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Andrew Torgashev

Andrew Torgashev (born May 29, 2001) is an American figure skater. He is the 2024 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist, 2023 U.S. national bronze medalist, 2019 Asian Open Trophy silver medalist, the 2016 Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2018 JGP Lithuania champion, and the 2015 U.S. national junior champion.

Andrew Torgashev
Andrew Torgashev at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final
Born (2001-05-29) May 29, 2001 (age 23)
Coral Springs, Florida,
United States
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachRafael Arutunian
Vera Arutunian
Nadezhda Kanaeva
Skating clubPanthers Figure Skating Club
Began skating2006
Highest WS34th (2018–19)
Medal record
U.S. Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 San Jose Singles

Personal life

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Andrew Torgashev was born May 29, 2001, in Coral Springs, Florida.[1] He is the son of Ilona Melnichenko and Artem Torgashev, who competed for the Soviet Union in ice dancing and pair skating respectively.[2] As a result, Torgashev is fluent in both English and Russian.[3] Later in his career as a competitive figure skater, Torgashev also began working as a coach at the Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena in Irvine, California.[2]

Torgashev, who is half-Ukrainian with family still living in the country, has vocalized his support for Ukraine following the Russian invasion and has partaken in ice shows to raise money in support.[4]

Career

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Early career

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Torgashev began learning to skate in 2006.[1] He was awarded the juvenile bronze medal at the U.S. Junior Championships in December 2010.[5] He won the U.S. national juvenile title in the 2011–2012 season and the U.S. intermediate title the following season.[6]

He placed fourth in the novice men's category at the 2014 U.S. Championships.

2014–15 season: U.S. Junior National champion

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Torgashev became age-eligible for international junior events in the 2014–2015 season. Competing for in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, he placed fourth in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and fifth in Tallinn, Estonia.

After taking the junior gold medal at the Eastern Sectionals, he won the junior title at the U.S. Championships, setting U.S. junior men's records in the free skate and total score.[7] He was assigned to the 2015 World Junior Championships and finished tenth at the event, which was held in March in Tallinn.

2015–16 season

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Torgashev fractured his right ankle in June 2015 while practicing a quadruple toe loop.[8] He underwent surgery in June to insert three screws, which were removed from his ankle in January 2016.[9] As a result, he missed the entire skating season. He worked on his edges, stroking, and speed after returning to the ice.[10]

2016–17 season

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Torgashev returned to competition in July 2016.[8] Competing in the 2016 Junior Grand Prix series, he won silver in Russia and placed fourth in Germany.

Making his senior international debut, he took the bronze medal at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy in November. He finished eleventh in the senior ranks in January at the 2017 U.S. Championships.

At the 2017 World Junior Championships, he placed twenty-fifth in the short program and did not qualify to the free skate.

2017–18 season

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Torgashev placed sixth at the Philadelphia Summer International in early August 2017. During the 2017 Junior Grand Prix series, he won silver in Belarus with a personal best total score of 212.71 points and then placed fourth in Italy. He qualified for the JGP Final in Nagoya, Japan, where he placed sixth. Torgashev also finished sixth at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. In January, at the 2018 U.S. Championships, he ranked ninth in the short program, fourteenth in the free skate, and thirteenth overall.

In June, he announced that he had relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to work full-time with Christy Krall.[11] Erik Schultz and Joshua Farris also became members of his coaching team.[1]

2018–19 season

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In August 2018, Torgashev won the senior men's title at the 2018 Philadelphia Summer International. At the 2018 Junior Grand Prix in Bratislava, Slovakia, he placed fifth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall. In September, he won gold at JGP Lithuania in Kaunas after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate. These results qualified him for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, Canada.[12] Due to a fractured toe, he withdrew from the competition and was off the ice for eight weeks, until around mid-November.[13] In January, he finished seventh in the senior ranks at the 2019 U.S. Championships.

In March 2019, he won silver at the Egna Spring Trophy.

2019–20 season: World Junior bronze medal

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Torgashev started the season at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International, where he won the event. He competed in the JGP series, placing fourth in Riga, Latvia, at the JGP Croatia. He placed second in the short program with a new personal best, sixth in the free program, and fourth overall. He then competed at the senior level at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy, winning the silver medal.

Competing at the 2020 U.S. Championships, Torgashev placed third in the short program, skating a clean program that included a quadruple toe loop.[14] He struggled in the free skate, falling twice and stepping out of an under-rotated attempted quadruple toe loop in the program's second half. Fifth in that segment, he dropped to fifth place overall.[15]

Assigned to the 2020 World Junior Championships, Torgashev placed third in the short program, winning a small bronze medal.[16] Torgashev fell four times in the long program, placing eleventh in that segment and dropping to eighth place overall.[17]

2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons

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In November 2019, Torgashev announced a coaching change as he moved from Colorado to California to train with Rafael Arutyunyan at Great Park Ice in Irvine.[18]

He was unable to compete during the 2019–20 and 2020–21 figure skating seasons due to an injury in his right foot that ultimately required ankle surgery as well as a long rehabilitation.[3]

2022–23 season: U.S. National bronze medal and World Championship debut

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Making his return to competition, Torgashev qualified for the 2023 US Championships in San Jose, following a second-place finish at the 2023 Eastern Sectional Championships. By his own account, he entered the event hoping to finish in the top ten.[19] Torgashev couldn't afford to pay for his coaching team's travel expenses to attend the competition, so his father, Artem, stood in as his coach.[20] He placed fifth in the short program, and then won the free skate, winning the overall bronze medal with a total score of 255.56 points.[21] He called the result "surreal."[22][19]

Because Torgashev had not competed internationally since 2020, he lacked the technical minimum scores required to attend ISU championships and could not obtain them in time to be assigned to the 2023 Four Continents Championships. He was provisionally selected for the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, pending his acquisition of the requisite scores at the International Challenge Cup.[23]

Torgashev finished fifth at the Challenge Cup, securing the minimum technical scores, and finished twenty-first in his World Championship debut. He said afterward: "I would have liked better, but I'm so grateful to be here and for the opportunity."[24]

2023–24 season: Grand Prix and Four Continents debut

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Torgashev began the season by winning the bronze medal at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.[2] He appeared on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate America, where he came eleventh in the short program but rose to seventh after the free skate.[25]

In advance of the 2024 U.S. Championships, Torgashev was preemptively named to the American team for the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, which were to take place the week after the national championships.[26] He finished fifth at the national championships in Columbus.[27] At the Four Continents Championships, Torgashev came eighth.[28]

2024–25 season: Grand Prix medal

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Torgashev started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International and ninth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Torgashev would place fourth in both the short and program segments at the 2024 Grand Prix de France but managed to win the bronze medal as a result of many of the event's top contenders making mistakes. Initially only assigned one Grand Prix event, Torgashev's name was assigned to the 2024 NHK Trophy to replace Canadian skater, Stephen Gogolev, days before the event.[29] At the NHK Trophy, Torgashev delivered a strong short program, earning a new season's best score, finishing fourth in that competition segment. He would place fifth in the free skate, where he obtained a new personal best free skate and combined total score, and finish fourth overall.[30] Following his success on the Grand Prix series, Torgashev expressed elation, saying, "I packed for a few days trip to France, and ended up staying for a while more week in Japan. It was awesome. Even more, achieving a PB in the free and total score was so sick, just think I’m still capable of so much more though."[31]

Programs

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Torgashev at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final
Competition and exhibition programs by season 
Season Short program Free skate program Exhibition program
2014–15
[32] 		—
2015–16
[8]
"Le temps des cathédrales"
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2016–17
 [8] 		"Le temps des cathédrales" "Bohemian Rhapsody" —
2017–18
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—
2018–19
 [1]
"El Tango de Roxanne" —
2019–20
 [34]
—
2022–23
 [35][36]
Oblivion
Medley:
  1. "The Gate"
  2. "Push the Limits"
  3. "Gravity of Love"
  4. "O Fortuna"
  • Choreo. by Misha Ge
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2023–24
 [37][38][20]
Void of Madness:
  1. "The Void"
  2. "Madness"
"Bloodstream"
2024–25
 [2]
"L'enfer"
"Enter the Jungle"

Competitive highlights

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Competition placements at senior level [30]
Season 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 21st
Four Continents Championships 8th
U.S. Championships 11th 13th 7th 5th 3rd 5th TBD
GP France 3rd
GP NHK Trophy 4th
GP Skate America 7th
CS Asian Open Trophy 2nd
CS Cranberry Cup 5th
CS Lombardia Trophy 3rd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th
CS Tallinn Trophy 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup 6th
Challenge Cup 5th
Egna Spring Trophy 2nd
Philadelphia Summer 6th 1st 1st
Competition placements at junior level [30]
Season 2014–15 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
World Junior Championships 10th 25th 8th
Junior Grand Prix Final 6th
U.S. Championships 1st
JGP Belarus 2nd
JGP Croatia 4th
JGP Czech Republic 4th
JGP Estonia 5th
JGP Germany 4th
JGP Italy 4th
JGP Latvia 4th
JGP Lithuania 1st
JGP Russia 2nd
JGP Slovakia 4th

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [30]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 246.58 2024 NHK Trophy
Short program TSS 86.41 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy
TES 46.91 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy
PCS 39.50 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy
Free skating TSS 162.22 2024 NHK Trophy
TES 81.97 2024 NHK Trophy
PCS 80.25 2024 NHK Trophy

Senior level

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Results in the 2016–17 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 20–27, 2016   2016 CS Tallinn Trophy 4 68.12 4 133.33 3 201.45
Jan 14–22, 2017   2017 U.S. Championships 7 77.82 11 147.53 11 225.35
Results in the 2017–18 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 3–5, 2017   2017 Philadelphia Summer International 10 61.49 3 141.46 6 202.95
Nov 16–19, 2017   2017 CS Warsaw Cup 6 61.52 6 121.26 6 182.78
Dec 29, 2017 – Jan 8, 2018   2018 U.S. Championships 9 81.32 14 135.69 13 217.01
Results in the 2018–19 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jul 30 –
Aug 5, 2018 		  2018 Philadelphia Summer International 3 67.67 1 138.74 1 206.41
Jan 19–27, 2019   2019 U.S. Championships 9 76.95 6 149.02 7 225.97
Mar 28–31, 2019   2019 Egna Spring Trophy 4 66.97 1 151.46 2 218.43
Results in the 2019–20 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jul 31 –
Aug 3, 2019 		  2019 Philadelphia Summer International 1 78.52 1 134.09 1 212.61
Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2019   2019 CS Asian Open Trophy 2 72.91 2 144.63 2 217.54
Jan 20–26, 2020   2020 U.S. Championships 3 97.87 5 162.77 5 260.64
Results in the 2022–23 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 23–29, 2023   2023 U.S. Championships 5 78.78 1 177.78 3 255.56
Feb 23–26, 2023   2023 International Challenge Cup 10 70.33 4 145.53 5 215.86
Mar 22–26, 2023   2023 World Championships 22 71.41 21 139.18 21 210.59
Results in the 2023–24 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 8–10, 2023   2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 2 86.41 4 146.85 3 233.26
Oct 20–22, 2023   2023 Skate America 11 68.71 6 150.96 7 219.67
Jan 22–28, 2024   2024 U.S. Championships 4 88.02 7 151.19 5 239.21
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024   2024 Four Continents Championships 8 81.15 8 156.05 8 237.20
Results in the 2024–25 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 8–11, 2024   2024 CS Cranberry Cup International 3 84.30 6 140.64 5 224.94
Sep 18–21, 2024   2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 14 63.92 6 143.73 9 207.65
Nov 1–3, 2024   2024 Grand Prix de France 4 81.54 4 152.10 3 233.64
Nov 8–10, 2024   2024 NHK Trophy 4 84.36 5 162.22 4 246.58

Junior level

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Results in the 2014–15 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 3–7, 2014   2014 JGP Czech Republic 4 57.94 2 124.63 4 182.57
Sep 24–27, 2014   2014 JGP Estonia 4 64.70 6 112.95 5 177.65
Jan 18–25, 2015   2015 U.S. Championships (Junior) 1 75.61 1 149.63 1 225.24
Mar 2–8, 2015   2015 World Junior Championships 10 67.78 6 133.96 10 201.74
Results in the 2016–17 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 14–17, 2016   2016 JGP Russia 3 65.47 2 139.44 2 204.91
Oct 5–9, 2016   2016 JGP Germany 2 73.48 6 118.32 4 191.80
Mar 15–19, 2017   2017 World Junior Championships 25 55.42 – – 25 55.42
Results in the 2017–18 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 20–24, 2017   2017 JGP Belarus 3 74.34 2 138.37 2 212.71
Oct 11–14, 2017   2017 JGP Italy 4 69.03 2 136.53 4 205.56
Dec 7–10, 2017   2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final 6 64.73 6 95.76 6 160.49
Results in the 2018–19 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 22–25, 2018   2018 JGP Slovakia 5 65.37 3 129.38 4 194.75
Sep 5–8, 2018   2018 JGP Lithuania 2 69.39 1 132.24 1 201.63
Results in the 2019–20 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 4–7, 2019   2019 JGP Latvia 6 78.52 4 131.16 4 196.23
Sep 25–28, 2019   2019 JGP Croatia 2 80.53 6 132.33 4 212.86
Mar 2–8, 2020   2020 World Junior Championships 3 81.50 11 127.45 8 208.95

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