youth Olympics 6th 1st P J = Junior level
With Baturintseva International Event 2010–11 Pavel Roman Memorial 3rd J NRW Trophy 2nd J Bavarian Open 2nd J National Russian Junior Championships 9th J = Junior level
With Kosigina International Event 2008–09 2009–10 Hungary 5th NRW Trophy 5th J National Russian Junior Champ. 11th 12th J = Junior level
Detailed results Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.
With Popova 2019–20 season Date Event RD FD Total 25–27 October 2019 2019 Skate Canada 6 71.44 8 102.10 8 173.54 11–13 October 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 2 72.11 3 103.13 3 175.24 19–21 September 2019 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 4 73.30 5 100.82 4 174.12 2018–19 season Date Event RD FD Total 7–9 March 2019 2019 Winter Universiade 1 71.46 2 111.55 1 183.01 19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 5 69.62 4 107.31 4 176.93 5–8 December 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 62.84 3 102.89 3 165.73 23–25 November 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 8 63.64 7 99.54 8 163.18 6–11 November 2018 2018 Volvo Open Cup 1 64.31 1 104.16 1 168.47 2–4 November 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 7 62.35 8 95.21 7 157.56 19–22 September 2018 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3 67.65 3 102.82 3 170.47 2017–18 season Date Event SD FD Total 21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships 5 63.27 3 104.43 4 167.70 16–19 November 2017 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 1 64.38 1 99.69 1 164.07 20–22 October 2017 2017 Rostelecom Cup 6 64.14 6 99.88 6 164.02 6–8 October 2017 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 7 57.36 3 94.92 5 152.28 21–23 September 2017 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3 60.98 2 100.94 3 161.92 2016–17 season Date Event SD FD Total 7–10 December 2016 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 60.70 5 94.52 5 155.22
With Yanovskaya 2015–16 season Date Event SD FD Total 24–27 December 2015 2016 Russian Championships 6 57.92 6 81.94 6 139.86 13–15 November 2015 2015 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Éric Bompard 6 52.88 Cancelled 6 52.88 23–25 October 2015 2015 ISU Grand Prix Skate America 5 53.35 6 87.57 6 140.92
2014–15 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 2–8 March 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 1 62.22 1 93.70 1 155.92 4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1 65.24 1 98.35 1 163.59 11–14 December 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 1 59.12 1 89.46 1 148.58 8–12 October 2014 2014 JGP Croatia Junior 1 56.79 1 88.55 1 145.34 24–28 September 2014 2014 JGP Estonia Junior 2 59.56 1 92.44 1 152.00 2013–14 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 10–16 March 2014 2014 World Junior Championships Junior 2 63.80 1 91.36 2 155.16 22–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 64.79 2 86.96 2 151.75 5–8 December 2013 2013–14 JGP Final Junior 1 63.71 1 88.77 1 152.48 10–12 October 2013 2013 JGP Estonia Junior 1 61.79 1 88.19 1 149.98 12–14 September 2013 2013 JGP Slovakia Junior 1 59.06 1 84.33 1 143.39 2012–13 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 31 January – 3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4 55.15 1 87.73 3 142.88 6–9 December 2012 2012–13 JGP Final Junior 3 53.03 4 76.28 4 129.31 2011–12 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 2–3 March 2012 2012 World Junior Championships Junior 3 58.89 4 81.74 4 140.63 5–7 February 2012 2012 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4 55.47 3 80.94 4 136.41 13–22 January 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympics - team event Junior 1 84.55 6 13–22 January 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 1 60.19 1 86.77 1 146.96 8–11 December 2011 2011–12 JGP Final Junior 2 56.22 3 80.39 2 136.61
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