Artur Andreyevich Gachinski (Russian: Артур Андреевич Гачинский; born 13 August 1993) is a Russian former figure skater. He is the 2011 World bronze medalist, the 2012 European silver medalist, the 2010 World Junior bronze medalist, and a two-time Russian national silver medalist (2011, 2012). He announced his retirement from competitive skating in December 2015, citing injuries.[1]
Personal life
Artur Andreyevich Gachinski was born on 13 August 1993 in Moscow.[2] He received roller skates at age six but soon switched to ice skating.[3] At age nine, Gachinski moved with his family to Saint Petersburg for training.[3] Initially, he competed under his mother's surname Хиль,[4][5] which was romanized as Khil[6] or Hill. After a discussion with his family, he decided to take his father's surname, Gachinski.[4] His mother is a painter.[7]
Career
Early career
Gachinski's parents brought him to a rink when he was six years old.[7] At age nine, he was accepted as a pupil by Alexei Mishin in Saint Petersburg but was coached mainly by his wife, Tatiana Mishina, for the first few years.[3][7]
In the 2005–2006 season, Gachinski won the junior bronze medal at the Russian Championships. In the 2006–2007 season, he was placed 8th on the junior level and 14th on the senior level at the Russian Championships.
The 2009–2010 season was Gachinski's third on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. He won gold in Belarus and silver in Germany, qualifying him for the 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, in which he was placed 6th. Gachinski won senior gold at the 2009 Coupe de Nice. At the 2010 Russian Championships, he was placed 13th in the senior level and the gold medalist in the junior level. In 6th after the short program at the 2010 World Junior Championships, Gachinski earned enough points in the free skate to take the bronze, despite popping his planned quad.[8]
Gachinski won his first senior national medal, silver, at the 2011 Russian Championships behind Konstantin Menshov. Gachinski was assigned to his first European Championships where he finished fifth, ahead of Menshov, and was given Russia's sole berth to the men's event at the World Championships. He won the bronze in his first appearance at the event.
Gachinski won silver at the 2012 Russian Championships. At the 2012 European Championships, he was first in the short program and second in the long program, finishing with an overall score of 246.27 points. Gachinski won the silver medal behind teammate Evgeni Plushenko, who is also coached in Saint Petersburg by Alexei Mishin.
Gachinski changed his boots two weeks before the 2012 World Championships, affecting his preparation.[11] He finished 18th at the event. After the event, Mishin said that Gachinski was not entirely ready and perhaps should have withdrawn.[12] Gachinski was named in the Russian team to the 2012 World Team Trophy but withdrew from the event and was replaced by Zhan Bush.[13]
In 2013–14, Gachinski started his season with a bronze medal at the 2013 Finlandia Trophy. After being placed eighth at the 2013 Skate America and sixth at the 2013 Rostelecom Cup, he finished sixth at Russian nationals and was not included in the Russian team to the European Championships, Winter Olympics, or World Championships.
^Пилясов, Антон (24 December 2015). Артур Гачинский: «Решение завершить карьеру далось мне достаточно легко» [Artur Gachinski: The decision to retire came to me easily]. Sports.ru (in Russian).
^Гачинский Артур Андреевич [Artur Andreyevich Gachinski] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ abMalinski, Andrei (12 October 2011). Артур Гачинский: "Хочу окончить 11-й класс!" [Artur Gachinski: "I want to finish the 11th grade!"] (in Russian). Nevskoye Vremya. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
^ Артур Гачинский: настроен я крайне решительно, основная цель на новый сезон – вернуться на чемпионаты Европы и мира [Arthur Gachinsky: I set very strongly, the main goal for the new season - Return to the European and world championships]. Team Russian 2014 (in Russian). 18 July 2015.
^"Biography". ISU Results. ISU. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
