Adian Pitkeev

Background

Adian Pitkeev was born on 16 May 1998 in Moscow. After watching Alexei Yagudin at the 2002 Olympics, Pitkeev expressed interest in skating to his mother, who brought him to an ice rink.

Career

Olga Volobueva coached him until 2009. He then joined Eteri Tutberidze"s group at Olympic School Number. 37.

2012-2013 season

Pitkeev debuted internationally in the 2012-2013 season, placing sixth in the United States and eighth in Slovenia on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series.

At the Russian Nationals, he was 15th in his senior-level debut and then fourth behind Alexander Petrov on the junior level

2013-2014 season

2014-2015 season

Pitkeev began the 2014-2015 season with a bronze medal at the 2014 Lombardia Trophy, an International Skating Union Challenger Series (CS) event and his first senior international. He finished sixth at both of his Grand Prix assignments, the 2014 Skate America and 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard.

Returning to junior competition, he placed 5th overall, just ahead of teammate Alexander Petrov, at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. 2015-2016 season

Pitkeev started the 2015-2016 season on the Challenger Series, placing fourth at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

A recipient of two Grand Prix invitations, he placed 5th at the 2015 Skate America before winning his first General Practice medal, silver, at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup.

In December, he was awarded the bronze medal at a CS event, the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb, behind Adam Rippon of the United States. Later that month, he placed 3rd in the short, 11th in the free, and 9th overall at the 2016 Russian Championships. He competed with a back injury at the Russian nationals and had to take painkillers.

In March of 2016, Pitkeev left his longtime coaches, Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov, to train at CSKA Moscow under Elena Buianova.

Achievements

• The 2015 Russian national bronze medalist, he has won one medal on the Grand Prix series and two on the International Skating Union Challenger Series. On the junior level, he is the 2014 World Junior silver medalist, the 2013-2014 JGP Final silver medalist, and the 2013 European Youth Olympic champion. He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival. In the 2013-2014 season, Pitkeev won the silver medal in Riga, Latvia, and then gold in Gdańsk, Poland competing on the 2013 JGP series. He qualified for his first Junior Grand Prix Final and won the silver medal in Fukuoka, Japan. At the Russian Championships, Pitkeev placed fifth in his second appearance on the senior level and then won the junior title, finishing 1.88 points ahead of Petrov. At the 2014 World Junior Championships, Pitkeev won the silver medal after placing seventh in the short and second in the free skate. Having won the bronze medal at the Russian Nationals, he was selected to compete at the 2015 European Championships and finished 7th.