Alexander Grachev
Russian former competitive ice dancer
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Alexander Pavlovich Grachev (Russian: Александр Павлович Грачёв, born 28 July 1984) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Elena Romanovskaya, he is the 2004 World Junior champion.
FullnameAlexander Pavlovich Grachev
Born28 July 1984
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
CountryRussia
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| Full name | Alexander Pavlovich Grachev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1984 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Anastasia Platonova Elena Romanovskaya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Alexander Zhulin Oleg Volkov Svetlana Alexeeva Elena Kustarova Alexei Gorshkov Sergei Chemodanov Liudmila Vlasova Elena Kustarova Sergei Petukhov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Moskvich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
From 1999 to 2006, Grachev competed with Elena Romanovskaya, with whom he won the 2004 World Junior title.[1]
In 2007, Grachev teamed up with Anastasia Platonova. They were initially coached by Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva in Moscow. In the summer of 2009, they switched to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov. They decided to retire from competition in 2010.
Programs
With Platonova
| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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| 2009–2010 [2] |
Dagestan folk dance:
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| 2008–2009 [3] |
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With Romanovskaya
| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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| 2005–2006 [4] |
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| 2004–2005 [5] |
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| 2003–2004 [6] |
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| 2002–2003 [7] |
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| 2001–2002 [8] |
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| 2000–2001 [9] |
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| 1999–2000 [10] |
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| 1998–1999 [10] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Platonova
| International[11] | |||
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| Event | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 |
| GP Cup of Russia | 7th | 5th | |
| Finlandia Trophy | 2nd | 2nd | |
| NRW Trophy | 1st | ||
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| Russian Championships | 5th | 5th | 7th |
With Romanovskaya
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| Event | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 |
| World Champ. | 23rd | ||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 6th | ||||||
| GP Skate America | 11th | ||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 5th | ||||||
| Winter Universiade | 4th | ||||||
| International: Junior[12] | |||||||
| World Junior Champ. | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | |||
| JGP Final | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| JGP Germany | 3rd | ||||||
| JGP Italy | 2nd | ||||||
| JGP Japan | 2nd | ||||||
| JGP Netherlands | 1st | ||||||
| JGP Poland | 1st | ||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 1st | 1st | |||||
| JGP Sweden | 1st | ||||||
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| Russian Champ. | 4th | 4th | |||||
| Russian Jr. Champ. | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
