Alexander Sergeyevich Korovin (russian: Александр Сергеевич Коровин, born 15 February 1994) is a Russian

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. As of October 2022, he competes with Isabella Gamez for the Philippines. Earlier in his career, he represented Russia with

Alisa Efimova Alisa Borisovna Efimova (russian: Алиса Борисовна Ефимова, born 8 June 1999) is a Finnish-Russian pair skater. Competing for Germany with Ruben Blommaert, she is the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo silver medalist. Earlier in her ...

. The pair won one Grand Prix medal, silver at the

2018 Skate America The 2018 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington on October 19–21. ...

, and five medals on the

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...

, including gold at the

2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2018 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf. It is part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance ...

and

2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held in December 2018 as part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Entries The International Skat ...

Personal life

Korovin was born in

Pervouralsk Pervouralsk (russian: Первоура́льск, lit. ''the first in the Urals'') is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Chusovaya River (Kama's tributary) west of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Populatio ...

, Russia.

Career

Early years

Korovin began learning to skate in 1999. He switched from

single skating Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

pairs Concentration, also known as Memory, Shinkei-suijaku (Japanese meaning "nervous breakdown"), Matching Pairs, Match Match, Match Up, Pelmanism, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and tw ...

in 2010. Competing with his first partner, Alexandra Minina, he placed ninth at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships. He teamed up with

in 2014. Their international debut came in February 2016 at the

Hellmut Seibt Memorial The Hellmut Seibt Memorial is an international figure skating competition. Named after Austrian figure skater Hellmut Seibt, the event is generally held in February in Vienna, Austria. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, and pa ...

. They won the silver medal, finishing second to Italy's

Valentina Marchei Valentina Marchei (born 23 May 1986) is an Italian retired pair and single figure skater. As a singles skater, she is a five-time Italian national champion (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). Her highest ISU Championship placements were 4th at the ...

Ondřej Hotárek Ondřej Hotárek (born 25 January 1984) is a Czech-Italian pair skater and coach who began competing for Italy in 2006. He competed with Valentina Marchei until the end of their partnership in 2018. With former partner Stefania Berton, he is the ...

2016–2017 season

Coached by

Natalia Pavlova Natalia Yevgenievna Pavlova (russian: Наталья Евгеньевна Павлова, née Dongauzer, Донгаузер) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. Personal life Natalia Yevgenievna Dongauz ...

and

Alexander Zaitsev Alexander Zaytsev may refer to: *Alexander Zaytsev (artist), Alexander Dmitryevich Zaytsev (1903–1982), Russian painter and art educator *Alexander Zaytsev (pilot), Alexander Andreyevich Zaytsev (1911–1965), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the ...

in Moscow, Efimova/Korovin debuted on the

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series, placing seventh at the

2016 Rostelecom Cup The 2016 Rostelecom Cup was the third event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 4–5. Medals were award ...

in November. Later that month, the two received the silver medal at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy, having ranked second in the short program, first in the free skate, and second overall behind

Alina Ustimkina Alina Vladimirovna Ustimkina (russian: Алина Владимировна Устимкина, born 2 September 2000) is a Russian pair skater. With her former partner, Nikita Volodin, she is the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy champion and 2016 Youth Ol ...

Nikita Volodin Nikita Andreyevich Volodin (russian: Никита Андреевич Володин, born 29 June 1999) is a Russian pair skater. With his former partner, Alina Ustimkina, he is the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy champion and 2016 Youth Olympic bronze ...

of Russia. After placing eighth at the 2017 Russian Championships, they took silver at the

Cup of Tyrol The Cup of Tyrol is a figure skating competition held annually in March in Innsbruck, Austria. The inaugural edition was organized in 2016. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance on the seni ...

in March 2017.

2017–2018 season

Efimova/Korovin relocated to

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

to be coached by Oleg Vasiliev and

Tamara Moskvina Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina (, née Bratus, Братусь; born 26 June 1941) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater. Competing in pairs with Alexei Mishin, she became the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national ...

. In September, the pair placed fifth at their season opener, the

2017 CS Lombardia Trophy The 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition held in September 2017 in Bergamo, Italy. It was part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' si ...

and then won bronze at the

2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy The 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy was held in September 2017. It is an annual senior international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. Medals will be awarded in the disciplin ...

a week later. In November, they took silver at the

2017 CS Tallinn Trophy The 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition, held in November 2017 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. Its senior categories were part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded i ...

behind Australia's

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya (russian: Екатери́на Дми́триевна Алекса́ндровская; 1January 200018July 2020) was a Russian-Australian pair skater. With her skating partner, Harley Windsor, she was th ...

Harley Windsor Harley Windsor (''né'' Dahlstrom-Windsor; born 22 October 1996) is an Australian pair skater. With his former skating partner, Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, he is the 2017 Junior World Champion, the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2017 CS ...

. They had no

assignments. They finished ninth at the 2018 Russian Championships.

2018–2019 season

In September, Efimova/Korovin won their first international gold medal at their first event of the season, the

. Ranked fourth in the short program and first in the free skate, they outscored the silver medalists,

Alexa Scimeca Knierim Alexa Paige Knierim, née Scimeca (born June 10, 1991) is an American pair skater. With her skating partner, Brandon Frazier, she is the 2022 World champion, a 2022 Olympic silver medalist in the figure skating team event, the 2022 Grand Prix ...

Chris Knierim Christopher Knierim (born November 5, 1987) is an American former pair skater. With his wife, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, he is a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the figure skating team event, a two-time Four Continents medalist ( 2016 silver, 2014 b ...

, by 1.72 points. Efimova/Korovin competed at two Grand Prix events, the

and

2018 Rostelecom Cup The 2018 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held on November 16–18, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Medals were awarded in t ...

. In October, Efimova/Korovin won their first

medal, silver, at the

. Ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate, they won the silver medal behind their teammates

Evgenia Tarasova Evgenia Maksimovna Tarasova (russian: Евгения Максимовна Тарасова; born 17 December 1994) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Vladimir Morozov, she is the 2022 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World medalist (20 ...

/ Vladimir Morozov. In mid-November, they competed at the

, where they finished fifth after placing fourth in the short program and fifth in the free skate. In early December, Efimova/Korovin won their second Challenger Series gold medal of the season at the

. Ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, they again narrowly beat

. This time Efimova/Korovin beat them by 1.05 points. Efimova/Korovin scored their best score of 183.89 points at this event. At the 2019 Russian Championships, Efimova/Korovin placed sixth.

2019–2020 season

Beginning the season on the Challenger series, Efimova/Korovin were seventh at the

2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2019 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries ...

, then won the silver medal at the

2019 CS Finlandia Trophy The 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy was held in October 2019 in Espoo. It was part of the 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Internatio ...

. They finished eighth of eight teams at the

2019 Cup of China The 2019 SHISEIDO Cup of China was the fourth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chongqing, China from ...

. They placed fourth at the

2019 NHK Trophy The 2019 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan from November 22–24. Medals were award ...

. At the 2020 Russian Championships, Efimova/Korovin placed fourth in the short program. The free skate was a struggle, with them placing tenth in that segment and dropping to ninth place overall. It was announced afterward that they had split.

2020–2021 & 2021–2022 seasons

Korovin did not compete during the 2020–2021 and 2021–2022 seasons as he awaited his release from the

Figure Skating Federation of Russia The Figure Skating Federation of Russia (russian: Федерация фигурного катания на коньках России, lit. ''Figure Skating on Skates Federation of Russia'') is the national sport governing body for figure skating ...

. In August 2021, it was announced that he had teamed up with Filipina skater Isabella Gamez and that the two would be competing for the Philippines. Gamez and Korovin met and began training together in Florida in early 2021. For the 2021–2022 season, Gamez and Korovin focused on their training at

Hertz Arena Hertz Arena is a 7,181-seat multi-purpose arena in Estero, Florida, which is located between Miromar Lakes, Florida and Bonita Springs, Florida. The arena opened in November 1998 and serves as the home of the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. Hi ...

with Coach

Marina Zoueva Marina Olegovna Zoueva or Zueva (russian: Марина Олеговна Зуева; born 9 April 1956) is a Russian figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor in ice dancing. Representing the Soviet Union with Andrei Vitman, she ...

and her team in

Estero, Florida Estero is a village in Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,939. During the 2010 census, Estero was an unincorporated community, or census-designated place, the population at that time was 22,612. Est ...

2022-2023 season

The Korovin/Gamez pair made their debut at the

2022 CS Finlandia Trophy The 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy was held on October 4–9, 2022 in Espoo, Finland. It was part of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Entries The I ...

, where they placed ninth after two years of inactivity. In their second competition together, Gamez and Korovin achieved a historical milestone for the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. They won the first-ever medal for Philippine pairs skating in an international competition, a silver medal at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur in Nice, France. They also qualified for the 2023 Four Continents Championships.

Programs

With Gamez

With Efimova

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series''

With Gamez for the Philippines

With Efimova for Russia

With Minina

Detailed results

With Gamez for the Phillipines With Efimova for Russia

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korovin, Alexander 1994 births Russian male pair skaters Living people People from Pervouralsk Figure skaters from Moscow Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in figure skating Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Filipino male pair skaters