Ukrainian ice dancer (born 2002)
Mykyta Petrovych Pogorielov (Ukrainian: Микита Петрович Погорєлов, also romanized Pohorielov; born 24 September 2002) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Mariia Pinchuk, he is a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist (including gold at the 2023 JGP Turkey), a two-time Ukrainian junior national champion (2021, 2022), and competed in the final segment at two World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Personal life
Pogorielov was born on 24 September 2002 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Pogorielov fled Kharkiv during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He currently resides in Austria with Pinchuk and her mother, while his parents and brother found refuge in Spain.[1]
As of 2022, Pogorielov studies online at the Kharkiv School of Architecture.[1]
Career
Early years
Pinchuk and Pogorielov made their international junior debut in the 2020–21 season which, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, featured few events, in particular for junior skaters. Despite this, they won three silver medals at smaller events held in Europe, most notably the Budapest Trophy. They won both the national novice and junior titles.[2]
2021–22 season: War refugees
Pinchuk/Pogorielov made their Junior Grand Prix debut, coming ninth at the 2022 JGP Slovakia and sixth at the 2022 JGP Poland. They won their first international gold medal at the Open d'Andorra, and silver medals at both the Santa Claus Cup and the Victor Petrenko Cup, collecting their second Ukrainian junior title as well.[2]
Pinchuk and Pogorielov's plans for the second half of the season were derailed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which made their home city of Kharkiv the site of one of the largest and most protracted early battles. While Pogorielov's family evacuated to Spain, he traveled with Pinchuk, her mother and their coach Galina Churilova to Vienna.[1] Despite these disruptions, the team was able to attend the 2022 World Junior Championships, which had been delayed and moved to Tallinn as a result of the invasion, with all Russian and Belarusian skaters banned from participating.[3][4] Pinchuk/Pogorielov finished in seventeenth place in their ISU championship debut.[2]
2022–23 season: First Junior Grand Prix medal
With their regular choreographer Larisa Fiodorova still in Kharkiv and unable to leave, Pinchuk and Pogorielov received assistance in preparing their new programs from retired Ukrainian senior champions Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin.[1] In their second season on the Junior Grand Prix, they won the bronze medal at the 2022 JGP Latvia.[5] In their second event, the 2022 JGP Poland, they finished fourth.[2]
Opting to make their international senior debut, Pinchuk and Pogorielov won a bronze medal at the Bosphorus Cup and silver at the Pavel Roman Memorial. They were sent to represent Ukraine at the 2023 European Championships, qualifying to the free dance and finishing fifteenth. Pinchuk and Pogorielov then appeared at their second World Junior Championships, finishing in twelfth place.[2]
2023–24 season: Junior Grand Prix gold
Starting their season again on the Junior Grand Prix, Pinchuk and Pogorielov finished second in the rhythm dance at the 2023 JGP Turkey, but rose to first place after the free dance despite being second in that segment as well, winning the gold medal. This was the first Junior Grand Prix title for a Ukrainian dance team since Nosulia and Kholoniuk's victory on the 2011 circuit. Pinchuk assessed that "when you set a goal like this you have so many emotions and so many things to say but now I don't know what to say."[6] At their second event, the 2023 JGP Poland, they won the silver medal, including a first-place finish in the free dance. Their results qualified them to the Junior Grand Prix Final.[7]
Pinchuk and Pogorielov then competed at senior level events, winning bronze at the 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and gold at the 2023 Pavel Roman Memorial.[8]
In December, the duo finished fifth at the Junior Grand Prix Final, which they announced would be their last appearance at the junior level.[9]
Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Pinchuk and Pogorielov finished in eighteenth place.[2]
2024–25 season
Beginning their season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, Pinchuk and Pogorielov finished ninth at the 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy, twelfth at the 2024 Budapest Trophy, and tenth at the 2024 Nepela Memorial. Going on to make their senior Grand Prix debut, the team finished tenth at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy. They subsequently competed at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup, where they finished fourth.[2]
Programs
With Pinchuk
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Rhythm dance
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Free dance
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2024–2025
[10]
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- Obscura
by Power-Haus & Christian Reindl
- Freya
by Christian Reindl & Lucie Paradis
- Lux
by Power-Haus & Christian Reindl
choreo. by Galina Churilova, Matteo Zanni
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2023–2024
[11]
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2022–2023
[12]
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- Tango Till They're Sore
by Tom Waits
performed by Madeleine Peyroux
- Uccen (DWTS remix)
by Taalbi Brothers
choreo. by Larisa Fiodorova
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2021–2022
[13]
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Competitive highlights
Ice dance with Mariia Pinchuk
Ice dance with Anastasiia Sammel
Detailed results
Ice dance with Mariia Pinchuk
Senior level
References
External links
