Dias Jirenbayev

Jirenbayev was born on 3 October 2003 in Taraz, Kazakhstan.^[3] He and his family eventually moved to Astana.^[4]

He is currently a student at the Kazakh Academy of Sports & Tourism.^[5]

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Jirenbayev began figure skating in 2012 at the age of nine. He initially trained at the Astana Palace of School Children, where he was coached by Vladimir Victorovich Rudi.^[4] In addition, Svetlana Chernikova also coached him during his childhood.^[6]

Prior to the season, Jirenbayev left the Astana Palace of School Children and began training at the Astana Diamond Skates instead. It was there where Aygul Shavaleeva and Georgi Klochko would become his new coaches.^[6] Debuting on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, he finished fifteenth at 2019 JGP Russia. He then competed on the junior level at the 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.^[7]

He did not compete internationally during the 2020–21 figure skating season due to the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit being cancelled as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

Prior to the start of the season, the Denis Ten Academy was founded and Jirenbayev decided to transfer on over to the new skating club. Former Russian figure skater, Sergei Voronov, who had been appointed to head coach of the club, became Jirenbayev's new coach.^[4]

He began the season by competing on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing ninth at 2021 JGP Slovakia.^[7]

Due to Kazakhstan having no Olympic berths obtained during the 2021 World Championships, Jirenbayev was sent to compete at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying event for the 2022 Winter Olympics. At the event, Jirenbayev placed twenty-seventh, failing to qualify a spot for Kazakhstani men's singles skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[7][9][10]

Jirenbayev went on to compete at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and the 2021 Santa Claus Cup, placing tenth and fifth, respectively. Selected to compete at the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Jirenbayev finished thirteenth at the event. He then closed the season by winning bronze at the 2022 Sofia Trophy.^[7]

Jirenbayev started the season by competing on the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing ninth at 2022 JGP Italy. He subsequently competed on the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series, finishing second at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and ninth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Between the two events, Jirenbayev also won the bronze medal at the 2022 Denkova-Staviski Cup.^[7]

Selected to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games, Jirenbayev placed eleventh at the event. One month later, he competed at the 2023 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, where he finished sixteenth. He then closed the season with a sixteenth-place finish at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.^[7]

Following the season, Jirenbayev's coach, Sergei Voronov, made the decision to resign as head coach of the Denis Ten Academy. As such, Oksana Ten, mother of the late Denis Ten and the then vice-president of the National Skating Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, became Jirenbayev's new coach.^[3][11]

Beginning the season by competing on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, Jirenbayev finished twelfth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy, thirteenth at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and sixteenth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup. He then finished fourth at the 2023 Volvo Open Cup.^[7]

Selected to compete at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China, Jirenbayev placed sixteenth at the event. He then concluded the season by winning gold at the 2024 Coupe du Printemps.^[7]

Jirenbayev started the season with a ninth-place finish at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy. He subsequently competed on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifteenth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, ninth at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and thirteenth at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial.^[7]

In mid-December, Jirenbayev won the gold medal at the 2025 Kazakhstani Championships. He then went on to place fourteenth at the 2025 Winter World University Games and ninth at the 2025 Asian Winter Games.^[7]

Jirenbayev subsequently finished the season by placing nineteenth at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.^[7]

Jirenbayev opened the season by finishing sixth at the 2025 Asian Open Trophy.^[7]

In January, Jirenbayev competed at the 2026 Four Continents Championships – he finished in 20th place.^[12]

When Olympic champion Mikhail Shaidorov opted to withdraw from the 2026 World Championships, Jirenbayev was called up to compete in his place. He finished thirty-fifth in the short program and did not qualify for the free skating segment. ^[13]

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2025–2026 [14]	Otoño Porteño (from Estaciones Porteñas) by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	Elegie Prelude in G minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Olga Orlova	My Song by Denis Ten
2024–2025 [15]	Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson and Delilah) by Camille Saint-Saëns I Belong to You by Muse choreo. by Olga Orlova	The Godfather by Nino Rota choreo. by Maxim Staviski	Ýaıymdama by ORYNKHAN
2023–2024 [3]	I Love You by Woodkid choreo. by Albena Denkova, Maxim Staviski	Chess by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus choreo. by Albena Denkova, Maxim Staviski
2022–2023 [16]	Fever Burning Love performed by Elvis Presley choreo. by Elena Radionova	Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Sergei Voronov
2021–2022 [17]	Ne me quitte pas by Jacques Brel	Home by Armand Amar
2019–2020 [6]	Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini choreo. by Aigul Shavaleyeeva	Friend Like Me (from Aladdin) performed by James Monroe Iglehart and Adam Jacobs choreo. by Aigul Shavaleyeeva
2018-2019	Masquerade Waltz by Khachaturian	Game of Thrones performed by 2Cellos

Competition placements at senior level ^[7][18]

Season	2018-19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025-26
World Championships								35th
Four Continents Championships				13th	16th	16th	19th	20th
Kazakh Championships	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd
CS Budapest Trophy						12th
CS Denis Ten Memorial				10th	2nd	13th	9th	11th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb					9th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy				27th			15th
CS Nepela Memorial							13th
CS Warsaw Cup						16th		17th
Asian Games							9th
Asian Open Trophy							9th	6th
Coupe du Printemps						1st
Denkova-Staviski Cup					3rd
NRW Trophy								4th
Santa Claus Cup				5th
Skate to Milano								14th
Sofia Trophy				3rd
Volvo Open Cup						4th
World University Games					11th		14th

Competition placements at junior level ^[7][18]

Season	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2021–22	2022–23
World Junior Championships						16th
Kazakh Championships	2nd	1st
JGP Italy						9th
JGP Russia				15th
JGP Slovakia					9th
Challenge Cup		11th
Children of Asia Games			11th
Christmas Cup			3rd
Denis Ten Memorial				6th

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[7]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	208.68	2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Short program	TSS	77.14	2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
	TES	40.91	2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
	PCS	36.23	2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Free skating	TSS	131.97	2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
	TES	62.89	2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
	PCS	73.94	2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[7]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 2-6, 2024	2024 Asian Open Trophy	8	68.43	9	117.84	9	186.27
Sep 19-21, 2024	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	11	69.60	17	114.37	15	183.97
Oct 3-5, 2024	2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	7	65.69	9	131.97	9	197.66
Oct 25-27, 2024	2024 CS Nepela Memorial	10	64.33	13	98.67	13	163.00
Dec 13-16, 2024	2025 Kazakh Championships	1	66.98	1	133.65	1	200.63
Jan 16–18, 2025	2025 Winter World University Games	17	62.28	14	123.81	14	186.09
Feb 19-23, 2025	2025 Four Continents Championships	20	52.97	19	113.37	19	166.34

Results in the 2025–26 season ^[7]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 1–5, 2025	2025 Asian Open Trophy	11	51.29	5	127.38	6	178.67
Sep 18-21, 2025	2025 ISU Skate to Milano	15	64.92	13	124.22	14	189.14
Oct 1-4, 2025	2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	7	77.14	12	131.54	11	208.68
Nov 13-16, 2025	2025 NRW Trophy	3	71.48	4	138.68	4	210.16
Nov 19–23, 2025	2025 CS Warsaw Cup	7	66.90	18	109.43	17	176.13
Dec 12-15, 2025	2026 Kazakh Championships	3	64.70	2	131.14	2	195.84
Mar 24–29, 2026	2026 World Championships	35	59.34	—N/a	—N/a	35	59.34