Sergei Dobrin

Sergei Vladimirovich Dobrin (Russian: Серге́й Владимирович Добрин, born 22 September 1986) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2005 World Junior bronze medalist and a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist. On the senior level, he won bronze medals at the 2006 Trophée Éric Bompard, 2006 Finlandia Trophy, and two Russian Championships (2006 and 2007).

Sergei Dobrin
Dobrin in 2007.
Full nameSergei Vladimirovich Dobrin
Native nameСергей Владимирович Добрин
Born (1986-09-22) 22 September 1986
Lipetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia
Skating clubTrade Union Club
Began skating1991
Retired2010
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Men's singles
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2005 KitchenerMen's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place2000–01 AyrMen's singles
Silver medal – second place2002–03 The HagueMen's singles
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place2003 BledMen's singles

Personal life

Dobrin was born on 22 September 1986 in Lipetsk and has a sister, Maria, who is 18 years younger.[1] He learned ballroom dancing from age 7 to 10.[1]

Career

Dobrin started skating in 1991 and trained in Lipetsk until the age of 11.[1] He then relocated to Moscow at the invitation of Zhanna Gromova.[2] She would coach him until 2007.

Dobrin debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2000. After winning silver medals in Ukraine and the Czech Republic, he qualified for the JGP Final in Ayr, Scotland, where he also took silver. After winning the Russian junior title, he was sent to the 2001 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He placed 5th in his qualifying group, 20th in the short program, 12th in the free skate, and 12th overall.

During the 2002–03 JPG season, Dobrin was awarded gold at both of his assignments – Chemnitz, Germany and Milan, Italy – and silver at the JGP Final in The Hague, Netherlands. He won silver at the Russian Junior Championships and gold at the 2003 European Youth Olympic Festival in Bled, Slovenia. He finished 5th at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after ranking fourth in his qualifying group, second in the short, and sixth in the free.

In early March 2005, Dobrin won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. His senior international debut came later that month, at the 2005 World Championships in Moscow; he placed 5th in his qualifying group, 15th in the short, 15th in the free, and 17th overall.

Dobrin received his first Grand Prix assignments in the 2005–06 season. After placing 7th at the 2005 Trophée Éric Bompard and 10th at the 2005 Cup of Russia, he won his first senior national medal, bronze, at the 2006 Russian Championships. Ranked 14th in the short and 17th in the free, he finished 15th at the 2006 European Championships in Lyon, France.

Dobrin began the 2006–07 season with a bronze medal at the 2006 Finlandia Trophy. Competing in the Grand Prix series, he won bronze at the 2006 Trophée Éric Bompard and placed 8th at the 2006 Cup of Russia. He was awarded bronze at the 2007 Russian Championships and placed 18th at the 2007 European Championships in Warsaw after ranking 15th in the short and 19th in the free.

In August 2007, Dobrin relocated to Saint Petersburg to train under Alexei Mishin.[1] He placed 5th at the 2007 NHK Trophy. He withdrew from the 2008 Russian Championships and finished 13th at the 2009 Russian Championships. In 2009, he left Mishin and joined Victoria Volchkova in Moscow. After placing 12th at the 2010 Russian Championships, Dobrin retired from competition. He worked as a coach in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Oblast from 2011 to 2014 and then relocated to Krasnodar.[3]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2007–08
[1]
2005–07
[4][5]
  • The Mask of Zorro
    by James Horner
2004–05
[6]
2003–04
[7]
  • Freedom to Move
    (Suite No. 4 in D-minor)
    by George Frideric Handel
  • The Phantom of the Opera on Ice
    by Robert Danova
2002–03
[8]
2001–02
[8]

2000–01
[9]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[10]
Event 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10
Worlds17th
Europeans15th18th
GP Bompard7th3rd
GP Cup of Russia10th8th
GP NHK Trophy5th
Finlandia Trophy3rd
International: Junior[10]
Junior Worlds12th5th8th3rd
JGP Final2nd2nd5th5th
JGP Bulgaria7th
JGP Croatia3rd
JGP Czech Rep.2nd2nd
JGP Germany1st
JGP Italy1st
JGP Romania2nd
JGP Serbia3rd
JGP Sweden6th
JGP Ukraine2nd
EYOF1st
National[3]
Russian Champ.9th7th6th5th3rd3rdWD13th12th
Russian Junior9th1st6th2nd2nd3rd
WD: Withdrew

References
  1. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008.
  2. "Interview with Sergei Dobrin, Russian Nationals 2007, Mytishchi". figureskating-online. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012.
  3. "Сергей Владимирович Добрин" [Sergei Vladimirovich Dobrin] (in Russian). fskate.ru. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
  4. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007.
  5. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.
  6. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005.
  7. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004.
  8. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 June 2003.
  9. "Sergei DOBRIN: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2001.
  10. "Competition Results: Sergei DOBRIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
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