Pavel Drozd

Pavel Igorevich Drozd was born on 14 December 1995 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[1] He moved to Moscow in 2010. His younger sister, Daria, has also competed in ice dancing.^[2] He studies foreign languages, first English and Spanish, and has now also taken up Italian and French.^[3]

Early years

Drozd began learning to skate at age five in Saint Petersburg.^[4] He had an ice dancing partnership with Anastasia Safronova from 2008 to 2010.^[5] After they parted ways, Ksenia Rumiantseva invited him to join her group in Moscow.^[4] He then competed with Valeria Podlazova for two seasons.^[5]

Start of partnership with Loboda

On 10 March 2012, Drozd began skating with Alla Loboda, who trained under the same coaches.^[2] Led by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Volobueva in Moscow, they placed 11th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.

2013–2014 season

Loboda/Drozd debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2013–14 season, obtaining bronze medals in Riga, Latvia and Gdańsk, Poland. They finished fifth at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships.

2014–2015 season

Loboda/Drozd's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Courchevel, France. Ranked second in the short dance and first in the free dance, they won the gold medal by a margin of 2.82 points over Canada's Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang. They took silver in Aichi, Japan, finishing second to Edwards/Pang by 0.44 points. Loboda/Drozd qualified for the JGP Final in Barcelona, where they won the silver medal behind teammates Anna Yanovskaya / Sergei Mozgov. Having finished 4th at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships, they were not named in Russia's team to the 2015 World Junior Championships.

2015–2016 season

In the 2015–16 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd won the silver medal in Bratislava, Slovakia, and then gold in Linz, Austria, before taking silver behind Americans Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter at the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona. After winning their first junior national title, they were awarded the bronze medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, having finished third behind McNamara/Carpenter and Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons.

2016–2017 season

Competing in the 2016–17 JGP season, Loboda/Drozd won gold medals in Saransk, Russia, and Tallinn, Estonia. In December 2016, they were awarded the silver medal behind the Parsons at the 2016–17 JGP Final in Marseille, France.

In March 2017 they won the silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships.^[3]

2017–2018 season

Loboda/Drozd started their senior career by winning the silver medal at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy. In October 2017, they made their Grand Prix debut at the 2017 Skate Canada, where they placed 5th. Next month they competed at their 2nd GP event of the season, the 2017 Internationaux de France, where they placed 9th. In December 2017, they competed at the 2018 Russian Championships, where they placed 6th after placing 6th in both the short dance and the free dance.

Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Volkov became their new coaches in May 2018.^[6] Loboda and Drozd ended their partnership by July.^[7]

2018–2019 season

In July 2018, Alexander Zhulin began coaching the partnership of Drozd and Angélique Abachkina, but the skaters parted ways after learning that the French federation would not release her to compete for Russia.^[7] On 5 November 2018, Drozd confirmed that he had teamed up with Ksenia Konkina and would continue to be coached by Zhulin.^[7] Konkina/Drozd made their international debut at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup where they won the bronze medal.

2019–2020 season

Konkina/Drozd opened their season by winning the gold medal at 2019 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany. They then won silver at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy behind Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States.

2020–2021 season

Konkina/Drozd were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup but withdrew. The team split later in the season after health issues forced Konkina to retire. Drozd re-teamed with Angélique Abachkina after she successfully obtained her release from the Fédération Française des Sports de Glace.^[8]

With Shanaeva

with Abachkina

With Konkina

With Loboda

(with Loboda)

• Set the junior-level ice dance record for the combined total score to 164.37 points at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Shanaeva

With Abachkina

With Konkina

With Loboda

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Konkina

With Loboda

Media related to Pavel Drozd at Wikimedia Commons

• Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd at the International Skating Union
• Pavel Drozd on Instagram