Maxim Nekrasov

Maxim Alexandrovich Nekrasov was born on 27 September 2000 in Odintsovo, Russia.^[1]

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Nekrasov began learning to skate in 2004.^[1] He trained as a single skater until 2010; he then switched to ice dancing. He and his first partner, Polina Velikanova, competed together during the 2011–2012 season. He skated the following season with Maria Oleynik.

Nekrasov and Polina Kalinina skated two seasons together, 2013–2014 and 2014–2015. In 2015, he teamed up with Arina Ushakova. They were coached by Alexei Gorshkov and Maxim Bolotin.

Ushakova/Nekrasov received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2016–2017 season. They won bronze medals at both events, competing in late August in Ostrava, Czech Republic and in October in Dresden, Germany.

In November 2016, they won the silver medal at the 2016 Ice Star. They placed seventh at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships.

Competing in the 2017 JGP series, Ushakova/Nekrasov took bronze in August in Minsk, Belarus. They won their first JGP gold medal in October at the event in Egna, Italy, beating the silver medalists, their teammates Polishchuk/Vakhnov, by about two points.^[2] With these results they qualified for the 2017–18 JGP Final, where they placed fifth.

In January 2018, Ushakova/Nekrasov took the bronze medal at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance. In March, they won bronze at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, having placed third in both segments.

Ushakova/Nekrasov started their season by competing in the 2018 JGP series. At their first JGP event of the season, they won the gold medal in Kaunas, Lithuania. They were ranked first in both the rhythm dance and the free dance and won the gold medal by a margin of more than 6 points over the silver medalists, Nguyen/Kolesnik.^[3] Their rhythm dance, free dance and combined total scores at that competition were the highest scores achieved in an international junior ice dance competition at the time, though since surpassed.

At their second JGP event of the season, they won another gold medal, now in Yerevan, Armenia. Again they were ranked first in both the short program and the free skate. Ushakova/Nekrasov also upgraded their earlier short program, free skate, and combined total World record scores. With two JGP gold medals, they qualified for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final. At the Final, Ushakova/Nekrasov won the silver medal after placing second in the rhythm dance and first in the free dance. They were part of a Russian sweep of the ice dance podium. Ushakova/Nekrasov beat the bronze medalists, Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov, by about 6 points, but the race for the gold medal was extremely tight. The gold medalists, Shevchenko/Eremenko, beat Ushakova/Nekrasov by a margin of only 0.01 points.^[4]

Following the Final, Ushakova/Nekrasov were again defeated by Shevchenko/Eremenko at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, winning the silver medal after second-place finishes in both segments. They won the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup in late February.

Their final event of the season was the 2019 World Junior Championships, where they unexpectedly placed fourth in the rhythm dance after hitting only two of the eight key points on the tango pattern dance.^[5] They dropped to fifth place overall after placing fifth in the free dance.^[6]

Ushakova/Nekrasov missed the first half of the season, including the Junior Grand Prix, due to Nekrasov undergoing and recovering from leg surgery. They returned to competition with a victory at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and then competed at the Russian Junior Championships, where they placed second behind Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy. Their silver medal at junior nationals led to their being assigned to compete at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. They placed fourth in the rhythm dance, hitting only three of the eight key points on the Teatime Foxtrot pattern dance.^[7] Fourth in the free dance, they finished fourth overall.^[8]

With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the cancellation of the international junior season, Ushakova/Nekrasov competed exclusively domestically. In their final junior event, they won the gold medal at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships.^[9]

Ushakova and Nekrasov moved to the senior level. They withdrew from the Russian test skates, citing medical reasons.^[10] It was subsequently reported that Ushakova had contracted COVID-19.^[11]

Appearing at their first senior Russian championships, Ushakova/Nekrasov placed seventh.^[12]

In 2022, Nekrasov teamed up with Elizaveta Pasechnik^[13]. Together they won a bronze and a silver medal at stages of the Russian Grand Prix^[14][15] and placed third at the Russian Championships^[16].

In September 2023 Nekrasov teamed up with Vasilisa Kaganovskaia and began training under Alexei Gorshkov and Anjelika Krylova^[17]. During this season, Kaganovskaia/Nekrasov did not compete in official events and appeared only in exhibitions and ice shows.

In October 2024, Kaganovskaia/Nekrasov made their debut at the N.A. Panin-Kolomenkin Memorial^[18]. The following month they competed in the third and fifth stages of the Russian Grand Prix, winning silver medals at both events^[19][20].

In December they competed at the Russian Championship, where they placed fourth^[21]. In February they took part in the Russian Grand Prix Final, winning the gold medal^[22].

During 2025–2026 season, Kaganovskaia/Nekrasov placed first and second at stages of the Russian Grand Prix^[23][24]. In December, at the Russian Championships in Saint Petersburg, they won the silver medal, finishing behind only Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin^[25].

In March they participated in the Russian Grand Prix Final, placing second in the rhythm dance, second in the free dance and second overall^[26].

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2025–2026	Breathe by The Prodigy Angel by Massive Attack Firestarter by The Prodigy	Rain, In your Black Eyes by Ezio Bosso	No Time to Die by Billie Eilish Please Be A Little Weaker (Будь пожалуйста послабее) by Alexey Vorobyov Harley Quinn and Joker (Харли Квин и Джокер) The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2024–2025	Trouble Fever by Elvis Presley Tutti Frutti by Les Greenes	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven	The Master and Margarita by Igor Kornelyuk I Don't Believe You (Я тебе не верю) by Grigory Leps and Irina Allegrova Please Be A Little Weaker (Будь пожалуйста послабее) by Alexey Vorobyov Venom Harley Quinn and Joker (Харли Квин и Джокер)

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2022–2023	Paxi Ni Ngongo by Bonga Gasolina by Daddy Yankee, feat. Glory	Dark conscience by Tommee Profitt Mad World by 2WEI, feat. Tommee Profitt and Fleurie

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2020–2021	Charleston, Foxtrot, Swing: All That Jazz (from Chicago) by John Kander & Fred Ebb performed by Catherine Zeta-Jones	Kill Bill soundtrack
2019–2020 [27]		Milord performed by Édith Piaf
2018–2019 [1]	Tango: Libertango by Astor Piazzolla performed by Bond Flamenco: Flamenco by Valeri Dolgin	Black Cat, White Cat performed by Goran Bregović
	Short dance
2017–2018 [28]	Cha cha: Chilly Cha Cha Rhumba: Love the Way You Lie Salsa: Cuba	Be Italian (from Nine) performed by Fergie	Confessa by Adriano Celentano
2016–2017 [29]	Blues: Natural Blues by Paolo Nutini Hip hop: Let Me Clear My Throat by DJ Kool	The Gypsies of Nagyida by Imre Czomba
2015–2016	Starlight Waltz: Libiamo ne' lieti calici from La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi	Chicago by John Kander, Fred Ebb Nowadays All That Jazz

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2014–2015		Chaplin medley

(with Ushakova)

• Set the junior-level ice dancing record of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system for the combined total (168.17 points), rhythm dance (67.63 points) and free dance (100.54 points) at the 2018 JGP Lithuania.
• They became the first junior team to score above 100 points in the free dance at the 2018 JGP Lithuania.
• Upgraded their junior-level ice dancing record for the combined total (172.81 points), rhythm dance (69.18 points) and free dance (103.63 points) at the 2018 JGP Armenia.
• They became the first junior team to score above 170 points at the 2018 JGP Armenia.

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

National
Event	24-25	25-26
Russian Champ.	4th	2nd
Russian GP Final	1st	2nd
Russian GP Stage 1		1st
Russian GP Stage 2		2nd
Russian GP Stage 3	2nd
Russian GP Stage 5	2nd
N.A. Panin Memorial	1st	1st
F.A. Klimov Comp.	1st

National
Event	22–23
Russian Champ.	3rd
Russian GP Stage 3	3rd
Russian GP Stage 6	2nd

International[30]
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
Junior Worlds			3rd	5th	4th
JGP Final			5th	2nd
JGP Armenia				1st
JGP Belarus			3rd
JGP Czech Republic		3rd
JGP Germany		3rd
JGP Italy			1st
JGP Lithuania				1st
Golden Spin					1st J
Ice Star		2nd J
Open Ice Mall Cup				1st J
Tallinn Trophy	5th J
National[31]
Russian Champ.							7th
Russian Jr. Champ.		7th	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned

Event	14–15 (PK)
National[31]
Russian Cup 3	12th J
Russian Cup 4	9th J
J = Junior