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Harley Windsor (''
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'' Dahlstrom-Windsor; born 22 October 1996) is an Australian
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 ...
. With his former skating partner,
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 ...
, he is the 2017 Junior World Champion, the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medallist, the 2018 CS U.S. Classic bronze medallist and a two-time Australian national champion (2016, 2018).


Personal life

Harley Dahlstrom-Windsor was born on 22 October 1996 in
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, and was raised in
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. The youngest child of Josie and Peter Dahlstrom, he has eight half-siblings from his parents' earlier marriages. He is of
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heritage; His mother, raised near Gulargambone, has Weilwyn and
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ancestry, and his father, from
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, is of Gamilaraay, Ngarrable, and
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descent.


Skating career


Early career

Windsor began skating in 2005 after an ice rink in
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caught his interest. Galina and Andrei Pachin began coaching him in
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in late 2006. After competing in singles, he began learning pairs and passing qualifying tests with partners from
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.


Teaming up with Alexandrovskaya

Responding to a query from the Pachins, Russia-based coach
Nina Mozer Nina Mikhailovna Mozer (russian: Нина Михайловна Мозер; born 28 August 1964) is a Russian pair skating coach based in Moscow. She is best known for coaching Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, ...
suggested a tryout between
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 ...
and Windsor in Moscow. The two began skating together in December 2015. Observing the tryout, the coaches believed that the skaters would make a good match due to similar techniques and body types. Alexandrovskaya was released by Russia after a request from the Australian skating association, with help from Mozer.


2016–2017 season

During the season, Alexandrovskaya/Windsor were coached by the Pachins in
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and by Andrei Hekalo and Nina Mozer in Moscow. Their international debut came in early September 2016 at the
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(JGP) in
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,
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. Ranked 6th in the short program and 9th in the free skate, the pair finished 8th overall. Later that month, the two competed at a JGP event in
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,
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. They were awarded the gold medal ahead of three Russian pairs after placing third in the short and first in the free. They finished as the first substitutes for the JGP Final in
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, France. Alexandrovskaya/Windsor made their senior debut in October 2016 at a Challenger Series event, the
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; they placed sixth and obtained the minimum technical scores to compete at senior-level ISU Championships. In December, the pair placed 5th in France at the JGP Final, to which they were called up as replacements for Russia's Ekaterina Borisova /
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. Windsor tore his
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tendon in January 2017. The following month, the pair placed 11th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in
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, South Korea. In March, Alexandrovskaya/Windsor competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in
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, Taiwan. Ranked third in the short program and second in the free skate, they finished first overall, outscoring the silver medallists,
Aleksandra Boikova Aleksandra Igorevna Boikova (russian: Александра Игоревна Бойкова, born 20 January 2002) is a Russian pair skater. With her skating partner, Dmitrii Kozlovskii, she is the 2020 European champion, the 2021 World bronze m ...
/
Dmitrii Kozlovskii Dmitrii Eduardovich Kozlovskii (formerly Nekhviadovich; russian: Дмитрий Эдуардович Козловский (Нехвядович), born 23 December 1999) is a Russian pair skater. With his skating partner, Aleksandra Boikova, he i ...
of Russia, by 2.05 points. They became the first skaters representing Australia to win gold at one of the
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and the first to finish on a podium at Junior Worlds since
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, when
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/
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took the pairs' bronze medal. A couple of weeks later, the pair competed at the senior-level
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, which took place in
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, Finland. They qualified to the free skate and went on to finish 16th.


2017–2018 season

In early September, Alexandrovskaya/Windsor finished fourth at the 2017 JGP in
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, Latvia. Later in the month, they competed at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ranked fourth in the short program and third in the free skate, they won their first senior international medal, bronze. Their result also allowed them to become the first Australian pair skaters to compete at the Olympics since
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/
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's appearance at the
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in
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. In October, Alexandrovskaya/Windsor placed first in both segments at the JGP event in
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, Poland; they were awarded the gold medal and qualified to the JGP Final in
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, Japan. In December, they won gold at the final, becoming the first Australian champions in the event's history. In January, Alexandrovskaya/Windsor finished 6th overall at the 2018 Four Continents Championships in
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, Taiwan. They were awarded a small silver medal for their performance in the short program. In February, the two represented Australia at the
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in
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, South Korea. Windsor became the first Indigenous Australian to compete at the
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. Ranked 18th in the short program, Alexandrovskaya/Windsor were not among the 16 pairs who advanced to the free skate. They were more successful at the 2018 World Championships in
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, Italy, placing 15th in the short program and 16th overall. At the
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Windsor was named Best New Sports Talent.


2018–2019 season

Alexandrovskaya/Windsor moved to
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to train with coaches Richard Gauthier and
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. Despite beginning the season with a bronze medal at the 2018 CS U.S. Classic, the move was unsuccessful, and both struggled with health and fitness concerns. They finished sixth at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, and then made their senior
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debut, finishing seventh of eight teams at both
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and
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. Windsor developed a chronic foot inflammation that compelled them to miss both the
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and
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.


2019–2020 season

After their unsuccessful season, Alexandrovskaya/Windsor moved back to Sydney and were joined there by former coach Andrei Khekalo. After months of experimentation, a solution was found for Windsor's foot inflammation that allowed them to resume training on ice. Alexandrovskaya/Windsor placed ninth at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, and then finished seventh at the
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, their lone
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assignment. On February 26, 2020, Windsor announced that he and Alexandrovskaya had dissolved their partnership due to Alexandrovskaya's ongoing health issues. Five months later, Aleksandrovskaya died by suicide.


2020–2021 & 2021–2022 seasons

Windsor did not compete during the 2020-2021 season. In August 2021, he was listed in the start list for a Russian club competition with a new partner, Maria Chernyshova. Chernyshova/Windsor made their international debut for Australia at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb in December 2021.


Programs

With Alexandrovskaya


Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:
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Pairs with Chernyshova


Pairs with Alexandrovskaya


Men's singles


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Windsor, Harley 1996 births Australian male pair skaters Indigenous Australian Olympians Living people Figure skaters from Sydney Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Australia World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists