Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI

Israel

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 4 Oct 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KIEV

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Residence: HACKENSACK, NJ

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Figure Skating	Pair Skating ISR KOPS Hailey / KRASNOPOLSKI Evgeni	15

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Pair Skating - Short Program	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Pair Skating - Free Skating	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Team	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
15	Pair Skating	2014	Sochi, RUS
	Pair Skating	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Pair Skating	2012	Nice, FRA
19	Pair Skating	2021	Stockholm, SWE
19	Pair Skating	2018	Milan, ITA
20	Pair Skating	2011	Moscow, RUS
25	Pair Skating	2010	Torino, ITA
FNR	Pair Skating	2016	Boston, MA, USA

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Pair Skating	2014	Budapest, HUN
9	Pair Skating	2018	Moscow, RUS
11	Pair Skating	2012	Sheffield, GBR
13	Pair Skating	2020	Graz, AUT
13	Pair Skating	2016	Bratislava, SVK
16	Pair Skating	2017	Ostrava, CZE
18	Pair Skating	2010	Tallinn, EST
WDR	Pair Skating	2011	Bern, SUI

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Pair Skating	2020/21	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Nickname:

Zhenia.

Hobbies:

Video games, computer. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Mother, Lora (passed away from cancer in January 2021)

Languages spoken:

Russian, Hebrew, English

Club name:

Israel Ice Holon

Coach:

Galit Chait Moracci (ISR)
Robin Szolkowy (GER)

Debut:

2021 Cranberry Cup International (Pair skating - 11th), with Kops
2019 Ice Mall Cup (Pair skating - 3rd), with Vernikov

Choreographer:

Galit Chait Moracci (ISR)

National team:

2002

Start:

1996 in Israel.

Reason:

His mother took him to the ice rink. "She wanted figure skating, I wanted hockey. I did both for a few years. But at one point I liked figure skating better." (Athlete, 25 Sep 2021)

Ambition:

To skate well this season and then end his career. To become a coach. (Athlete, 25 Sep 2021)

Training:

He and his partner train in Hackensack, NJ (USA)

Memorable:

Competing at the Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games (Athlete, 25 Sep 2021)

Hero:

American football player Tom Brady (USA), quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL), seven-time Super Bowl champion.

Ice hockey player Alexander Ovechkin (ROC), captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL), 2018 Stanley Cup champion.

Basketball player Stephen Curry (USA), plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), three-time NBA champion.

Tennis player Roger Federer (SUI), 2008 Olympic doubles champion, winner of 20 Grand Slam titles. Has won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award a record five times.

Tennis player Rafael Nadal (ESP), two-time Olympic champion, winner of 21 Grand Slam men's singles titles, the most in history. (Athlete, 25 Sep 2021)

Influence:

His mother Lora.
Israeli Ice Skating Federation president Boris Chait and his wife Irene. (Athlete, 25 Sep 2021)

Philosophy:

"Life is good". (Instagram)

Award:

Israel flagbearer at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony. (IOC, 4 Feb 2022)

General Interest

KOPS/KRASNOPOLSKY
Teamed up with Hailey Kops in summer 2021 at the suggestion of Israeli Skating Federation president Boris Chait. (Athlete, 25 Sep 2021; timesofisrael.com, 28 Dec 2021)

OLYMPIC QUALIFYING
Earned one of only three spots available at the Olympic qualifying event Nebelhorn Trophy in September 2021 after skating with Hailey Kops for a few months. "We had three and a half months (to get ready for the Olympic qualifying event). It was crazy. But she is a bit crazy and I am a bit crazy and it worked out."(Athlete, 25 Sep 2021)

PREVIOUS PARTNERS
Skated with six partners before internationally: with Anna Vernikov 2019-21, with Paige Conners 2017/18, with Anna Cherniavskaia 2016/17, with Adel Tankova 2015-16, with Andrea Davidovich 2013/14, and with Danielle Montalbano 2009-12.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Competed in six world championships with four different partners:
2021 with Vernikov (19th)
2018 with Conners (19th)
2016 with Tankova (19th)
2010-12 with Montalbano (25th, 20th, 17th)

SINGLES TO PAIRS
Skated in Israel until he was 18 and then moved to the United States of America for training. Started pairs when he was 20, as he felt he did not progress enough in single skating. (Athlete, 25 Sep 2021)

UKRAINE TO ISRAEL
His family emigrated from Ukraine to Israel when he was three years old. (Athlete, 25 Sep 2021, timesofisrael.com, 28 Dec 2021)

ACCOMPLISHED COACHES
Coach Galit Chait Moracci (ISR) is the 2002 world ice dance bronze medallist (with Sergei Sakhnovski). Coach Robin Szolkowy (GER) is the 2010 and 2014 Olympic bronze medallist and a five-time world champion in pair skating (with Aljona Savchenko).

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT CONTINUED
2017 US International FS Classic (Pair skating - 5th), with Conners
2016 31st Volvo Open Cup (Pair skating - 1st), with Cherniavskaia
2015 US International FS Classic (Pair skating - 6th), with Tankova
2013 U.S. International FS Classics (Pair skating - 6th), with Davidovich
2009 Golden Spin (Pair skating - 4th), with Montalbano
2005 Skate Israel (Single skating - 7th)

Milestones

Two-time Winter Olympian competing at Sochi 2014 with Davidovich (15th), and at PyeongChang 2018 with Conners (19th)

In six World Championships appearances with four different partners, three times he was 19th (2016, 2018, 2021), his best result.

At three World Junior Championships, he competed in single skating (2005-08), his best is 30th in 2008.

2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix Slovakia (International junior debut - Single skating, 22nd)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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