Torgashev, who is half-Ukrainian with family still living in the country, has vocalized his support for Ukraine following the Russian invasion and has partaken in ice shows to raise money in support.[4]
Career
Early career
Torgashev began learning to skate in 2006.[1] He was awarded the juvenile bronze medal at the U.S. Junior Championships in December 2010.[5] He won the U.S. national juvenile title in the 2011–2012 season and the U.S. intermediate title the following season.[6]
After taking the junior gold medal at the Eastern Sectionals, he won the junior title at the U.S. Championships, setting U.S. junior men's records in the free skate and total score.[7] He was assigned to the 2015 World Junior Championships and finished tenth at the event, which was held in March in Tallinn.
2015–16 season
Torgashev fractured his right ankle in June 2015 while practicing a quadruple toe loop.[8] He underwent surgery in June to insert three screws, which were removed from his ankle in January 2016.[9] As a result, he missed the entire skating season. He worked on his edges, stroking, and speed after returning to the ice.[10]
2016–17 season
Torgashev returned to competition in July 2016.[8] Competing in the 2016 Junior Grand Prix series, he won silver in Russia and placed fourth in Germany.
Making his senior international debut, he took the bronze medal at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy in November. He finished eleventh in the senior ranks in January at the 2017 U.S. Championships.
Torgashev placed sixth at the Philadelphia Summer International in early August 2017. During the 2017 Junior Grand Prix series, he won silver in Belarus with a personal best total score of 212.71 points and then placed fourth in Italy. He qualified for the JGP Final in Nagoya, Japan, where he placed sixth. Torgashev also finished sixth at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. In January, at the 2018 U.S. Championships, he ranked ninth in the short program, fourteenth in the free skate, and thirteenth overall.
In August 2018, Torgashev won the senior men's title at the 2018 Philadelphia Summer International. At the 2018 Junior Grand Prix in Bratislava, Slovakia, he placed fifth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall. In September, he won gold at JGP Lithuania in Kaunas after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate. These results qualified him for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, Canada.[12] Due to a fractured toe, he withdrew from the competition and was off the ice for eight weeks, until around mid-November.[13] In January, he finished seventh in the senior ranks at the 2019 U.S. Championships.
Torgashev started the season at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International, where he won the event. He competed in the JGP series, placing fourth in Riga, Latvia, at the JGP Croatia. He placed second in the short program with a new personal best, sixth in the free program, and fourth overall. He then competed at the senior level at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy, winning the silver medal.
Competing at the 2020 U.S. Championships, Torgashev placed third in the short program, skating a clean program that included a quadruple toe loop.[14] He struggled in the free skate, falling twice and stepping out of an under-rotated attempted quadruple toe loop in the program's second half. Fifth in that segment, he dropped to fifth place overall.[15]
Assigned to the 2020 World Junior Championships, Torgashev placed third in the short program, winning a small bronze medal.[16] Torgashev fell four times in the long program, placing eleventh in that segment and dropping to eighth place overall.[17]
He was unable to compete during the 2019–20 and 2020–21 figure skating seasons due to an injury in his right foot that ultimately required ankle surgery as well as a long rehabilitation.[3]
2022–23 season: U.S. National bronze medal and World Championship debut
Making his return to competition, Torgashev qualified for the 2023 US Championships in San Jose, following a second-place finish at the 2023 Eastern Sectional Championships. By his own account, he entered the event hoping to finish in the top ten.[19] Torgashev couldn't afford to pay for his coaching team's travel expenses to attend the competition, so his father, Artem, stood in as his coach.[20] He placed fifth in the short program, and then won the free skate, winning the overall bronze medal with a total score of 255.56 points.[21] He called the result "surreal."[22][19]
Torgashev finished fifth at the Challenge Cup, securing the minimum technical scores, and finished twenty-first in his World Championship debut. He said afterward: "I would have liked better, but I'm so grateful to be here and for the opportunity."[24]
2023–24 season: Grand Prix and Four Continents debut
Torgashev began the season by winning the bronze medal at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.[2] He appeared on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate America, where he came eleventh in the short program but rose to seventh after the free skate.[25]
In advance of the 2024 U.S. Championships, Torgashev was preemptively named to the American team for the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, which were to take place the week after the national championships.[26] He finished fifth at the national championships in Columbus.[27] At the Four Continents Championships, Torgashev came eighth.[28]
2024–25 season: Grand Prix medal, U.S. National silver medal, Disappointing Worlds
Torgashev started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International and ninth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Torgashev would place fourth in both the short and program segments at the 2024 Grand Prix de France but managed to win the bronze medal as a result of many of the event's top contenders making mistakes.[29] Initially only assigned one Grand Prix event, Torgashev's name was assigned to the 2024 NHK Trophy to replace Canadian skater, Stephen Gogolev, days before the event.[30] At the NHK Trophy, Torgashev delivered a strong short program, earning a new season's best score, finishing fourth in that competition segment. He would place fifth in the free skate, where he obtained a new personal best free skate and combined total score, and finish fourth overall.[31][32] Following his success on the Grand Prix series, Torgashev expressed elation, saying, "I packed for a few days trip to France, and ended up staying for a while more week in Japan. It was awesome. Even more, achieving a PB in the free and total score was so sick, just think I’m still capable of so much more though."[33]
At the 2025 U.S. Championships, Torgashev won the silver medal behind Ilia Malinin after placing second in both the short program and free skate segments.[34][35] “It is for sure validating whenever you’re on the podium,” said Torgashev. “It makes it seem like your hard work is worth it. It definitely gives motivation to keep training and keep pushing on.”[35]
Two months later, at the 2025 World Championships, he skated a personal best in the short program, scoring 87.27 and placing eighth. However, he had an error-riddled free skate with two falls and numerous poor landings. He finished second to last in the free skate, and dropped down to twenty-second.[34]
↑ "Andrew Torgashev: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "Andrew Torgashev: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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