Pavel Igorevich Drozd (; born 14 December 1995) is a Russian ice dancer who currently competes with Elizaveta Shichina as an Individual Neutral Athlete. With his former skating partner, Alla Loboda, he is a two-time World Junior medalist (silver in 2017, bronze in 2016), a three-time JGP Final silver medalist (2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17), and the 2016 Russian junior national champion. With his former skating partner, Ksenia Konkina, he is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy and 2019 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist.

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

Career

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

Start of partnership with Loboda On 10 March 2012, Drozd began skating with Alla Loboda, who trained under the same coaches. 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 / Sergey 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.

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. Loboda and Drozd ended their partnership by July.

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. On 5 November 2018, Drozd confirmed that he had teamed up with Ksenia Konkina and would continue to be coached by Zhulin. 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.

2026–2027 season On 30 June 2026, the International Skating Union announced that figure skaters from Russia and Belarus would be allowed to compete at international competitions as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs). Each of these skaters are be required to undergo an individual assessment conducted by the ISU Council to determine whether they meet the criteria for neutral status. The team's application was approved, making them eligible to compete internationally as neutral athletes.

Programs With Shanaeva Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2022–2023 Havana 1957

with Abachkina Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2021–2022 Puddit (Put It Where You Want It) Roof Garden

With Konkina Season Rhythm dance Free dance 2020–2021 Mack the Knife Mack and Mabel My Brilliant Friend

With Loboda Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2017–2018 Largadinho Diles Chicago (musical soundtrack) Sous le ciel de Paris 2016–2017 St. Louis Blues Malagueña 2015–2016 Nr. 10 in H minor, op. 69.2 Storming Pleven Lo ti penso amore Caprice No. 5 The Winner Takes It All 2014–2015 Samabando

Giselle 2013–2014 Jeepers Creepers Work Song Vivo per lei Dance of the Knights Vivo per lei 2012–2013 That's Life Time to Swing Scheherazade

Records and achievements (with Loboda)

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

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

Skating as an Individual Neutral Athlete

With Shichina

For Russia National Event 24-25 25-26 Russian Champ. 10th 6th

With Shanaeva National Event 22–23 23–24 Russian Champ. 2nd 4th Russian Cup Final 2nd 5th

With Abachkina International Event 2021–22 Cup of Austria WD Warsaw Cup WD WD = Withdrew

With Konkina International Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 Rostelecom Cup WD Asian Open Trophy 2nd Warsaw Cup 2nd Ice Mall Cup 3rd NRW Trophy 1st National Russian Champ. 8th WD WD = Withdrew

With Loboda

International Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 France 9th Skate Canada 5th Golden Spin 10th Lombardia 2nd Shanghai Trophy 4th International: Junior Junior Worlds 3rd 2nd Final 2nd 2nd 2nd Austria 1st Estonia 1st France 1st Japan 2nd Latvia 3rd Poland 3rd Russia 1st Slovakia 2nd Ice Challenge 3rd National Russian Champ. 6th Russian Jr. Champ. 11th 5th 4th 1st 2nd

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

With Konkina 2019–20 season Date Event RD FD Total 24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 9 69.04 8 107.17 8 176.21 14–17 November 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 1 71.81 2 106.62 2 178.43 30 October – 3 November 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy 2 70.21 3 106.17 2 176.38 10–11 August 2019 NRW Trophy 1 66.81 1 99.98 1 166.79 2018–19 season Date Event RD FD Total 20–23 February 2019 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup 3 70.77 3 101.47 3 172.24

With Loboda

2017–18 season Date Event SD FD Total 21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships 6 63.07 6 96.92 6 159.99 6–9 December 2017 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 11 59.42 9 90.90 10 150.32 24–26 November 2017 2017 Shanghai Trophy – 4 95.27 4 95.27 17–19 November 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 7 60.43 9 85.42 9 145.85 27–29 October 2017 2017 Skate Canada 6 62.60 5 93.12 5 155.72 14–17 September 2017 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 2 63.34 2 91.06 2 154.40

2016–17 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 15–19 March 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 1 67.59 2 96.78 2 164.37 1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1 69.40 4 88.59 2 157.99 8–11 December 2016 2016−17 JGP Final Junior 1 67.58 2 94.29 2 161.87 28 September – 2 October 2016 2016 JGP Estonia Junior 1 65.54 1 91.47 1 157.01 14–18 September 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 1 64.96 1 96.91 1 161.87 2015–16 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 14–20 March 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 6 58.93 3 92.26 3 151.19 19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1 68.84 2 96.06 1 164.90 10–13 December 2015 2015−16 JGP Final Junior 3 64.01 2 86.85 2 150.86 9–13 September 2015 2015 JGP Austria Junior 1 61.73 1 91.91 1 153.64 19–23 August 2015 2015 JGP Slovakia Junior 1 60.48 2 86.90 2 147.38 2014–15 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 61.84 5 78.53 4 140.37 11–14 December 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 2 53.72 2 82.59 2 136.31 10–14 September 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 3 52.25 1 81.73 2 133.98 20–24 August 2014 2014 JGP France Junior 2 50.10 1 82.34 1 132.44 2013–14 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 23–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5 58.53 3 86.66 5 145.19 19–21 September 2013 2013 JGP Poland Junior 3 54.55 3 79.56 3 134.11 29–31 August 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 3 50.93 1 75.50 3 126.43 2012–13 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 1–3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 12 41.22 11 66.04 11 107.26

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