Alexey Valeryevich Erokhov (; born 5 September 1999) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2018 Junior World champion, the 2017 JGP Belarus champion, the 2017 JGP Poland champion, and the 2018 Russian junior national champion.

Personal life Erokhov was born on 5 September 1999 in Moscow. As of April 2018, he is a student at Moscow's Institute for Physiculture.

Career

Early career Erokhov began learning to skate in 2003. Ilia Klimkin coached him at Moscow's CSKA Sports School until 2011; Erokhov then transferred to Sambo 70 School, also in Moscow, and began to be coached by Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov.

He placed 12th at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships.

2016–2017 season Erokhov's international debut came in September 2016 at a 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Yokohama, Japan, where he won the bronze medal. Due to an injury, he withdrew from his second JGP assignment, in Germany, following the short program.

Erokhov finished 10th competing on the senior level at the 2017 Russian Championships in December 2016 and 5th at the junior event in February 2017.

2017–2018 season Erokhov won his first international title in September at the 2017 JGP event in Minsk, Belarus. Ranked first in both segments, he outscored the silver medalist, Andrew Torgashev, by more than 20 points. He attained his personal best total score, 232.79 points, at that competition. After winning gold in Gdańsk, Poland, he qualified to the JGP Final in Nagoya, Japan, where he placed 5th.

At the 2018 Russian Championships, Erokhov placed 8th at the senior event in December 2017 and took gold at the junior event in January 2018.

In March 2018, he won gold at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He ranked second in the short program, behind Alexei Krasnozhon, who later withdrew, and first in the free skate, outscoring the silver medalist, his teammate Artur Danielian, by more than 12 points.

2018–2019 season Erokhov was supposed to start his season at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy but withdrew due to injury. He competed at the Finlandia Trophy in October, where he was placed seventh. Afterward, he withdrew from both his GP events - the Rostelecom Cup and the Grand Prix of Helsinki. He also withdrew from the 2019 Russian Nationals. He competed at the 2019 Russian Junior Nationals and placed fourth. He was named to the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships but later withdrew.

2019–2020 season Still dealing with an injury, Erokhov only competed in one competition - the Russian Cup Final, where he placed twelfth.

2020–2021 season In July, it was announced that he was changing coaches from longtime coaches Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov to Viktoria Butsaeva. He was sixth at the second stage of the Russian Cup in Moscow and won bronze at the fifth stage, also in Moscow. This qualified him for the National Championships in Chelyabkinsk. However, he later withdrew from the competition.

2021–2022 season Returning to international competition, Erokhov placed eighth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup. At the 2022 Russian Championships he finished in seventh place.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2023–2024 Love Song Your Song Turandot Violin Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot Nessun dorma 2022–2023 Notre Dame de Paris 2021–2022 Fallin' The Greatest Showman 2020–2021 You Raise Me Up 2018–2019 Black Earth Io Ci Saro 2017–2018 Lighthouse Piano Concerto No. 2 2016–2017 The Thrill Is Gone Romeo and Juliette

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 Finland WD Rostelecom Cup WD Finlandia Trophy 7th Ondrej Nepela WD Warsaw Cup 8th International: Junior Junior Worlds 1st WD Final 5th Belarus 1st Germany WD Japan 3rd Poland 1st National Russian Champ. 10th 8th WD WD 7th 13th WD Russian Jr. Champ. 12th 5th 1st 4th Russian Cup Final 7th 1st J WD 9th 10th 2nd 12th Heart of Siberia 2nd Perm Krai 4th Velvet Season 2nd Volga Pirouette 6th TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Senior level

2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total December 21–26, 2021 2022 Russian Championships 4 95.24 8 166.24 7 261.48 November 18–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 7 77.41 11 135.13 8 212.54

Junior level

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

2018–19 season Date Event Level SP FS Total February 1–4, 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships Junior 16 72.33 2 153.01 4 225.34 October 4–7, 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy Senior 12 62.16 4 152.43 7 214.59 2017–18 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 2 76.54 1 154.98 1 231.52 January 23–26, 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 82.52 1 165.99 1 248.51 December 21–24, 2017 2018 Russian Championships Senior 8 80.38 7 150.21 8 230.59 December 7–10, 2017 2017–18 JGP Final Junior 2 78.39 5 128.65 5 207.04 October 4–7, 2017 2017 JGP Poland Junior 1 78.83 1 143.06 1 221.89 September 20–24, 2017 2017 JGP Belarus Junior 1 77.52 1 155.27 1 232.79 2016–17 season Date Event Level SP FS Total February 1–5, 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 6 75.23 5 149.26 5 224.49 December 20–26, 2016 2017 Russian Championships Senior 13 64.20 7 152.60 10 216.80 October 5–9, 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 6 64.33 WD WD September 7–11, 2016 2016 JGP Japan Junior 3 74.90 5 142.01 3 216.91 2015–16 season Date Event Level SP FS Total January 21–23, 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 8 65.26 14 115.64 12 180.90

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