Mikhail Alekseevich Nazarychev (, born 2 April 2001) is a Russian pair skater. With his former partner, Iuliia Artemeva, he is the 2020 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2020 Russian junior national bronze medalist, the 2019 JGP Croatia champion, the 2019 JGP Russia silver medalist, and a 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final qualifier and winner of the Russian Junior Championship 2021
Career Early years Nazarychev began learning to skate in 2005 at the age of four. He competed as a single skater up until the 2016–17 figure skating season when he began competing in pairs with his first partner, Alyona Krokhaleva. Krokhaleva/Nazarychev competed together for only one season before parting ways. Nazarychev competed with his next partner, Alina Mammadova, through the end of the 2017–18 figure skating season before teaming up with Artemeva during the off-season prior to the start of the 2018–19 season. Artemeva/Nazarychev only competed domestically during 2018–19 and finished 10th at 2019 Russian Elder Age Nationals.
2019–20 season Artemeva/Nazarychev made their international junior debut in September at the 2019 JGP Russia. The team placed second in both their short program and their free skate to earn a silver medal on the all Russian podium between teammates Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov and Diana Mukhametzianova / Ilya Mironov. At their second Junior Grand Prix assignment, 2019 JGP Croatia, Artemeva/Nazarychev won gold and set new personal bests after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate, thus qualifying to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. In qualifying to the Final, Artemeva/Nazarychev secured byes into the 2020 Russian Figure Skating Championships on both the senior and junior levels. They placed fourth at the Final.
Seventh at the senior nationals, they were bronze medalists at junior nationals, securing a place at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Artemeva/Nazarychev were third in the short program, narrowly behind second-place finishers Akhanteva/Kolesov. The free skate proved a struggle, Artemeva falling on both throw jumps as well as her side-by-side double Axel attempt. They nevertheless remained in bronze medal position, aided by errors by fourth-place finishers Hocke/Kunkel of Germany.
2020–21 season Artemeva/Nazarychev made their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, where they finished fifth. They placed eighth at the 2021 Russian Championships, and then won the Russian junior national title.
2021–22 season Artemeva/Nazarychev were initially assigned to the 2021 Cup of China as their first Grand Prix, but following the event's cancellation they were reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia. Fourth in the short program, they rose to third in the free skate to win the bronze medal behind Chinese teams Sui/Han and Peng/Jin. At their second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France, they placed second in both programs to take the silver medal, making only one error in their free skate when Artemeva doubled and stepped out of her planned triple toe loop. Nazarychev said afterward "overall it was a good performance. We set goals for ourselves to do well on the Grand Prix and I think we fulfilled that."
At the 2022 Russian Championships, Artemeva/Nazarychev finished in fifth. They also competed at the junior edition, losing to Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk. On 2 June 2022, it was announced that Artemeva/Nazarychev had ended their partnership. Nazarychev teamed up with Nadezhda Labazina.
Programs With Artemeva Season Short program Free skating 2021–2022 The Artist Ouverture Bumble Boogie Fire on Fire Chronos 2019–2021 Senza Parole Don't Stop Me Now Love of My Life We Will Rock You
Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Artemeva International Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 Cup of China C France 2nd Italy 3rd Rostelecom 5th Golden Spin 3rd International: Junior Junior Worlds 3rd Final 4th Croatia 1st Russia 2nd National Russian Champ. 7th 8th 5th Russian Junior 3rd 1st 2nd Russian Elder Youth 10th TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests highlighted in bold.
With Artemeva
Senior results
2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total December 21–26, 2021 2022 Russian Championships 4 76.26 6 136.93 5 213.19 December 9–11, 2021 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 61.18 3 128.11 3 189.29 November 19–21, 2021 2021 Internationaux de France 2 73.02 2 132.13 2 205.15 November 5–7, 2021 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 4 61.90 3 125.11 3 187.01 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total December 23–27, 2020 2021 Russian Championships 9 63.69 8 126.07 8 189.76 November 20–22, 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup 5 70.11 5 130.66 5 200.77 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total December 24–28, 2019 2020 Russian Championships 7 68.64 7 128.85 7 197.49
Junior results
2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total 18–22 January 2022 2022 Russian Junior Championships 1 74.30 TBD TBD 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total February 1–5, 2021 2021 Russian Junior Championships 1 70.87 1 133.63 1 204.50 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 3 70.26 4 100.92 3 171.18 February 4–8, 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships 3 71.93 3 122.52 3 194.45 December 4–8, 2019 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final 5 63.89 3 114.67 4 178.56 September 25–28, 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 2 62.44 1 117.39 1 179.83 September 11–14, 2019 2019 JGP Russia 2 67.12 2 111.19 2 178.31
References
External links
Telegram channel https://t.me/nazzarychev Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mikhailnazarychev