Hektor Giotopoulos Moore
{{short description|Australian pair skater}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia
| hometown = Sydney, Australia
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| partner = Anastasia Golubeva (since 2019)
| coach = Galina Pachin
| skating club = Sydney Figure Skating Club
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Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (born 25 June 2002) is an Australian pair skater. With his skating partner, Anastasia Golubeva, they are the 2022 Warsaw Cup champions and the 2023 Australian National champions.
On the junior level, Golubeva and Giotopoulos Moore are two-time World Junior silver medalists (2022 and 2023) and the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final champions.
Personal life
Giotopoulos Moore was born on June 25, 2002, in Melbourne, Australia to parents, Xanthippe and Marcus. His mother is of Greek descent and his father, an engineer, has UK & Austrian heritage. Giotopoulos Moore also has three siblings: Kassandra, the eldest; Davis, the second-born; and Alek, the youngest.{{cite web |last1=Economou |first1=Alex |title=Hektor Giotopopoulos Moore overcomes exile, COVID, bureaucratic tangles to shine on world stage |url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/06/03/sport/hektor-giotopopoulos-moore-overcomes-exile-covid-bureaucratic-tangles-to-shine-on-world-stage/ |website=Neos Kosmos |date=3 June 2022 |access-date=27 October 2024}}
Moreover, Giotopoulos Moore holds dual Australian-Greek citizenship. While living and training in Moscow with Golubeva during the COVID-19 pandemic, he learned how to speak Russian and is now fluent in the language.
Career
Giotopoulos Moore began skating at the age of nine after developing an interest in pair skating from watching a pair team, coached by Galina and Andrei Pachin, performing a lift in practice at the Sydney Figure Skating Club. The Pachins agreed to train him after seeing how tall Giotopoulos Moore's father was and knowing that Giotopoulos Moore would likely grow to be tall enough to be a pair skater as well. In addition, he won the 2017 Australian Novice Championships as a singles skater.
Due to the difficulties of finding a suitable pair partner in Australia, Giotopoulos Moore and his coaches searched for potential partners abroad. He initially skated with Karina Akopova of Russia and Milania Vaananen of Finland but neither partnerships lasted. In the fall of 2019, Giotopoulos Moore had a try-out with Anastasia Golubeva, a singles skater from Moscow, after Galina and Andrei Pachin were able to get in contact with Golubeva's coach in Russia. Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore decided to team up following a successful try-out.
In February 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit while Giotopoulos Moore was training with Golubeva in Moscow, and Golubeva had yet to obtain a visa to relocate to Australia. Due to lockdowns, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore were unable to use Russian ice rinks to train so instead, they would meet every day in a closed restaurant to practice off-ice training. When Giatopoulos Moore's visa began to expire, the pair temporarily relocated to Belarus due to the country allowing three-month visa-free entry.
The team would finally relocate to Sydney, Australia after the country re-opened its borders.
= 2021–22 season =
Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore debuted as a pair team on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix and finished fifth at both their ISU Junior Grand Prix events in Russia and Austria. The pair would also go on to compete at the senior level the 2021–22 Challenger Series, placing eighth at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy and tenth at the 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the 2022 Winter Star in Minsk, Belarus, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore would win the gold medal.
Although the pair were assigned to compete at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier, their plans were disrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Due to Golubeva's Russian citizenship, they were unable to have a visa processed in time to travel to France, and withdrew from the event.
As a further result of the invasion, the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian skaters from participating in international competitions, which had a significant impact on the international pairs field. Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore were assigned as well to the 2022 World Junior Championships, initially scheduled to be held in Sofia in March. However, due to both the invasion and COVID pandemic issues, Bulgaria renounced hosting the event, which was rescheduled for Tallinn in April. Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore placed second in the short program. They were second in the free skate as well, despite some minor errors, winning the silver medal. Golubeva said afterward that "this is my first medal. We have some little mistakes in the program, but overall we're very happy." They became the third Australian pair team to win a World Junior medal, after Cain/Cain in 1976 and Alexandrovskaya/Windsor in 2017.
= 2022–23 season =
Although Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore were selected to compete on the Grand Prix circuit at 2022 Skate America and 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, the pair elected to compete on the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix instead. They were assigned to both Polish JGP events in Gdańsk, arriving at the first as the favourites to win, which they did by a wide margin. The gold medal was their first JGP medal. The following weekend they won their second event as well, despite a number of errors that caused Giotopoulos Moore to say it "wasn't as good as last week." Their results qualified them for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino, Italy.
Following the Junior Grand Prix, the pair also competed at the 2022 Warsaw Cup, which they won. At the JGP Final, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore placed second in the short program after Golubeva struggled to cleanly land the throw triple toe-loop, but the pair would go on to deliver a strong free skate and take the gold medal. After their free skate comeback, Golubeva said that they "tried to give all the strength we had to put into this program." Theirs was the second Junior Grand Prix Final title for an Australian pair, after Alexandrovskaya/Windsor.
Although assigned to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore withdrew from the event due to Golubeva being unable to obtain an American visa to compete in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, they placed second in the short program after unexpectedly missing their death spiral. The pair were able to deliver a solid free skate, however, and win the silver medal behind Americans Baram/Tioumentsev. Giotopoulos Moore called it "a huge achievement for us and we are very happy."
Making their World Championship debut at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, the pair placed eleventh in the short program after Golubeva fell on a throw triple loop attempt but the pair would go on to deliver an almost-perfect free skate, earning a new personal best and placing fifth in that segment of the competition, moving up to eighth-place overall. Golubeva said that they had achieved their goal of a top ten placement, adding they were "so happy and thrilled" with how they had skated.
Following the season, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore and their coach, Galina Pachin, relocated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, due to the suboptimal training conditions in Sydney. The pair began training at the École de Patinage Artistique Julie Marcotte Ste-Julie, the
same training rink as Canadian pair team, Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps.{{cite web |title=Good Luck! |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pkdfya3n4tdM1qEL/ |website=Facebook |access-date=27 October 2024}}
= 2023–24 season =
File:Skate Canada 2023 -Pairs Long-Golubeva & Moore-01.jpg]]
With Giotopoulos Moore aging out of junior eligibility, the team planned for its first full senior season, primarily training in Australia for Golubeva's residency purposes, but also spending time in Montreal due to the coach's belief they needed to train with other high-level pair skaters, and Russia being difficult to train in at the time. They were invited to participate in the Shanghai Trophy, finishing fourth.
File:Anastasia Golubeva & Hektor Giotopoulos Moore 2024 Worlds Short Program 4.jpg]]
Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore made their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Skate Canada International. They placed third in both segments of the competition, but finished fourth overall, less than two points behind bronze medalists Beccari/Guarise of Italy. Despite several errors in their free skate, they considered it an improvement on their earlier performances, with Golubeva saying "we are looking forward to growing this program." At the 2023 NHK Trophy they finished third in the short program, but dropped to fourth place after the free skate. They said they considered their first Grand Prix season a valuable experience given its much greater professionalism in comparison to the Junior Grand Prix.
File:2024 Skate Canada – Golubeva & Moore – short program 01.jpg]]
For the first time in their partnership, the team was able to compete at a domestic championships, winning the Australian national title. At the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore were seventh in the short program after she fell on a jump. They rallied in the free skate, coming fourth in that segment and moving up to fourth overall. The two said that they were pleased at their ability to recover from a disappointing short program. The team went on to compete at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, where they came in tenth.
= 2024–25 season =
In early fall, Giotopoulos Moore struggled with back problems, thus the team did not get to compete until late October. Beginning the season by competing on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, at their first event, 2024 Skate Canada International, the pair won the bronze medal, making history as the first skaters from Australia in any discipline to win a senior Grand Prix medal.{{cite web |last1=Woods |first1=Melissa |title=Australian ice skaters collect first Grand Prix medal |url=https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8803245/australian-ice-skaters-collect-first-grand-prix-medal/ |website=North West Star |date=27 October 2024 |access-date=27 October 2024}} Although the pair were also assigned to compete at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy, however, they were forced to withdraw due to Golubeva falling ill with COVID-19.{{cite web |title=🇦🇺 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore have withdrawn from Finlandia Trophy due to Golubeva suffering with poor health after falling ill with COVID. |url=https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1854566463572488488 |website=X |publisher=A |access-date=7 November 2024}}
Programs
= With Golubeva =
Competitive highlights
= Pair skating with Anastasia Golubeva =
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- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
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{{Figure skating competitive highlights
|level=senior|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}
|season1=2021–22|season2=2022–23|season3=2023–24|season4=2024–25
|{{FS placements|4|World Championships|p2=8th|p3=10th|p4=TBD}}
|{{FS placements|4|Four Continents Championships|p3=4th|p4=6th}}
|{{FS placements|4|{{nowrap|Australian Championships}}|p3=1st}}
|{{FS placements|4|{{small|GP}} NHK Trophy|p3=4th}}
|{{FS placements|4|{{small|GP}} Skate Canada|p3=4th|p4=3rd}}
|{{FS placements|4|{{small|CS}} Golden Spin of Zagreb|p1=10th}}
|{{FS placements|4|{{small|CS}} Nebelhorn Trophy|p1=8th}}
|{{FS placements|4|{{small|CS}} Warsaw Cup|p2=1st}}
|{{FS placements|4|Shanghai Trophy|p3=4th}}
}}
{{Figure skating competitive highlights
|level=junior|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}
|season1=2021–22|season2=2022–23
|{{FS placements|2|{{nowrap|World Junior Championships}}|p1=2nd|p2=2nd}}
|{{FS placements|2|Junior Grand Prix Final|p2=1st}}
|{{FS placements|2|{{small|JGP}} Austria|p1=5th}}
|{{FS placements|2|{{small|JGP}} Poland I|p2=1st}}
|{{FS placements|2|{{small|JGP}} Poland II|p2=1st}}
|{{FS placements|2|{{small|JGP}} Russia|p1=5th}}
|{{FS placements|2|Winter Star|p1=1st}}
}}
Detailed results
= Pair skating with Anastasia Golubeva =
{{Figure skating personal bests|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}
|189.47|2023 World Championships
|64.81|{{nowrap|2024 Skate Canada International}}
|35.30|2024 Skate Canada International
|29.51|2024 Skate Canada International
|127.52|2023 World Championships
|68.03|2023 World Championships
|61.04|2024 Skate Canada International
}}
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- Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.
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== Senior level ==
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2021–22|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}
|Sep 22–25, 2021|{{flagicon|GER}} 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy|13|49.55|8|99.80|8|149.35
|Dec 7–11, 2021|{{flagicon|CRO}} 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb|13|53.41|9|110.16|10|163.57
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2022–23|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}
|Nov 17–20, 2022|{{flagicon|POL}} 2022 CS Warsaw Cup|2|63.62|1|121.91|1|185.53
|Mar 22–26, 2023|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2023 World Championships|11|61.95|5|127.52|8|189.47
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2023–24|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}
|Oct 3–5, 2023|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2023 Shanghai Trophy|1|63.51|4|97.71|4|161.22
|Oct 27–29, 2023|{{flagicon|CAN}} 2023 Skate Canada International|3|62.80|3|116.81|4|179.61
|Nov 24–26, 2023|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2023 NHK Trophy|3|64.61|4|120.78|4|185.39
|Dec 2–8, 2023|{{flagicon|AUS}} 2023 Australian Championships|1|65.94|1|124.62|1|190.56
|{{nowrap|Jan 30, 2023 –}} Feb 4, 2024|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2024 Four Continents Championships|7|58.79|4|125.04|4|183.83
|Mar 18–24, 2024|{{flagicon|CAN}} 2024 World Championships|11|63.35|8|119.36|10|182.71
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2024–25|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}
|Oct 25–27, 2024|{{flagicon|CAN}} 2024 Skate Canada International|3|64.81|3|121.33|3|186.14
|Feb 19–23, 2025|{{flagicon|KOR}} 2025 Four Continents Championships|6|65.36|7|113.40|6|178.76
|Mar 25–30, 2025|{{flagicon|USA}} 2025 World Championships|8|65.73|9|122.51|9|188.24
}}
== Junior level ==
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2021–22|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}{{Cite web |title=Winter Star 2022 - Junior - Pairs |url=http://figure.skating.by/competition/Winter_Star_2022/CAT003RS.HTM |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=figure.skating.by}}|small4=yes
|Sep 15–18, 2021|{{flagicon|RUS}} 2021 JGP Russia|5|57.35|5|101.33|5|158.68
|Oct 6–9, 2021|{{flagicon|AUT}} 2021 JGP Austria|5|53.04|4|107.12|5|160.16
|Feb 10–13, 2022|{{flagicon|BLR}} 2022 Winter Star|1|56.22|2|98.36|1|154.58
|Apr 13–17, 2023|{{flagicon|EST}} 2022 World Junior Championships|2|61.72|2|108.19|2|169.91
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2022–23|ref={{r|SS-AGHGM}}|small4=yes
|Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2022|{{flagicon|POL}} 2022 JGP Poland I|1|58.03|1|108.53|1|166.56
|Oct 5–8, 2022|{{flagicon|POL}} 2022 JGP Poland II|1|59.90|1|101.27|1|161.17
|Dec 8–11, 2022|{{flagicon|ITA}} 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final|2|60.19|1|121.18|1|181.37
|Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2023|{{flagicon|CAN}} 2023 World Junior Championships|3|59.18|2|111.18|2|170.36
}}
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External links
- {{isu name | id= 00111143 | name= Anastasia Golubeva & Hektor Giotopoulos Moore }}
- [https://www.skatingscores.com/aus/pairs/anastasia_golubeva_hektor_giotopoulos_moore Anastasia Golubeva & Hektor Giotopoulos Moore] at SkatingScores.com
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