Deniss VASILJEVS
LatviaEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Figure Skating |
Men Single Skating | 13 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 19 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| Youth Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 2 | Men Single Skating | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR |
| 3 | Team | 2016 | Lillehammer, NOR |
| World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 6 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | Milan, ITA |
| 14 | Men Single Skating | 2017 | Helsinki, FIN |
| 14 | Men Single Skating | 2016 | Boston, MA, USA |
| 18 | Men Single Skating | 2021 | Stockholm, SWE |
| 21 | Men Single Skating | 2019 | Saitama, JPN |
| European Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Men Single Skating | 2022 | Tallinn, EST |
| 4 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | Moscow, RUS |
| 6 | Men Single Skating | 2020 | Graz, AUT |
| 7 | Men Single Skating | 2017 | Ostrava, CZE |
| 11 | Men Single Skating | 2019 | Minsk, BLR |
| 12 | Men Single Skating | 2016 | Bratislava, SVK |
| World Junior Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 7 | Men Single Skating | 2015 | Tallinn, EST |
| 8 | Men Single Skating | 2016 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 8 | Men Single Skating | 2014 | Sofia, BUL |
| Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 4 | Men Single Skating | 2021/22 | Torino, ITA |
| 4 | Men Single Skating | 2021/22 | Grenoble, FRA |
| 5 | Men Single Skating | 2019/20 | Kelowna, BC, CAN |
| 6 | Men Single Skating | 2019/20 | Moscow, RUS |
| 7 | Men Single Skating | 2018/19 | Grenoble, FRA |
| 8 | Men Single Skating | 2018/19 | Hiroshima, JPN |
Short Program: Sarakiz: II. Romanza by Karl Jenkins; The Battle Drums by Joe Hisaishi
Free Skating: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 by Sergei Prokofiev
Video games, history, drawing, reading, cooking, baking. (isuresults.com)
Athlete, University student
Studies for a degree in teaching sports and social science at Daugavpils University (Daugavpils, LAT). (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
Russian, Latvian, English, French
Daugavpils SC
Stephane Lambiel (SUI)
Yoann Deslot (SUI)
Angelo Dolfini (ITA)
2015 Mordovian Ornament (Single skating - 5th)
Stephane Lambiel (SUI)
Kateryna Shalkina (UKR)
2013
2001 in Daugavpils.
His parents wanted him to do sports to improve his health. "I was too small for swimming classes, and the next closest thing was the ice rink. I tried on the ice, I was crawling and collected the chest-nuts that I really loved at that time, so that’s how it all started." (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
To perform a quadruple jump in his programs. To continue improving his skating and performances. (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
Moved to Switzerland for full-time training in 2016. Coach Stephane Lambiel, the 2006 Olympic silver medallist and a two-time world champion, was first his choreographer. (isuresults.com)
Landing the quadruple toeloop and quadruple Salchow. (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
Martial artist Bruce Lee (HKG).
"A lot of the big leaders of the past, going back to the ancient world, inspire me. I would call every person that aims to become a master of his craft and seeks for constant self-improvement and takes the world with a grain of salt a role model." (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
His grandfather. "He was a mathematician and physicist. He always aimed that I would use my head, be more rational, aimed that I would understand things rather than just accept how they are." (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
To try to avoid sugar the day of competition. (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
“Victory loves preparation."
"My philosophy is trying to keep the balance in everything, the amount you invest in the work, the amount you invest in recovery, the amount you put in the technique itself and how much you put in the skating and in other aspects that make figure skating an art." (Athlete, 24 Nov 2021)
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