Maxim Kovtun

Maxim Kovtun
Kovtun at the 2014 Grand Prix Final
Full nameMaxim Pavlovich Kovtun
Born (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29)
Yekaterinburg, Russia
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
DisciplineMen's singles
Began skating1997
Retired23 April 2019
Highest WS6th (2015–16)
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Stockholm Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ostrava Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bratislava Singles
Russian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi Singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yekaterinburg Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Saransk Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Chelyabinsk Singles
World Team Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tokyo Team
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2012–13 Sochi Singles

Maxim Pavlovich Kovtun (Russian: Максим Павлович Ковтун; born 18 June 1995) is a retired Russian figure skater. He is a three-time European medalist (silver in 2015 and 2017, bronze in 2016) and four-time (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) Russian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2012 JGP Final champion. Kovtun has successfully landed two quad jumps in a short program, and three quads in a free program.

On 23 April 2019, Kovtun announced his retirement from competition.[1]

  1. ^ "Maxim Kovtun | Максим Ковтун on Instagram: "Писал, стирал и снова писал, снова стирал... Самое сложное письмо в моей Жизни... Этот день должен был настать. Пришла пора прощаться... Не…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2019-04-23.