Sergei Anatolyevich Karev (russian: Сергей Анатольевич Карев, born 31 March 1986) is a Russian retired

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 former partner Arina Ushakova, he is the 2005 Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist and

2007 Winter Universiade The 2007 Winter Universiade, the XXIII Winter Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy from January 17 to 27, 2007. Opening ceremony The Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Winter Universiade Torino 2007 was held with a cast of acrobats, circus performe ...

bronze medalist. They placed 5th at the 2008 European Championships.

Career

Early in his pairs career, Karev competed with Daria Kaziutchitz. They placed 9th at the 2005 Russian Championships and 5th at the Russian Junior Championships. In 2005, Karev teamed up with Arina Ushakova, with whom he trained in

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. Originally coached by

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, ...

, the pair switched to

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 ...

ahead of the 2007–08 season. Ushakova/Karev won the bronze medal at the 2008 Russian Nationals and were sent to the 2008 European Championships where they finished 5th. In the long program, they had a fall on a lift but were not injured. They split at the end of the season.

Programs

(with Ushakova)

Results

''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 ...

With Ushakova

With Kaziutchitz

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karev, Sergei Russian male pair skaters Living people 1986 births Figure skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Universiade medalists in figure skating Sportspeople from Lipetsk Universiade bronze medalists for Russia