Andrei Chuvilaev

Andrei Chuvilaev
Andrei Chuvilaev
Full name	Andrei Mstislavovich Chuvilaev
Born	23 May 1978 (age 46); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Skating club	Yubileyny Sports Club
Retired	2006
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing Russia; (with Borzenkova)
Winter Universiade
Representing Russia; (with Semkina)
Winter Universiade

Andrei Mstislavovich Chuvilaev (Russian: Андрей Мстиславович Чувиляев;^[1] born 23 May 1978) is a Russian former pair skater. With Viktoria Borzenkova, he won the 2003 Winter Universiade and 2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice.

Career

Chuvilaev skated seriously from the age of five and switched to pairs at 11.^[2] He began competing internationally with Olga Semkina in 1994. The pair placed seventh at the 1995 World Junior Championships, held in Budapest in November 1994. They won gold at the 1995 Czech Skate, silver at the 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy, and bronze at the 1997 Winter Universiade.

Chuvilaev began competing with Viktoria Borzenkova in 1999. Early in their partnership, they were coached by Ludmila Koblova in Moscow.^[3] They finished seventh at the 2002 European Championships and 15th at the 2002 World Championships. They formed an unusual pair due to their height,^[2] she being 168 cm tall and he 200 cm.^[4] In April 2003, they moved to Saint Petersburg and began working with Oksana Kazakova and Tamara Moskvina.^[4]^[2] The pair retired from competition in 2006.

(with Borzenkova)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2005–2006 ^[4]	Time, Forward! by Georgy Sviridov	Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Richard Strauss
2004–2005 ^[5]	The Blizzard by Georgy Sviridov	Fantasia on Themes of Ryabinin, Op. 48, for piano and orchestra by Anton Arensky
2003–2004 ^[6]^[2]	Time to Say Goodbye by Francesco Sartori arranged by Drew Tretick	Fantasia on Themes of Ryabinin, Op. 48, for piano and orchestra by Anton Arensky
2001–2002 ^[3]^[7]	Improvisation by Tony Mercer My Sweet and Tender Beast by Eugen Doga	La Forza del Destino Ouverture by Giuseppe Verdi

^ Чувиляев Андрей Мстиславович [Andrei Mstislavovich Chuvilaev] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mittan, Barry (10 December 2003). "Moskvina Grooms New Pair for 2006 Olympic Games". GoldenSkate. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Viktoria BORZENKOVA / Andrei CHUVILAEV: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Viktoria BORZENKOVA / Andrei CHUVILAEV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Viktoria BORZENKOVA / Andrei CHUVILAEV: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 February 2005.
^ ^a ^b "Viktoria BORZENKOVA / Andrei CHUVILAEV: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.
^ "Viktoria BORZENKOVA / Andrei CHUVILAEV: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 December 2001.