Alexander Grachev

{{short description|Russian former competitive ice dancer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Alexander Grachev

|image= Anastasia Platonova Alexander Grachev 2009 Rostelecom Cup.JPG

|caption= Platonova/Grachev in 2009.

|fullname= Alexander Pavlovich Grachev

|altname=

|country= Russia

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|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1984|7|28|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

|hometown=

|residence=

|height= {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}}

|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

|show-medals= yes

| medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }}

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Alexander Pavlovich Grachev ({{langx|ru|Александр Павлович Грачёв}}, born 28 July 1984) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Elena Romanovskaya, he is the 2004 World Junior champion.

Career

From 1999 to 2006, Grachev competed with Elena Romanovskaya, with whom he won the 2004 World Junior title.

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 =

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Season

! Original dance

! Free dance

2009–2010

| Dagestan folk dance:

Lezginka

Fantasie for piano in D minor
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2008–2009

Blues: St. James Infirmary Blues
Swing: Woodside Riot

Nocturne
by Arno Babadganian

= With Romanovskaya =

2005–2006 \| Rhumba: Cantinero de Cuba Cha cha: Santa Esmeralda Samba \| Flamenco Music by Gypsy Kings
class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Original dance ! Free dance
2004–2005 \| Slow foxtrot Quickstep: Jumpin Jack by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy \| Music Was my First Love
2003–2004 \| Blues Rock'n Roll \| Libertango by Ástor Piazzolla
2002–2003 \| Masquerade Waltz by Aram Khachaturian Galop \| Holding Out for a Hero Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler
2001–2002 \| Flamenco Tango Felicia \| GoldenEye
2000–2001 \| Foxtrot: Sixteen Tons Quickstep \| Blues Jumping Jack Disco
1999–2000 \| Latin mix \| Riverdance
1998–1999 \| Beware of the Car by Andrey Petrov \| Romeo & Juliet

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

= With Platonova =

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! 2007–08 ! 2008–09 ! 2009–10
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Cup of Russia		7th	5th
align=left \| Finlandia Trophy		bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| NRW Trophy		bgcolor=gold \| 1st
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center \| National
align=left \| Russian Championships	5th	5th	7th

= With Romanovskaya =

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! {{tooltip\|99–00\|1999–2000}} ! {{tooltip\|00–01\|2000–2001}} ! 01–02 ! 02–03 ! 03–04 ! 04–05 ! 05–06
align=left \| World Champ.							23rd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} NHK Trophy							6th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate America						11th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate Canada							5th
align=left \| Winter Universiade						4th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center \| International: Junior
align=left \| World Junior Champ.		6th	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Final		5th	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Germany		bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Italy				bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Japan					bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Netherlands			bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Poland		bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Slovakia				bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Sweden			bgcolor=gold \| 1st
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center \| National
align=left \| Russian Champ.						4th	4th
align=left \| Russian Jr. Champ.	7th	4th	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd

References

{{Reflist|30em|refs=

{{cite web |url= http://figureskating.sportresult.com/Bios/RUS/2016/0/51700/MEN/TO/5062 |title= Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV |publisher= International Skating Union |access-date= 2017-04-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170422085216/http://figureskating.sportresult.com/Bios/RUS/2016/0/51700/MEN/TO/5062 |archive-date= 2017-04-22 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005062.htm |title= Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2000/2001 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010428230257/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005062.htm |archive-date= 28 April 2001 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005062.htm |title= Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2001/2002 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20020810201342/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005062.htm |archive-date= 10 August 2002 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005062.htm |title= Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2002/2003 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030618202712/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005062.htm |archive-date= 18 June 2003 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005062.htm |title= Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2003/2004 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040603133128/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005062.htm |archive-date= 3 June 2004 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005062.htm |title= Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2004/2005 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050309222116/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005062.htm |archive-date= 9 March 2005 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005062.htm |title= Elena ROMANOVSKAYA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2005/2006 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061117092324/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005062.htm |archive-date= 17 November 2006 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00011008.htm |title= Competition Results: Anastasia PLATONOVA / Alexander GRACHEV |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232130/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00011008.htm |archive-date= 3 March 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url= http://isufs.org/bios/isufs00011008.htm |title= Anastasia PLATONOVA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2008/2009 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090228045153/http://isufs.org/bios/isufs00011008.htm |archive-date= 28 February 2009 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011008.htm |title= Anastasia PLATONOVA / Alexander GRACHEV: 2009/2010 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100307184247/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011008.htm |archive-date= 7 March 2010 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite web|url=http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-188677-205899-133278-0-file,00.pdf |title=World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance |publisher=International Skating Union |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221354/http://www.isuskating.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-188677-205899-133278-0-file%2C00.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-04 }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.ice-dance.com/rg/programs.html |title= Programs |publisher= Romanovskaya/Grachev at ice-dance.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061025133612/http://www.ice-dance.com/rg/programs.html |archive-date= 25 October 2006 |url-status=unfit }}

}}

External links

{{isu name | id=00011008 | name= Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev}}
{{isu name | id=00005062 | name= Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061025092214/http://www.ice-dance.com/rg/ Romanovskaya / Grachev official site]

Category:Russian male ice dancers

Category:Figure skaters from Moscow

Category:Living people

Category:1984 births

Category:World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists

Category:Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade

Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! 2007–08 ! 2008–09 ! 2009–10
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Cup of Russia		7th	5th
align=left \| Finlandia Trophy		bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| NRW Trophy		bgcolor=gold \| 1st
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center \| National
align=left \| Russian Championships	5th	5th	7th

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! {{tooltip\|99–00\|1999–2000}} ! {{tooltip\|00–01\|2000–2001}} ! 01–02 ! 02–03 ! 03–04 ! 04–05 ! 05–06
align=left \| World Champ.							23rd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} NHK Trophy							6th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate America						11th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate Canada							5th
align=left \| Winter Universiade						4th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center \| International: Junior
align=left \| World Junior Champ.		6th	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Final		5th	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Germany		bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Italy				bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Japan					bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Netherlands			bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Poland		bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Slovakia				bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| {{small\|JGP}} Sweden			bgcolor=gold \| 1st
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center \| National
align=left \| Russian Champ.						4th	4th
align=left \| Russian Jr. Champ.	7th	4th	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd