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Mikhail Stanislavovich Shaidorov (Russian: Михаил Станиславович Шайдоров; born 25 June 2004) is a Kazakhstani figure skater. He is the 2024 Cup of China silver medalist, 2023 Cup of China bronze medalist, 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion, 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, 2024 Challenge Cup champion, 2021 Sofia Trophy bronze medalist, and a five-time Kazakhstani national champion (2020-2024). Shaidorov has placed as high as fifth in two ISU Championships and finished fourth at the 2023 Winter World University Games.
At the junior level, he is the 2022 World Junior silver medalist and the 2021 JGP Poland silver medalist.
He is the first skater from Kazakhstan to ever medal at a World Junior Championships as well as the first skater from Kazakhstan to qualify for a Grand Prix Final on the senior level. Additionally, Shaidorov is the first skater in history to land a triple axel-quad toe loop jump combination in an ISU competition.
Personal life
Shaidorov was born on June 25, 2004 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is a student at the Kazakh Academy of Sports & Tourism.
Career
= Early career
=As a figure skating coach, Shaidorov's father, Stanislav, would constantly bring his son to the rink he worked at. Shaidorov would begin skating himself in 2010 at the age of six. Originally coached by his father, Shaidorov was not particularly passionate about this sport. This would only change when Shaidorov began watching figure skating during the 2015–16 figure skating season and became inspired by watching Yuzuru Hanyu compete and constantly break world record scores. Watching Denis Ten's contribution to the development of all figure skating in Kazakhstan would also serve as a motivating factor for Shaidorov to begin taking the sport seriously.
In early 2017, Shaidorov and his dad partook in a training camp hosted by former Russian Olympic champion, Alexei Urmanov. It was at that camp where Shaidorov landed a double axel for the first time. This incident would push Shaidorov to learn how to jump triples and would achieve this feat in less than a year from then. Believing that in order for their son to further succeed in the sport that he would need to relocate to a new training environment for elite-level skaters. Due to the lack of these types of training rinks in Kazakhstan at the time, Shaidorov's parents made arrangements for him to move to Sochi, Russia and begin training under Alexei Urmanov in 2018.
= 2019–20 season
=Shaidorov won his first national title at the 2020 Kazakhstani Championships. He was then selected to compete at the 2020 World Junior Championships, finishing in twenty-second place.
= 2020–21 season: Back injury
=The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic greatly curtailed both training and competitive opportunities for Shaidorov and other skaters, and he dedicated himself to improvement via off-ice training for long periods. He began his season by winning his second consecutive national title at the 2021 Kazakhstani Championships. He went on to win the bronze medal at the 2021 Sofia Trophy.
Despite being selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Shaidorov would injure his back shortly before the event, which would ultimately impact his performance. He would place thirty-second in the short program and fail to advance to the free program segment.
Along with his coach, Alexei Urmanov, Shaidorov would later make the difficult decision to not attempt qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics due to his injury preventing him from training to full capacity and prepare for Olympic qualifying events.
= 2021–22 season: World Junior silver medal
=With the resumption of international junior competition, Shaidorov was given one assignment on the Junior Grand Prix, winning the silver medal at the 2021 JGP Poland. This was the first JGP medal for a Kazakh male skater since Denis Ten in 2008. He went on to make his Challenger series debut, placing ninth at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.
At the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Shaidorov finished fifth. Reflecting on his limited competitive opportunities in recent years, he said that "since it happens so seldom, sometimes things don't go as it should. The competitions this season went well."
Although initially selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier, France, Shaidorov was forced to withdraw after being denied a visa by the French Embassy. However, he was able to attend the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. Shaidorov placed eighth in the short program but second in the free skate, ultimately winning the silver medal and becoming the first Kazakh skater to win a medal at the World Junior Championships.
= 2022–23 season
=Shaidorov began his season at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, finishing eighth. Although he was selected to compete on the Grand Prix series at the 2022 Grand Prix de France and the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, Shaidorov withdrew from both events after becoming ill with the Epstein–Barr virus and requiring hospitalization.
Despite illness, he went on to compete at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and finished fourth. Selected to compete at the 2023 Winter University Games, Shaidorov finished fourth after placing sixth in the short program and third in the free skate.
At the 2023 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Shaidorov only arrived the day of the short program due to issues obtaining a visa to compete at the event. He would also develop a bad case of acute otitis media. Shaidorov would place twelfth in the short program and fifth in the free skate, scoring a personal best free skate and combined total score. He ultimately finished fifth overall. Shaidorov said he was "thrilled" with his free skate performance.
Competing at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Shaidorov finished fourteenth after placing eighteenth in the short program and twelfth in the free skate.
= 2023–24 season: First senior Grand Prix medal
=A groin injury forced Shaidorov to withdraw from the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial, but he was able to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Skate Canada International, where he finished fifth. He set new personal bests in the short program and total score. At Shaidorov's second assignment, the 2023 Cup of China, he was third both in the short and free portion of the men's competition and finished with the bronze medal. He again set new personal bests, and said he was "pleased" with his first senior Grand Prix medal. Shaidorov won the silver medal at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, winning his first ISU Challenger Series medal.
Shaidorov placed sixth at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China. He deemed his performances "somewhat acceptable," admitting he was "seldom satisfied with my performances." He later won gold at the 2024 Challenge Cup at the end of February. Shaidorov concluded the season at the 2024 World Championships, where he came fourteenth.
= 2024–25 season: History-making jump combination and Grand Prix Final
=Shaidorov began the season by winning the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.
Competing on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Shaidorov would finish fourth at the 2024 Grand Prix de France. At the event, he became the first skater in history to land a triple axel-quad toe loop jump combination. Three weeks later, Shaidorov competed at the 2024 Cup of China, where he placed second in the short program behind Shun Sato following a clean skate. Shaidorov would skate a clean free skate that included four quad jumps with the only major mistake of the program being his blade catching an edge during his choreographic slide, which was deemed as a fall in the judging system. Despite this, Shaidorov would win the free skate with a new personal best score and remain in the silver medal position overall. Following the event, he expressed elation with the result, saying, "It’s mind-blowing. I did everything cleanly, yeah, there was a mistake on the choreo sequence, I got a deduction for that. I think it’s not a big deal because the ice was already not so good by that time. I’ll keep improving and gaining more speed for that element in the future." Due to Shaidorov's Grand Prix series results, he was named as the first alternate for the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final. Shaidorov would ultimately called up to compete following the withdrawal of Adam Siao Him Fa. This would mark the first time in history that a skater from Kazakhstan would qualify for a Grand Prix Final on the senior level.
Programs
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
= Senior level
== Junior level
=References
External links
Mikhail Shaidorov at the International Skating Union
Mikhail Shaidorov at SkatingScores.com
Mikhail Shaidorov on Instagram
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- Mikhail Shaidorov
- 2024–25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
- 2024–25 figure skating season
- 2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
- 2024 Cup of China
- 2024 Grand Prix de France
- 2024 World Figure Skating Championships
- 2023–24 figure skating season
- 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
- 2023 Cup of China
