Deniss Vasiļjevs

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Deniss Vasiļjevs
Vasiļjevs at the 2018 Internationaux de France
Born (1999-08-09) 9 August 1999 (age 24)
Daugavpils, Latvia
HometownChampéry, Switzerland
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Latvia
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachStéphane Lambiel
Angelo Dolfini
Giulia Isceri
Skating clubDaugavpils Skating Club
Began skating2003
Highest WS10th
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tallinn Singles
Latvian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Riga Singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ventspils Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Riga Singles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Riga Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Riga Singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Riga Singles
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Hamar Singles

Deniss Vasiļjevs[1] (born 9 August 1999) is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2022 European bronze medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy silver medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (including gold at the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy), and a six-time Latvian national champion (2016–18, 2020, 2022-23).

Earlier in his career, Vasiļjevs became the 2016 Youth Olympics silver medalist and won two silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He is the first Latvian skater to make the podium at a JGP event and at an ISU Championships event.

Personal life[edit]

Deniss Vasiļjevs was born on 9 August 1999 in Daugavpils, Latvia.[2] His mother is a former dancer.[3] In 2016, he began living in Champery, Switzerland, but remained a student at Daugavpils Russian Secondary School – Lyceum.[4] He enjoys drawing[5] and speaks four languages – Latvian, Russian, French and English.[6]

Vasiljevs also helps coach young skaters at the Skating School of Switzerland.[7]

Career[edit]

Vasiļjevs began skating in 2002.[2] As he was often sick, his parents decided to involve him in a sport, first considering swimming and then skating.[8] Around 2010, they arranged for him to train under the guidance of Lithuanian coach Ingrida Snieškienė in Paris, France.[3] Due to his schooling, he spent part of the year training in Daugavpils.[3] His figure skating role models include Stéphane Lambiel, Daisuke Takahashi, Patrick Chan, and Javier Fernández.[9]

2013–14 season: Junior international debut[edit]

Vasiļjevs debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in 2013, placing 7th in Riga, Latvia and 10th in Gdańsk, Poland.[10] He was named in Latvia's team to the World Junior Championships, held in March 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked 11th in the short program, he qualified for the free skate, where he placed 7th, pulling him up to 8th overall.[11]

2014–15 season[edit]

During the 2014–15 figure skating season, Vasiļjevs placed fourth at both of his Junior Grand Prix assignments, in Courchevel, France and Tallinn, Estonia. He won the silver medal at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, held in January 2015 in Dornbirn, Austria.[12] He began working with Alexei Urmanov before the 2015 World Junior Championships,[9] which took place in March in Tallinn, Estonia. He placed 8th in both segments and 7th overall.[13]

2015–16 season: Senior international debut[edit]

Vasiļjevs began the 2015–16 season by winning silver at both of his JGP events in Riga, Latvia and Toruń, Poland. He is the first Latvian skater to step on a JGP podium.[14][15] Making his senior international debut, he placed 5th at the 2015 Mordovian Ornament before taking the bronze medal at the 2015 Tallinn Trophy.[14]

In January 2016, Vasiļjevs was sent to his first senior ISU Championship – the 2016 Europeans in Bratislava, Slovakia. He finished 12th after placing 14th in the short program and 10th in the free skate.[16] In February, he competed in Hamar, Norway at the 2016 Youth Olympics. Ranked third in the short program and first in the free skate, he finished second overall with a total score 1.09 less than gold medalist Sōta Yamamoto of Japan.[17] His silver is Latvia's first Youth Olympic medal in figure skating.[citation needed] Vasiļjevs was assigned to compete in the mixed NOC team event as a member of Team Discovery. Placing first in his segment,[18] he lifted his team to the bronze medal.[17]

By 2016, Vasiļjevs was training almost full-time with Urmanov in Sochi, Russia.[9] In March, at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, he won a small bronze medal for the short program and finished 8th overall.[19] Later that month, he competed at the 2016 World Championships in Boston. He qualified for the free skate by placing tenth in the short program and finishing 14th overall.[20]

2016–17 season[edit]

In spring 2016, Vasiļjevs had new programs choreographed by Stéphane Lambiel in Champéry, Switzerland.[15] He was diagnosed with a tear in his left adductor muscle during the off-season and visited Toronto in late July 2016 for physiotherapy.[21][22] On 25 August 2016, he announced that Lambiel had agreed to coach him in Champéry.[23][24] He started practicing double jumps in early September.[25] He also worked on developing his program details, steps, and spins.[26]

In November, Vasiljevs made his Grand Prix debut. He placed 11th at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup and then 6th at the 2016 NHK Trophy. He ranked 6th in both segments and 7th overall at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In March, he won his first international senior gold medal[27] at the 2017 Cup of Tyrol. He finished 14th at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to his result, Latvia qualified a spot in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

2017–18 season[edit]

Vasiļjevs began his season in September, finishing 4th at Lombardia Trophy.[28] He finished in 8th place at Rostelecom Cup.[29] In November, he was ninth in the short program[30] at NHK Trophy but placed fifth in the free skate and climbed to 6th overall.[31] He went on to win gold at Cup of Tyrol for the second time.[32]

In December, Vasiļjevs won his third national title,[33] and along with Diāna Ņikitina, was subsequently selected to represent Latvia in figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[34] At the 2018 European Championships in January, he placed third in the short program and earned a small bronze medal.[35][36] He was fifth in the free skating after falling on a downgraded quad toe loop and finished fourth,[37] matching the record finishes of Angelīna Kučvaļska[38] and Konstantīns Kostins at previous European Championships.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Vasiļjevs was twenty-first after the short program after falling on a triple Axel.[39] In the free skating, he fell again on a triple Axel and another element,[40] but was able to move up to nineteenth place. In March, Vasiļjevs competed at the World Championships, where he skated a clean short program and placed ninth.[41] In the free skate, he set a new personal best and national record to finish sixth overall.[42][43] His sixth-place finish is the highest ever placement by any skater representing Latvia in any discipline at Worlds.[44]

2018–19 season[edit]

In October, Vasiljevs competed at Japan Open, placing fifth in his segment but winning silver as part of team Europe. He placed eighth at NHK Trophy and seventh at the Internationaux de France. He was scheduled to compete at Golden Spin in December but withdrew due to illness.[45]

Vasiljevs placed eleventh at the 2019 European Championships and twenty-first at the 2019 World Championships.

2019–20 season[edit]

To begin the season, Vasiljevs won the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, the second Challenger medal of his career. He began on the Grand Prix at the 2019 Skate Canada International, placing fourth in the short program after putting a foot down on his triple Lutz.[46] He came seventh in the free skate, dropping to fifth place overall.[47] He was sixth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.[48]

Next competing at the 2020 European Championships, Vasiljevs placed fifth in the short program despite still having a twisted ankle.[49] He was seventh in the free skate with a few underrotated jumps and slipped to sixth place overall.[50] He then won a gold medal at the Nordic Championships, which proved to be his final competition of the season, as the 2020 World Championships were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[51]

2020–21 season[edit]

Vasiljevs began the season at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, which, due to pandemic-related travel restrictions, was attended only by skaters from and training in Europe; Vasiljevs was considered one of the pre-event favourites.[52] Only fifth in the short program, he won the free skate and the gold medal, in the process landing a quad Salchow for the first time.[53] Vasiljevs was also assigned to compete at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but this event was also cancelled as a result of the pandemic.[54]

Vasiljevs placed eighteenth at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.[55] This result qualified one men's berth for Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[56]

2021–22 season[edit]

Vasiljevs began the season at the Olympic test event, the 2021 Asian Open, where he placed fourth.[57] His first Grand Prix event was scheduled to be the 2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation, he was reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia in Turin.[58] He was fourth at that event as well with new person bests in the free skate and total score, and praised the "overwhelming feeling" of competing for an audience again.[59] At his second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France, Vasiljevs was second in the short program with a new personal best score. Seventh in the free skate after errors on both his quad Salchow attempt and one of his triple Axels, he again finished fourth overall while still setting new personal bests again.[60] 

At the 2022 European Championships, Vasiljevs placed sixth after the short program, skating cleanly. In the free skate, Vasiljevs landed a quad Salchow and skated the rest of his program cleanly to rise to bronze medal position in the free skate and overall, making the podium for the first time at Europeans. He improved his personal best scores in all segments at the event, and his medal marked the first medal for Latvia at the European Championships in any discipline. He called it "a milestone in my journey that I don’t know where it leads."[61]

Named to his second Latvian team for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Vasiljevs placed sixteenth in the short program of the men's event.[62] Twelfth in the free skate, despite a fall on his quad attempt, Vasiljevs rose to thirteenth place overall.[63] He was thirteenth as well at the 2022 World Championships.[57]

2022–23 season[edit]

Vasiljevs worked extensively with choreographer Salome Brunner on his short program to Sting's "Englishman in New York", saying, "I never before put that much of myself into a program."[64] He won the bronze medal at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial to start the season before finishing tenth at the 2022 Skate Canada International.[57] Vasiljevs rallied from this disappointing result and won the silver medal at his second Grand Prix, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy. This was the first Grand Prix medal of his career and the first for a Latvian skater. Speaking on the subject, he said he was "very happy today that I had the first Latvian Grand Prix medal, but that's not the focus that I feel the most satisfied. It's a feeling, the standing ovation, the people cheering, the clapping...this energy is something way above, something way beyond what you get just by achieving something."[65]

Seeking to defend his podium place at the 2023 European Championships, Vasiljevs finished third in the short program despite underrotating part of his jump combination, winning a small bronze medal. He said that in his own mind "I wasn't defending anything. I was skating for my own joy."[66][67] The free skate proved more difficult, making an error on his quad attempt and underrotating two other triple jumps, dropping him to fifth overall.[68][69] Vasiljevs came thirteenth at the World Championships for a second consecutive year.[57]

Vasiljevs during his free skate at the 2024 World Championships

2023–24 season[edit]

After feeling somewhat disappointed by his results in the prior season, Vasiljevs set a goal to focus on the upcoming European Championships.[70] He came seventh at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial in his first competition of the season.[57] On the Grand Prix, he was ninth at the 2023 Skate America.[71] He went on to finish seventh at the 2023 NHK Trophy, and said he was continuing to struggle with the balance between technical development and "keeping my passion for artistry."[72]

Vasiljevs came sixth at the 2024 European Championships.[73] Finishing the season at the 2024 World Championships, he was seventh overall, having come eighth in each segment. Vasiljevs said that it had been a "rough season" that he was glad to be done with, but that it was "great to end it like this."[74]

Programs[edit]

Vasiljevs at the 2018 Internationaux de France Gala
Vasiljevs at the 2018 European Championships
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[75][76][70]

The Lion King

2022–2023
[77]
2021–2022
[78]
2020–2021
[79][80][25]
2019–2020
[81][80][25]
2018–2019
[82]
2017–2018
[83]
2016–2017
[2][80][25]
2015–2016
[5][14]
2014–2015
[12][3]
  • Heart Upon My Sleeve
  • Shame On Me
    by Avicii
2013–2014
[10]

Competitive highlights[edit]

Competition placements at senior level [57]
Season 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Winter Olympics 19th 13th
World Championships 14th 14th 6th 21st C 18th 13th 13th 7th
European Championships 12th 7th 4th 11th 6th C 3rd 5th 6th
GP France 7th C 4th
GP Gran Premio d'Italia 4th
GP NHK Trophy 6th 6th 8th 7th
GP Rostelecom Cup 11th 8th 6th
GP Skate America 9th
GP Skate Canada 5th 10th
GP Wilson Trophy 2nd
CS Asian Open Trophy 4th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4th
CS Lombardia Trophy 4th
CS Mordovian Ornament 5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1st WD
CS Nepela Memorial 3rd 3rd 7th
CS Tallinn Trophy 3rd
Bavarian Open 1st
Cup of Tyrol 1st 1st 1st
Ice Star 1st
Nordic Championships 1st
Tallinks Hotel Cup 2nd
Japan Open 2nd
(5th) 		1st
(6th)
Latvian Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Competition placements at junior level [57][86]
Season 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
World Junior Championships 8th 7th 8th
Winter Youth Olympics 2nd
Winter Youth Olympics –
Team event 		3rd
(1st)
JGP Estonia 4th
JGP France 4th
JGP Latvia 7th 2nd
JGP Poland 10th 2nd
Bavarian Open 1st
Cup of Nice 1st
Denkova-Staviski Cup 1st
European Youth Olympic Festival 2nd
Hellmut Seibt Memorial 1st
Santa Claus Cup 1st
Volvo Open Cup 1st
Latvian Championships 1st 1st

Detailed results[edit]

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 272.08 2022 European Championships
Short program TSS 90.95 2022 World Championships
TES 46.86 2021 Internationaux de France
PCS 44.63 2022 World Championships
Free skating TSS 181.84 2022 European Championships
TES 93.12 2022 European Championships
PCS 88.72 2022 European Championships
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 254.86 2018 World Championships
Short program TSS 85.11 2018 European Championships
TES 44.90 2018 European Championships
PCS 41.18 2018 Winter Olympics
Free skating TSS 170.61 2018 World Championships
TES 87.41 2018 World Championships
PCS 83.20 2018 World Championships

Senior level[edit]

  • Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.
  • Medals at team events are awarded for the team result only. The individual placement is listed in parentheses.
Results in the 2015–16 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 16–19, 2015 Russia 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament 5 72.72 5 132.41 5 205.13
Nov 18–22, 2015 Estonia 2015 Tallinn Trophy 2 78.63 5 129.90 3 208.53
Dec 12–13, 2015 Latvia 2015 Latvian Championships 1 71.78 1 147.67 1 219.45
Jan 26–31, 2016 Slovakia 2016 European Championships 14 68.32 10 135.92 12 204.24
Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2016 United States 2016 World Championships 10 81.07 16 143.47 14 224.54
Results in the 2016–17 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 4–6, 2016 Russia 2016 Rostelecom Cup 12 62.40 11 141.37 11 203.77
Nov 25–27, 2016 Japan 2016 NHK Trophy 10 70.50 5 153.23 6 223.73
Dec 3–4, 2016 Latvia 2016 Latvian Championships 1 77.82 1 150.72 1 228.54
Jan 25–29, 2017 Czech Republic 2017 European Championships 6 79.87 6 155.33 7 235.20
Feb 28 – Mar 5, 2017 Austria 2017 Cup of Tyrol 1 76.64 1 163.80 1 240.44
Mar 29 – Apr 2, 2017 Finland 2017 World Championships 14 81.73 13 157.27 14 239.00
Results in the 2017–18 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 14–17, 2017 Italy 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 5 76.17 4 152.74 4 228.91
Oct 20–22, 2017 Russia 2017 Rostelecom Cup 6 82.44 9 145.09 8 227.53
Nov 10–12, 2017 Japan 2017 NHK Trophy 8 76.51 5 158.29 6 234.80
Nov 22–25, 2017 Austria 2018 Cup of Tyrol 2 74.05 1 167.26 1 241.31
Dec 2–3, 2017 Latvia 2017 Latvian Championships 1 86.97 1 150.85 1 237.82
Jan 15–21, 2018 Russia 2018 European Championships 3 85.11 5 158.41 4 243.52
Feb 16–17, 2018 South Korea 2018 Winter Olympics 21 79.52 20 155.06 19 234.58
Mar 19–25, 2018 Italy 2018 World Championships 9 84.25 5 170.61 6 254.86
Results in the 2018–19 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 6, 2018 Japan 2018 Japan Open – – 5 129.32 2 (5) –
Oct 18–21, 2018 Belarus 2018 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 2 74.52 1 154.11 1 228.63
Nov 9–11, 2018 Japan 2018 NHK Trophy 7 72.39 8 125.21 8 197.60
Nov 23–25, 2018 France 2018 Internationaux de France 5 82.30 7 138.96 7 221.16
Jan 21–27, 2019 Belarus 2019 European Championships 12 78.87 10 140.63 11 219.50
Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2019 Austria 2019 Cup of Tyrol 1 81.23 1 156.85 1 238.08
Mar 18–24, 2019 Japan 2019 World Championships 23 74.74 20 143.78 21 218.52
Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 20–21, 2019 Slovakia 2019 CS Nepela Memorial 2 79.76 3 150.21 3 229.97
Oct 5, 2019 Japan 2019 Japan Open – – 6 146.65 1 (6) –
Oct 25–27, 2019 Canada 2019 Skate Canada International 4 84.01 7 143.31 5 227.32
Nov 15–17, 2019 Russia 2019 Rostelecom Cup 5 87.08 10 154.01 6 241.09
Dec 14–15, 2019 Latvia 2019 Latvian Championships 1 84.51 1 142.72 1 227.23
Jan 20–26, 2020 Austria 2020 European Championships 5 80.44 7 152.23 6 232.67
Feb 5–9, 2020 Norway 2020 Nordic Championships 1 73.32 1 167.93 1 241.25
Results in the 2020–21 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 23–26, 2020 Germany 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5 73.25 1 159.83 1 233.08
Mar 22–28, 2021 Sweden 2021 World Championships 14 81.22 18 131.83 18 213.05
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 13–17, 2021 China 2021 CS Asian Open Trophy 4 84.75 7 132.93 4 217.68
Nov 5–7, 2021 Italy 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 5 85.09 4 163.35 4 248.44
Nov 19–21, 2021 France 2021 Internationaux de France 2 89.76 7 164.72 4 254.48
Dec 7–11, 2021 Croatia 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 84.46 4 165.61 4 250.07
Jan 10–16, 2022 Estonia 2022 European Championships 6 90.24 3 181.84 3 272.08
Feb 8–10, 2022 China 2022 Winter Olympics 16 85.30 12 167.41 13 252.71
Mar 21–27, 2022 France 2022 World Championships 11 90.95 14 152.05 13 243.00
Results in the 2022–23 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022 Slovakia 2022 CS Nepela Memorial 4 69.66 3 144.53 3 214.19
Oct 28–30, 2022 Canada 2022 Skate Canada International 7 69.01 10 128.44 10 197.45
Nov 11–13, 2022 United Kingdom 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 3 83.01 2 171.55 2 254.56
Dec 17–18, 2022 Latvia 2022 Latvia Trophy 1 73.08 1 167.50 1 240.58
Jan 25–29, 2023 Finland 2023 European Championships 3 84.81 6 151.54 5 236.35
Feb 16–19, 2023 Estonia 2023 Tallink Hotels Cup 1 79.94 3 144.05 2 223.99
Mar 22–26, 2023 Japan 2023 World Championships 11 82.37 13 160.78 13 243.15
Results in the 2023–24 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 28-30, 2023 Slovakia 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 3 82.40 10 133.38 7 215.78
Oct 20–22, 2023 United States 2023 Skate America 6 75.84 10 139.50 9 215.34
Nov 24–26, 2023 Japan 2023 NHK Trophy 5 82.14 9 139.81 7 221.95
Dec 8–10, 2023 Latvia 2023 Latvia Trophy 1 81.01 1 174.14 1 255.15
Jan 8–14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Championships 5 82.34 7 155.08 6 237.42
Jan 30-Feb 4, 2024 Germany 2024 Bavarian Open 1 85.36 1 170.82 1 256.18
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 8 89.42 8 89.42 7 257.80

Junior level[edit]

Vasiljevs at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Results in the 2013–14 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 29–30, 2013 Latvia 2013 JGP Latvia 14 52.24 5 109.70 7 161.94
Sep 20–22, 2013 Poland 2013 JGP Poland 15 45.89 10 102.12 10 148.01
Oct 7–10, 2013 France 2013 International Cup of Nice 2 59.55 1 132.26 1 191.91
Nov 7–10, 2013 Latvia 2013 Volvo Open Cup 1 63.95 1 112.43 1 176.38
Nov 29 – Dec 1, 2013 Bulgaria 2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup 1 64.52 1 129.59 1 194.11
Dec 6–8, 2013 Latvia 2013 Latvian Championships (Junior) 1 62.80 1 114.64 1 177.44
Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2014 Germany 2014 Bavarian Open 1 64.73 1 116.06 1 180.79
Feb 26 – Mar 1, 2014 Austria 2014 Hellmut Seibt Memorial 1 68.41 1 130.80 1 199.21
Mar 10–16, 2014 Bulgaria 2014 World Junior Championships 11 62.50 7 126.83 8 189.33
Results in the 2014–15 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 20–24, 2014 France 2014 JGP France 4 58.27 3 114.72 4 172.99
Sep 24–27, 2014 Estonia 2014 JGP Tallinn Cup 6 58.37 5 123.05 4 181.42
Dec 1–7, 2014 Hungary 2014 Santa Claus Cup 1 63.51 1 117.88 1 181.39
Dec 13–14, 2014 Latvia 2014 Latvian Championships (Junior) 1 60.04 1 126.22 1 186.26
Jan 26–28, 2015 Austria 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival 1 70.10 2 127.62 2 197.22
Mar 2–8, 2015 Estonia 2015 World Junior Championships 8 69.95 8 132.78 7 202.73
Results in the 2015–16 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 26–30, 2015 Latvia 2015 JGP Latvia 1 68.84 2 135.76 2 204.60
Sep 23–26, 2015 Poland 2015 JGP Poland 3 69.40 2 138.43 2 207.83
Feb 12–21, 2016 Norway 2016 Winter Youth Olympics 3 70.16 1 144.27 2 214.43
Feb 12–21, 2016 Norway 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Team event – – 1 149.09 3 –
Mar 14–20, 2016 Hungary 2016 World Junior Championships 3 78.78 9 125.97 8 204.75

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