Alexander Viktorovich Dept.

Alexander Abbot
Alexander Abt, 2003
Full name	Alexander Viktorovich Dept.
nation	Russia
birthday	October 22, 1976
place of birth	Moscow,  Soviet Union
size	179 cm
Career
discipline	Individual race men
society	Moscow Union
Trainer	Alexander Schulin, Rafael Harutjunjan, Sergei Volkov
choreographer	Alexander Schulin
National squad	since 1994
status	resigned
End of career	2004
Medal table
EM medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
European figure skating championships bronze Milan 1998 Men's silver Lausanne 2002 Men's
Personal best
Total points 189.46 Cup of Russia 2003  Freestyle 121.40 NHK Tropy 2003  Short program 73.05 Cup of Russia 2003
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix competitions 0 4th 6th

Alexander Viktorovich Abbot ( Russian Александр Викторович Абт ; born October 22, 1976 in Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian figure skater .

Life

At the age of six, Abbot was sent on the ice by his grandmother to improve his health. Several injuries over the years nearly ended his career. In 1996 he cut his right hamstring muscle with the blade of his skate during a show in Mexico when he collided with the gang. In 2001 he got an infection, as a result of which he collapsed after the freestyle at the European Championships . In 2003 he had to sit out at the European Championships because of an ankle injury. One of his first coaches was Sergei Volkov , who however succumbed to cancer. Abt trained with Alexander Schulin since 2002 , after Rafael Harutjunjan was his trainer for eleven years.

In 1998, Abt won the bronze medal at the European Championships , and in 2002 he became vice European champion. From 2000 to 2002, Abt took part in world championships . His best result was fourth in 2002 . Abbot finished his only Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in 2002 in fifth place. In 2003 he became the Russian champion . During his career, Abt had very strong national competition with Alexei Yagudin and Yevgeny Pljushchenko .

After his amateur career, Abt performed at various shows in Europe, Russia and Japan. In 2008 he appeared together with the actress Anastassija Makejewa in an ice show on the television channel " Pervy kanal ". Also in 2008 he played the role of a figure skater in the television series "Sharki ljod (Hot Ice)", where the other side of this sport, love and betrayal, secret intrigues and true friendship, were shown to the viewer. Along with well-known actors, other figure skating stars played with Alexei Yagudin , Roman Kostomarow , Alexei Tichonow , Povilas Vanagas and Irina Sluzkaja .

In April 1999, Abt married the former ice dancer Jelena Pavlova . Their son was born in March 2000. Abt works together with his wife as a figure skating coach in New Jersey (USA).

Results

Championship / year	1991	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
winter Olympics											5.
World championships									6th	8th.	4th
European championships							3.		4th	4th	2.	Z
Junior World Championships	2.	7th	8th.
Russian championships			4th	4th	18th	7th	4th		3.	3.	2.	1.	Z
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Grand Prix competition / season	90/91	92/93	93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04
Grand Prix Final								5.	4th			4th
Skate America					3.		3.		7th	5.	3.	2.
Cup of Russia								3.	2.			3.	6th
NHK Trophy					8th.								5.
Bofrost Cup on Ice							3.	2.		4th	4th	2.

Web links

Commons : Alexander Wiktorowitsch Abt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Alexander Abt in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Alexander Wiktorowitsch Abbot in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )