Kristian Rand

Kristian Rand
nation	Estonia
birthday	June 12, 1987
place of birth	Tallinn ,  Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
size	185 cm
Career
discipline	Ice dancing
Partner	Caitlin Mallory
Former partner	Grethe Grünberg
society	FSC Jääkild Tallinn
Trainer	Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva, Lea Rand
choreographer	Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva, Lea Rand
status	active
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × 1 × 0 × National medals 3 × 2 × 0 ×
Junior World Championships silver 2007 Oberstdorf Punching
Personal best
Total points 154.89 JWM 2007  Freestyle 72.89 World Cup 2009  Original dance 50.45 JWM 2007  Compulsory dance 32.42 JWM 2007
last change: March 29, 2009

Kristian Rand , also Kristjan Rand (born June 12, 1987 in Tallinn , Estonian SSR , Soviet Union ) is an Estonian ice dancer . He starts together with his partner Caitlin Mallory for FSC Jääkild Tallinn. In 2007, he and his then partner Grethe Grünberg won the silver medal at the Junior World Championships. Rand's younger brother Taavi is also an ice dancer and was Estonian Junior Champion in 2007 and 2008 with his partner Irina Štork .

Sporting successes

With Grethe Grünberg, Rand took fifth place at the Estonian championships in 2001 and 2002. In 2003 and 2004 they were able to dance the silver medal at national level. Since 2003 they have competed in international junior competitions. In their first appearance at the Junior World Championships in 2004, they finished 18th. In 2005 the couple won the national ice dance championships for the first time. In 2006 and 2007 they were able to repeat the success. Grünberg and Rand achieved their first podium in an international competition at the Junior Grand Prix in their hometown of Tallinn. There they took third place. They achieved their greatest successes in 2007. Grünberg and Rand won the Junior Grand Prix in Oslo and won the silver medal behind the Russian couple Bobrowa and Solovyov at the Junior World Championships in Oberstdorf . By winning the silver medal, Grünberg and Rand are the first Estonian figure skaters to win a medal at international championships. At the world championships for seniors they took 19th place and at the European championships 15th place.

After Grünberg / Rand were unable to take part in a competition during the 2007/08 season due to a foot injury by Grünberg, Grünberg ended her career in 2008 due to an injury. Rand found a new partner in the American ice dancer Caitlin Mallory , with whom he has been participating in international competitions since the 2008/09 season. The pair, who are competing for Estonia, finished 14th at the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki and 20th at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships . At the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn , Austria , they were able to improve their results from the previous year and took 13th place. Because Mallory did not have Estonian citizenship , the couple could not participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver .

Others

Rand is trained by his mother Lea Rand, among others.

Web links

• Kristian Rand's biography at the International Skating Union

Commons : Kristjan Rand  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result of the Estonian Championships 2008 Ice Dancing Juniors ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ University of Michigan student Caitlin Mallory skates for Estonia . www.annarbor.com. January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2010.