Daniil Samsonov
Samsonov at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final
Full nameDaniil Aleksandrovich Samsonov
Native nameДаниил Александрович Самсонов
Born (2005-07-13) 13 July 2005 (age 18)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia Russia
CoachEteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Skating clubSambo 70 (Khrustalnyi)
Began skating2008
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Winter Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lausanne Men's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2019–20 Torino Men's singles

Daniil Aleksandrovich Samsonov (Russian: Даниил Александрович Самсонов; born 13 July 2005) is a Russian figure skater, who formerly held three junior world records for men's skating.

He is the 2020 Youth Olympic bronze medalist, the 2019 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2019 JGP Poland champion, the 2019 Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games champion, and a two-time Russian junior national champion (2019, 2020).[1]

Career

He was born in Moscow, Russia. Daniil Samsonov formerly trained under Alexander Shubin at Moskvich,[1][2] and has been training under Eteri Tutberidze at Sambo 70 since the start of the 2015/2016 season.[2][3][4]

2018–2019 season

In early February 2019, Samsonov won the Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships.[5] "[The boy] skated breathtakingly. At such an [early] age, to jump a quadruple Lutz, so beautifully, so easily, that had never happened before in the world," Tatiana Tarasova said of his victory.[6] Samsonov was not sent to the 2019 World Junior Championships because he would not be age eligible to compete at junior level internationally until the following (2019/2020) season; his thirteenth birthday was July 13, twelve days past the July 1 cutoff.[7]

A few days later, he was one of the skaters who represented Russia in Sakhalin at the first Children of Asia Games, winning the gold medal.[8]

2019–2020 season

In early September 2019, Samsonov made his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 JGP event in Riga, Latvia, where he won the bronze medal. He ranked fourth in the short program and third in the free skate and scored his personal best score of 211.62 points.[9] Two weeks later, he competed at this second JGP event of the season in Gdańsk, Poland, where he won his first JGP gold medal. At this competition, he set the new world record scores for the short program (87.33 points), free skate (163.18 points) and the combined total (250.51 points). Ranked first in both the short program and the free skate, he outscored the silver medalist, Japanese skater Yuma Kagiyama, by about 5 points.[10]

Qualifying to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino, Samsonov placed second in the short program despite falling on his opening triple Axel.[11] After several minor jump errors in the free skate, he placed fourth in that segment, and won the bronze medal overall. He described himself as "unhappy" with how he had performed.[12]

Competing at the senior-level 2020 Russian Championships for the first time, Samsonov was seventh in the short program after stepping out of his quad Lutz and falling on his triple Axel.[13] Fifth in the free skate, he rose to sixth place overall.[14] Samsonov later competed at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships, where he placed second in both the short and free programs but finished first overall due to a large ordinal gap from free skate winner Andrei Mozalev, earning him his second junior national title. Due to this result, he was initially named to the team for the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships; however, on 28 February 2020, it was announced that he'd withdrawn from the competition due to joint problems caused by growth. He was replaced at the event by Ilya Yablokov.[15] Samsonov later clarified that his withdrawal from the event was due to pain associated with Osgood-Schlatter disease.[16]

2020–2021 season

Samsonov missed the first half of the season due to treatment for Osgood-Schlatter disease, including time spent with a specialist in Germany. Samsonov returned to training in October.[16] He competed at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships where he placed seventh overall.[17]

2021–2022 season

Samsonov withdrew from the senior Russian test skates, citing medical reasons.[18] He subsequently withdrew as well from the 2021 Skate America, which was scheduled to be his senior Grand Prix debut.[19]

Records and achievements

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023-2024
2022–2023
[20]
2021–2022
[20]
2020–2021
2019–2020
[21]

Competitive highlights

Samsonov (right) with Andrei Mozalev (left) and Yuma Kagiyama (center) on the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics podium

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1][22]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
GP NHK Trophy WD
GP Skate America WD
International: Junior[1][22]
Youth Olympics 3rd
Junior Worlds WD
JGP Final 3rd
JGP Latvia 3rd
JGP Poland 1st
Children of Asia ISG 1st
Denis Ten Memorial 1st
National[1][22]
Russian Champ. 6th WD 5th
Russian Junior Champ. 9th 1st 1st 7th
GPR Golden Skate 5th 3rd
GPR Idel 6th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Junior level

2020–21 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
1–5 February 2021 2021 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4
83.40 		9
142.80 		7
226.20
2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
84.40 		2
176.82 		1
261.22
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 2
76.63 		3
138.59 		3
215.21
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships Senior 7
80.88 		5
159.33 		6
240.21
5–8 December 2019 2019–20 JGP Final Junior 2
77.75 		4
152.44 		3
230.19
9–12 October 2019 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Junior 1
88.64 		1
175.40 		1
264.04
18–21 September 2019 2019 JGP Poland Junior 1
87.33 		1
163.18 		1
250.51
4–7 September 2019 2019 JGP Latvia Junior 4
72.28 		3
139.34 		3
211.62
2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
13–15 February 2019 2019 WCAISG Junior 1
84.95 		1
153.11 		1
238.06
1–4 February 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
87.07 		1
162.26 		1
249.33
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 12
70.00 		9
140.26 		9
210.26

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Даниил Александрович Самсонов" [Daniil Samsonov]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ a b "Будущее российского и мирового мужского фигурного катания - Лёд Жизни. Фигурное Катание - Блоги - Sports.ru".
  3. ^ "Саша на луне. За произвольную программу в Перми Трусова получила 164,44!". Sovetskiy Sport. 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  4. ^ "Даниил Самсонов: "Я не виноват, что в своем возрасте уже сильнее более взрослых ребят"". Business Online. 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  5. ^ "Ученик Тутберидзе выиграл юниорский чемпионат России по фигурному катанию". Vzglyad (Vz.ru). 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  6. ^ ""Такого катания еще не видела, это феноменально". Тарасова поражена выступлением Трусовой". Sport24. 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  7. ^ "Парень-феномен: 13-летний фигурист победил 19-летних соперников на юниорском чемпионате России". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  8. ^ 2019 Children of Asia results in figure skating
  9. ^ "Lee (KOR) wins gold medal at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Riga". International Skating Union. September 9, 2019.
  10. ^ "U.S., Russian and Japanese skaters earn tickets to Final at ISU Junior Grand Prix". International Skating Union. September 23, 2019.
  11. ^ Slater, Paula (December 5, 2019). "Russia's Andrei Mozalev: 'I feel very comfortable here'". Golden Skate.
  12. ^ Slater, Paula (December 7, 2019). "Japan's Sato stuns at Junior Grand Prix Final; snatches gold". Golden Skate.
  13. ^ Flade, Tatjana (December 26, 2019). "Ignatov surprises at Russian Nationals; takes men's short program". Golden Skate.
  14. ^ Flade, Tatjana (December 27, 2019). "Aliev captures first title in turbulent men's event at Russian Nationals". Golden Skate.
  15. ^ "Врач объяснил причины снятия Самсонова с юниорского ЧМ". Ria Novosti. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Ученик Тутберидзе Самсонов восстанавливается и готовится выступить на этапах Кубка России" [Tutberidze's student Samsonov is recovering and preparing to perform at the stages of the Russian Cup] (in Russian). TASS. October 1, 2020.
  17. ^ "Евгений Семененко победил на первенстве России в Красноярске, Александр Голубев - серебряный призер, Егор Рухин - бронзовый" [Evgeny Semenenko won the Russian championship in Krasnoyarsk, Alexander Golubev won the silver medal, Yegor Rukhin won the bronze] (in Russian). [[]]. February 4, 2020.
  18. ^ "Расписание контрольных прокатов сборной России в Челябинске, состав участников" [Schedule of test skates of the Russian national team in Chelyabinsk, list of participants]. fsrussia.ru (in Russian). September 8, 2021.
  19. ^ "Самсонов не выступит на Skate America" [Samsonov will not perform at Skate America]. RSport (in Russian). October 11, 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Daniil SAMSONOV: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ "Daniil SAMSONOV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  22. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Daniil Samsonov". International Skating Union.

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World Junior Record Holders Preceded by Artur Danielian Men's Junior Short Program 19 September 2019 – 14 April 2022 Succeeded by Ilia Malinin Preceded by Yuma Kagiyama Men's Junior Free Skating 21 September 2019 – 7 December 2019 Succeeded by Shun Sato Preceded by Yuma Kagiyama Men's Junior Total Score 21 September 2019 – 7 December 2019 Succeeded by Shun Sato
Russian junior champions in figure skating – Men's singles
Record scores in figure skating
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