Sergei Voronov (figure skater)

Sergei Voronov Jewgenjewitsch (Russian: Сергей Евгеньевич Воронов, born October 3, 1987 in Moscow ) is a Russian figure skater who starts in a single run.

Career

In 1991, Voronov started with figure skating. Two years later he broke at the age of five years his collarbone in a fall on the ice and his parents wanted him stop with the figure skating, but Voronov prevailed and went on. After his coach Rafael Harutyunyan Russia had left, Voronov went to work there in 2002 to St. Petersburg. He first trained with Galina Kaschina, then at Alexei Urmanow, the Olympic champion in 1994 and is the Nikolai Morozov is his coach.

2005 Voronov was first nominated by the Russian Skating Union for Junior World Championships. But he had to withdraw his start due to an injury after the qualifiers. The next year he was again nominated and was second behind Takahiko Kozuka.

After Voronov had ranked third at the Junior World Cup 2007, he was nominated due to disappointing performances Russian figure skaters at the European Championships, the World Championships in Tokyo. There he finished in 19th place and was thus best Russian.

In the following season he was able to take second place in the Trophée Eric Bompard, having not had a week earlier because of an injury at Skate Canada can compete. In January 2008, he was superior with more than 20 points ahead of Russian master Andrei Lutai ago and the defending champion Andrei Gryazev. At the European Championships of the same year, he finished after the short program to sixth place, however, could be further enhanced in the freestyle, showed the third best freestyle of the race and finished fourth. At the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, he finished after the short program a disappointing 15th place, but struggled with the fourth-best freestyle of the competition before to 7th place in the overall standings and assured the Russian Federation as two places in the next world championships.

The start of the 2008/09 season was for Voronov, with a 6th place at Skate Canada and a 7th place at the Cup of Russia, rather disappointing. In response, he moved between the Grand Prix series and the Russian Championships, his short program. The Russian Championships won Voronov with a lead of nearly 32 points. But neither in the World Cup still at the European Championship 2009, he was able to build on the achievements of the previous year, he finished 13th and 9th place.

In the following season Voronov was a Russian runner after Yevgeny Plyushchenko had returned. At the European Championships Voronov disappointed than 14 but again and the Russian Federation decided in his place Artem Borodulin to the Olympics bring. Since Plyushchenko did not participate in the next World Cup, Voronov moved gradually occupied, as with the EM, the 14th Place. Voronov ended after this season to work with Alexei Jewgenjewitsch Urmanow and switched to Nikolai Morozov.

After an injury -induced retirement from his Grand Prix competitions Voronov missed in the Russian championship in fourth place on the podium and thus failed to qualify for the World Cup and European Championship 2011.

With the third place at the Russian Championships to Voronov could again qualify for the European and the World Championships in 2012. There he was, however, again with the 10th or 17th place unconvincing.

Results

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