Roman Andreyevich Savosin (russian: Роман Андреевич Савосин, born 4 December 1999) is a Russian

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. He is the 2019 Junior World silver medalist, the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist, and 2016 JGP France champion.

Career

Savosin began learning to skate in 2003.

2015–2016 season

After winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships, he was selected to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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. He qualified for the free skate in Hungary by placing thirteenth in the short program and went on to finish fourteenth overall.

2016–2017 season

Savosin received his first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment in the 2016–17 season. Ranked second in both segments, he won the gold medal in

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, France, by a margin of 7.74 points over his teammate

Ilia Skirda Ilia Valeryevich Skirda (russian: Илья Валерьевич Скирда, born 21 September 2002) is a Russian figure skater who competes in men's singles. He has won two silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. Career Skirda ska ...

. After winning bronze at his second JGP event, in

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, Czech Republic, he qualified to the JGP Final. Savosin's senior international debut came in late September and early October 2016 at a Challenger Series (CS) event, the

Ondrej Nepela Memorial The Nepela Memorial ( sk, Memoriál Ondreja Nepelu), formerly known as the Ondrej Nepela Trophy in 2013–15 & 2017 and the Ondrej Nepela Memorial, is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition. Named after Figure skating at t ...

. He placed fifth in the short and second in the free skate to win the bronze medal with a personal best score of 222.37 points, behind Sergei Voronov and Kevin Reynolds. In November, he outscored Anton Shulepov for gold at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy after placing second in the short and first in the free skate. Competing at the 2016–17 JGP Final, held in December in

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, he placed third in the short, fourth in the free, and fourth overall.

2017–2018 season

Savosin started his season by competing in the 2017 JGP series. He first won the silver medal in

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, and then he placed fourth in

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. In November he placed fourth at the

2017 CS Warsaw Cup The 2017 CS Warsaw Cup was a senior international figure skating competition, held in November 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ...

. In December 2017 Savosin placed tenth at the 2018 Russian Championships. In January 2018 he won the silver medal at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships after placing sixth in the short program and second in the free skate. In March 2018 Savosin competed at the 2018 Junior Worlds where he placed fifth after placing twelfth in the short program and fifth in the free skate.

2018–2019 season

Savosin started his season by competing in the 2018 JGP series. At his first JGP event of the season he placed fifth in

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. At his second JGP event he won the bronze medal in

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. In late November Savosin finished fifth at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy. At the 2019 Russian Championships, he placed 12th. A month later, Savosin to earn the bronze medal at junior nationals and qualify for 2019 World Junior Championships. In the 2019 World Junior Championships, he finished sixth in the short and first in the free, with a total of 229.28 points, Savosin won silver medal.

2019–2020 season

Competing in his first senior

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, Savoisin finished twelfth at the

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2020–2021 season

Savosin debuted at the senior Russian test skates after recovering from injury. Competing on the domestic Cup of Russia series, he won the silver medal at the first stage in

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and came sixth at the fourth stage in

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. With the

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continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to run the

based primarily on geographic location. Savosin was assigned to the

2020 Rostelecom Cup The 2020 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia on November 20–22. Medals wer ...

, where he placed eighth in both segments and overall. Savosin withdrew from the 2021 Russian Championships after contracting

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2021–2022 season

Savosin finished in fifteenth place at the 2022 Russian Championships.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

Detailed results

''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''

References

External links

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