Background
Gordei Olegovich Gorshkov was born on 11 February 1993 in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia, the son of former competitive figure skaters.
Gordei Olegovich Gorshkov was born on 11 February 1993 in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia, the son of former competitive figure skaters.
He is the 2013 Winter Universiade silver medalist, the 2013 Ice Challenge bronze medalist, and a four-time medalist on the International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix series. She and his father, Oleg Gorshkov, also competed together in pair skating, winning bronze at the 1985 Winter Universiade. Gorshkov made his International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2007 event in Bulgaria, finishing 8th.
He qualified for the JGP Final where he finished 8th.
The next season, Gorshkov took silver in his sole JGP event. He was coached by Alexei Urmanov for a number of years.
In autumn 2012, Gorshkov decided to try pair skating. Gorshkov finished 5th at the 2015 Russian Championships and 4th at the 2016 Russian Championships.
His mother, Svetlana Frantsuzova, is the 1980 Prize of Moscow News champion, the 1981 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and competed at the 1979 Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Trophy. He won a pair of bronze medals during the 2009 JGP series. Gorshkov won a silver medal and placed 4th at his JGP events in 2010. He won bronze at the 2011 Russian Junior Championships and was sent to the 2011 Junior Worlds, where he ranked 9th. He chose to return to single skating and made his senior international debut at the 2013 Ice Challenge where he won the bronze medal. He then won silver at the 2013 Winter Universiade.
