Biography
Now new athletes appear in Russia, one of the rising stars is the young figure skater Artem Kovalev. The pupil of the Academy "Angel Plushenko" has in the asset of victory in youth tournaments, in the future, a representative of single skating plans to join a number of outstanding masters.Childhood and youth
Artem Sergeevich Kovalev was born on June 27, 2003 in Moscow. Nobody was engaged in the family of a boy, the parents, representatives of the intelligent professions were not planned to do from the Son Athlete and the pride of the country.
However, next to the house, where the boy lived, built an ice palace with a figure of figure skating. A child from the window of the room saw peers, daily running to workout.
At the age of 4, along with Grandma Artem visited a trial occupation. In an interview, he told that she did not work out at once and he literally crawled on ice.
In 2007, the native of the capital became the ward of the wellness group mentors, where there were no special abilities from students. So continued until the coach Alexander Sergeevich Volkov came to the department of "crystal" "sambo-70".
The descendant of the 1974-1975 world champion took Kovalev under the wing and radically changed his biography. When it became clear that a high-level figure skater could turn out of a small Muscovite, Choreographer Martin Dugenoe joined the tandem.
The spouse of the new coach, born and grown in Canada, worked with Artem in the gym. She developed flexibility and a sense of rhythm in the child. For the first serious competitions held in 2012, the athlete approached optimal form. He showed a worthy result at the Memorial of Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, taking 10th place and gaining 98.27 points for short and arbitrary programs.
Personal life
Study and busy training schedule do not leave places for personal life. Artem is rarely seen in the company of relatives and friends.It consists in a friendly relationship with colleagues in sports school Alexandra Tipowa, Sofia Titov, Nikita and Cyril Sarnowski. Sometimes in the interruptions between classes and fees, it is possible to ask the cases of Alena Kosotnaya, who is considered to be a star of the Academy of Evgenia Plushenko.
Figure skating
At the championship of the capital, among the representatives of the younger age group in the winter of 2013, Artem closed the leading ten and did not fall into the number of skaters selected for All-Russian competitions. Junior has repeated an attempt next season and in the face of tough competition became the fifth. Rapping from the owner of the gold medal George Kurtnica was not considered catastrophic, the desire to rest 20 points made the pupil of the married couple to continue intensive work on himself.
Despite the efforts, Artem remained at the same level at the Moscow tournament and did not reach the pedestal at the Volkova Memorial. However, the place in the middle of the top ten allowed to go to the country's championship in 2014.
There Kovalev stopped in a step from the prizes, giving way to countrymen Artem Frolov and Matvey Verzhin, as well as a native of St. Petersburg by Eugene Semenhenko. The remaining principal rivals behind the student "Sambo-70" for 8 or more points.
Technical jumping, tracks of steps and rotation, purely executed by a 10-year-old boy, impressed by authoritative judges. They no grams were surprised that Muscovite struggled for a place on the podium.
At the end of the season Kovalev participated in first-rate contests. At the Spartakiad of sports schools in 2014, he won a bronze medal.
The next year, the young figure skater and the coach considered the failure. At the open championship of Moscow, a number of stages of the Russian Cup and the traditional Meritorios Volkova, Artem could not rise above the 4th line of the final table. However, the scored number of points demonstrated professional growth.
Resting and taking strength in a pause between tournaments, the skater presented to the judges a new short and arbitrary programs and reached the title of silver winner in a tournament under the auspices of FFCK at the ice stage of the Moskvich sports complex in textiles. Repeat success succeeded in the Final of the Russian Cup and at open metropolitan competitions in the older boys category.
Jumping in 2 and 3 turns became a "chip" of a mature figure. He mastered the complex ligament, consisting of Lutz, Tulup and Axel, and eventually joined the junior company, which went to the Grand Prix stage in figure skating in Japan.
Emotional teenager, 100% merging with a stage image, conquered the heart of a foreign public. But the composition of the participants was so strong that Kovalev had to be satisfied with the 6th place.
After a little more successful performance in Germany, Artem became the Moscow Cup star, Russian-Chinese youth games and the ISE Star 2016 tournament. It brought Alexander Volkov to the idea of introducing complicated ligaments and elements into the program.
Innovations did not benefit Artem. In the 2017/2018 season, it was not allowed to the Grand Prix due to poor control rental, the All-Russian championship could not be accessed.
A bronze medal at the capital Cup became a weak consolation for a guy with an average growth and balanced weight. True, 190 points recruited were far from the desired, being at the peak of the form, Kovalev was able to show a more impressive result.
Volkov decided that it was time to change the location of the dislocation, since he was a talented, but little-known children's coach in the CSO "Sambo-70". Pupils crowded "Crystal" in search of rainbow perspectives.
When Evgeny Plushenko, who completed his career, took up the search for teachers for the Academy of Angels, Alexander Sergeevich, Martin Dugenée and Artem Kovalev moved to a spacious sports complex in Ramensky. Two-time Olympic champion became a consultant and a second Moskvich mentor.
Physiological changes inherent in all adolescents prevented immediately succeed. The young man was difficult to retain the balance after the performance of high triple jumps. After a satisfactory result, a number of prestigious tournaments failed at the Kovalev National Cup, in its asset there was a string of places outside the first five and even dozens.
In an interview, which appeared on the eve of starts - 2019-2020, it was said that Kovalev overcame the youth crisis and is ready to fight against the championship of Russia, the Olympics and stages of the Grand Prix of figure skating in the senior group. As a result, he became the owner of one bronze, four silver and two gold medals on the contests of different levels.
Artem Kovalev now
Now the photos of Kovalev are published in the "Instagram" of the Academy and other social networks due to the fact that in 2020 the young member of the club "Angels Plushenko" won the open championship of Moscow and the first stage of the Russian Cup. Ahead of the athlete is waiting for a series of prestigious competitions.Muscovite, whose idol is Nethan Chen, wants to learn to perform cascades of jumps in 3 and 4 turnover and go to a professional international level. A permanent coach, choreographer, as well as consultants and physiotherapists make everything possible that Artem's dream come true as quickly as possible.
Achievements
- 2017 - Winner of the Moscow Cup (among juniors)
- 2018 - Winner of the open championship of Moscow (among juniors)
- 2019 - Winner of the second stage of the Russian Cup (among juniors)
- 2019 - Silver medalist Minsk Arena Ice Star
- 2019 - Winner Volvo Open Cup
- 2020 - Silver winner of the Final of the Russian Cup (among juniors)
- 2020 - Bronze medalist of Russian students in Russia (among juniors)
- 2020 - Winner of the open championship of Moscow (among juniors)
- 2020 - Winner of the first stage of the Russian Cup