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Makar Suntsev (born 4 October 2004) is a Russian-Finnish figure skater. He is the 2024 Finnish Champion, a two-time Finnish national silver medalist (2022, 2023), and a two-time bronze medalist at the Nordic Championship bronze medalist (2023 and 2024).
Personal life
Suntsev was born on October 4, 2004 in Perm, Russia. He also has an older sister. At the age of five, Suntsev would move with his family to Kotka, Finland. He graduated from Karhula High School before enrolling at the Aalto University in 2024 to study business.
Career
= Early career
=When he was a young child, Suntsev's mother, Tatiana Lebedeva, worked as a figure skating coach in Perm, Russia. After Suntsev turned three, Lebedeva would begin bringing him to the rink so he could sit at the sidelines while she coached. He would eventually begin skating in 2008 at the age of four under his mother's tutelage. After relocating to Kotka, Finland, Lebedeva would get a job as a coach at the Kotkan Taitoluistelu, where Suntsev would continue to train.
He first debuted as a competitor on the novice level at the 2018 Nordic Championships, where he would finish fifth.
= 2018–19 season
=Moving up to the junior level, Suntsev competed at the 2019 Finnish Junior Championships and finished fourth. He would subsequently finish fourth at the 2019 Nordic Championships and win the bronze medal at the 2019 Tallink Hotels Cup.
= 2019–20 season
=Suntsev started the season by debuting on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing twenty-fourth at 2019 JGP Poland. He would subsequently compete on the junior level at the 2019 Halloween Cup, where he placed eighth.
In December, he would win the silver medal at the 2020 Finnish Junior Championships. He would then continue competing on the junior international level, placing sixth at the 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup and fifth at the 2020 Nordic Championships.
= 2020–21 season
=During this season, Suntsev only appeared at one competition, the 2021 Tallink Hotels Cup. He would finish the event in sixth place.
= 2021–22 season
=Suntsev began the season by competing on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing sixth at the 2021 JGP France and fourteenth at the 2021 JGP Slovakia. He would then make his senior international debut by competing on the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series, placing twenty-second at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, twenty-first at the 2021 CS Ice Challenge, and twentieth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Between the latter two events, Suntsev would also finish sixth at the 2021 Tallinn Trophy.
In December, Suntsev would win his first senior national medal, a silver at the 2021 Finnish Championships. He would subsequently finish sixth at the 2022 Sofia Trophy, eighth at the 2022 Bellu Memorial, and sixth at the 2022 Tallink Hotels Cup.
Selected to represent Finland at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Suntsev would finish the event in twenty-sixth place.
= 2022–23 season
=Suntsev started the season by competing on the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing eleventh at 2022 JGP France and fifth at 2022 JGP Latvia. He would then go on to compete on the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series, finishing thirteenth at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, sixteenth at the 2022 CS Finlandia, and twenty-first at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. One week following the latter event, Suntsev placed fifth at the 2022 Tallinn Trophy.
In mid-December, Suntsev would win his second consecutive national silver medal at the 2023 Finnish Championships. He would subsequently place twenty-sixth at the 2023 Winter World University Games, win bronze at the 2023 Nordic Championships, and finish ninth at the 2023 Tallink Hotels Cup.
Suntsev would finish the season by competing at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he placed twenty-ninth.
= 2023–24 season
=Suntsev began the season by the season by competing at the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, finishing thirteenth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and tenth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. Following a fourth-place finish at the 2023 Tirnavia Ice Cup, Suntsev was selected as a host representative to compete at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo. He would finish the event in twelfth place. Going on to compete at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Suntsev placed seventh.
In mid-December, Suntsev won the senior national title at the [[Finnish Figure Skating Championships|2024 Finnish Championships and as a result, was selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania. He would finish in twentieth place overall.
One month later, Suntsev would win the bronze medal at the 2024 Nordic Championships and sixth at the 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup.
Finnish national silver medalist, Valtter Virtanen, was ultimately selected as the men's singles skating representative to compete at the 2024 World Championships due to Suntsev failing to score minimum technical scores to compete at the World Championships.
= 2024–25 season
=During the summer off-season, Suntsev moved from his hometown of Kotka to Espoo to attend university in the latter city. While he would continue being coached by his mother, Liana Ocheretna and Aleksei Saks would also begin coaching him in Vantaa, a city closer to his school.
He would start the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing sixteenth at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy and fifth at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy. Assigned to the 2024 GP Finlandia Trophy, Suntsev would come in tenth place.
Programs
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
= Senior level
== Junior level
=References
External links
Makar Suntsev at the International Skating Union
Makar Suntsev at SkatingScores.com
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Makar Suntsev
- 2024 Finlandia Trophy
- 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
- 2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
- 2024 European Figure Skating Championships
- 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy
- 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
- 2024 CS Budapest Trophy
- 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo
- Nella Pelkonen
