Yaroslav Paniot

Yaroslav Vadymovych Paniot (Ukrainian: Ярослав Вадимович Паніот, born 26 December 1997) is a Ukrainian figure skater who plans to compete for the United States. He is the 2021 U.S. national pewter medalist, but has not yet represented the United States at an international event.

Yaroslav Paniot
Paniot at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games
Personal information
Native nameЯрослав Вадимович Паніот
Full nameYaroslav Vadymovych Paniot
Country represented United States
Former country(ies) represented Ukraine
Born (1997-12-26) 26 December 1997
Odessa, Ukraine
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
CoachTodd Eldredge
Former coachTammy Gambill
Nikolai Morozov
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Alexei Tchetverukhin
Yuriy Sukholentsev
ChoreographerMark Pillay
Former choreographerNikolai Morozov
Philipp Mills
Karen Kwan
Alena Turaeva-Stetskaia
Skating clubAll Year FSC
Former skating clubLeader Kiev
Training locationsIrvine, California
Former training locationsColorado Springs, Colorado
Riverside, California
Hackensack, New Jersey
Kiev
Began skating2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total233.16
2017 CS U.S. International Classic
Short program81.25
2017 CS Tallinn Trophy
Free skate155.96
2017 CS U.S. International Classic

Representing Ukraine, he is the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2017 Philadelphia International silver medalist, and a two-time Ukrainian national champion (2014, 2017). He has reached the free skate at four ISU Championships and qualified a spot for Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where he finished 30th. He last competed for Ukraine in November 2018.

Career

Early career

Paniot began skating in 2003.[1] In his early years, he was taught by Yuriy Sukholentsev and Oleksandr Zelensky in Ukraine.[2] From 2009 to 2011, he was coached by Alexei Tchetverukhin in Russia.[3]

In January 2012, Paniot won silver in the team event at the Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series the following season, in late August 2012. In February 2013, Paniot took silver at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Poiana Brașov, Romania. He trained mainly in Kiev until 2014.[4]

2014–2015 season: ISU Championship debut

During the season, Paniot trained mainly in Irvine, California, coached by Viacheslav Zagorodniuk.[1][5] Competing in the 2014 JGP series, he finished 17th in Aichi, Japan, having dropped from 7th after the short program, and won the bronze medal in Dresden, Germany, after placing fourth in the short and third in the free skate. Making his senior international debut, he finished 12th at the Warsaw Cup, an ISU Challenger Series event. In December, Paniot won the Ukrainian senior national title; ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, he finished ahead of silver medalist Ivan Pavlov by less than half a point.[6]

Paniot was selected to compete at two senior-level ISU Championships and reached the free skate at both. In January, he finished 16th at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, having ranked 14th in the short program and 18th in the free skate. In March, he placed 20th in the short, 24th in the free, and 24th overall at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China.

2015–2016 season

Paniot finished second to Pavlov at the Ukrainian Championships in December 2015. He changed coaches in January 2016, joining Nikolai Morozov a week before the Ukrainian Junior Championships.[7] In March, he competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary and qualified for the free skate by placing 15th in the short. He was 8th in the free skate and 11th overall.

2016–2017 season

Competing in the 2016 JGP series, Paniot placed 5th in Saint Gervais-les-Bains and Dresden. He ranked 12th at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the Ukrainian Championships, he placed first in the short and second in the free, finishing second to Pavlov by a margin of 0.87.

Ahead of the 2017 World Junior Championships, Paniot trained under Halyna Kukhar and Anton Kovalevski in Ukraine.[8] At Junior Worlds in Taipei (Taiwan), Paniot finished in 10th place after scoring personal bests in every portion of the competition.

2017–2018 season

In early August, Paniot received the silver medal at the Philadelphia Summer International, having finished second to Timothy Dolensky and ahead of Max Aaron. In mid-September, he placed fourth at the 2017 CS U.S. International Classic. At the end of the month, he competed at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. By placing 7th, he earned a spot for Ukraine in the men's event at the Olympics.

Paniot won bronze at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy and then won his second senior national title. In February 2018, he competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.[9] He was eliminated after placing 30th in the short program.

2018–2019 season

Paniot placed eighth at the 2018 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. In November, he made his Grand Prix debut, placing 12th at the 2018 NHK Trophy. It was his final international appearance for Ukraine.

2019–2020 season

Paniot competed at the 2020 Southwest Regionals, finishing third in the short and second in the free to come in second overall and qualify for Sectionals.[10] At the 2020 Pacific Coast Sectionals, he was first after the short and third in the free, coming in second overall, only .88 behind the winner, Joonsoo Kim.[11] This qualified him for Nationals. In his US Nationals debut, Paniot finished ninth in the short and tenth in the free, to place tenth overall at the 2020 U.S. Championships.[12]

2020–2021 season

Paniot competed in the virtual Championship Series, placing second in his group and second overall behind Eric Sjoberg. This qualified him for his second consecutive national championships. Competing at the 2021 U.S. Championships, he placed fourth in the short program with a clean skate.[13] In the free program he landed three quads and placed third in that segment, remaining in fourth place overall and taking the pewter medal.[14]

Records and achievements

  • The first European skater to have completed a quad flip in international competition. He landed the jump in his free skate at the 2017 US International Figure Skating Classic.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
2019–2020
2018–2019
  • The Messiah Will Come Again
    performed by Gary Moore
2017–2018
[15]
  • Romeo and Juliet Overture
    by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2016–2017
[16]
  • Romeo and Juliet Overture
    by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2015–2016
[17][18]

2014–2015
[1]
2013–2014
[4]
  • Swing and Jazz
2012–2013
[19]
  • Mix

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

For the United States

National[20]
Event 19–20 20–21
U.S. Championships10th4th
Pacific Coast Sectionals2nd
Southwest Regionals2nd
Championship Series2nd

For Ukraine

International[20]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Olympics30th
Worlds24th
Europeans16th25th
GP NHK Trophy12th
CS FinlandiaWD
CS Golden Spin12th
CS Nebelhorn7th
CS Tallinn Trophy3rd
CS U.S. ClassicWD4th8th
CS Warsaw Cup12th8th
Philadelphia2nd5th
International: Junior[20]
Junior Worlds11th10th
Youth Olympics9th
JGP Belarus11th
JGP France5th
JGP Germany3rd5th
JGP Japan17th
JGP Slovenia18th
JGP USA16th4th
EYOF2nd
Cup of Nice7th8th
National[20]
Ukraine4th5th1st2nd2nd1stWD
Ukraine: Junior2nd3rd1st2nd
Team events1
Youth Olympics2nd T
5th P
1 T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result.
WD = Withdrew

References

  1. "Yaroslav PANIOT: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Ярослав Паниот (Киев)" [Yaroslav Paniot] (in Russian). skating.com.ua.
  3. "Паниот Ярослав Вадимович" [Yaroslav Vadimovich Paniot] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  4. "Yaroslav PANIOT: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Ярослав Паниот: здесь не такое строгое судейство, поэтому и получил 75 балов" [Yaroslav Paniot interview] (in Russian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. 20 December 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships". 20 December 2014.
  7. "Ярослав Паниот: тренера я поменял буквально за неделю до того, как приехал сюда в Киев, поэтому рано еще о чем-то говорить" [Yaroslav Paniot changed coaches] (in Russian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. "Марина Амірханова:на юніорському чемпіонаті світу Україна буде презентована сильними фігуристами" [Maryna Amirkhanova: Ukraine will be represented by strong skaters at the World Junior Championships] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017.
  9. "Athlete Profile - Yaroslav PANIOT". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. "2020 Southwest Regional Singles Challenge". USFSA. October 19, 2019.
  11. "2020 Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final". USFSA. November 16, 2019.
  12. "2020 Toyota US Figure Skating Championships". USFSA. January 26, 2020.
  13. Slater, Paula (January 16, 2021). "Nathan Chen leads Men at US Nationals". Golden Skate.
  14. Slater, Paula (January 17, 2021). "Nathan Chen wins fifth consecutive US National title". Golden Skate.
  15. "Yaroslav PANIOT: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. "Yaroslav PANIOT: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. "Yaroslav PANIOT: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. "Yaroslav PANIOT: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. "Yaroslav PANIOT: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. "Competition Results: Yaroslav PANIOT". International Skating Union.
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