Vladislav Dikidzhi

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Vladislav Dikidzhi
Vladislav Dikidzhi at the 2024 Russian Figure Skating Championships. Short program.jpg
Vladislav Dikidzhi at the 2024 Russian Championships
Personal information
Native name
Владислав Максимович Дикиджи
Full nameVladislav Maksimovich Dikidzhi
Born (2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 21)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Discipline Men's singles
Coach Oleg Tataurov
Skating clubZvezdnyi Led St. Petersburg
Began skating2008
Medal record
Russian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Omsk Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Chelyabinsk Singles

Vladislav Maksimovich Dikidzhi (born 22 August 2004) is a Russian figure skater competing in men's singles. [1] He is the 2025 Russian national champion and 2024 Russian national silver medalist.

Contents

He has landed quadruple Axels in practice. [2]

Personal life

Dikidzhi was born on 22 August 2004 in Saint Petersburg, Russia to a Russian mother and a Bulgarian father with Turkish roots. In Turkish, Dikidzhi's last name means "tailor." He also has a younger sister, Valeria. [3] [4] [5] [6]

In February 2024, Dikidzhi was nearly stabbed while riding a metro in Saint Petersburg after an intoxicated man suddenly grabbed him held a knife to his throat after demanding that Dikidzhi give up his seat. Fortunately, Dikidzhi was able to fend off the attacker and flee the scene. Although he reported the incident to Russian police, all charges against the attacker were ultimately dropped. [6]

His figure skating idol is Nathan Chen. [4] [5] [6]

Career

Early career

Dikidzhi began figure skating at the age of four. His first coach was Tatiana Petrova, who trained him at the Nevsky Ice Skating School. At the age of ten, Dikidzhi transferred to the Zvezdny Led Skating School, where Oleg Tataurov became his coach. [6]

He made his national debut at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, where he finished in sixteenth place. Dikidzhi then subsequently went on to place fourteenth at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships and sixth at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships. [7]

2021–22 season

Dikidzhi in 2021 Vladislav Dikidzhi - Russian Cup 2021, stage 4 - 1 (cropped).jpg
Dikidzhi in 2021

Making his international debut on the junior level at the 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, Dikidzhi won the gold medal. He then went on to make his senior national debut at the 2022 Russian Championships, where he finished in eleventh place. [7]

Dikidzhi subsequently closed the season by placing ninth at the 2022 Russian Junior Championships. [7]

2022–23 season

Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the International Skating Union barred all Russian figure skaters from competing at international competitions. Dikidzhi was therefore only able to compete at Russian domestic events. [8]

During that season, he placed fifth at the 2023 Russian Junior Championships. [7]

2023–24 season

Making his senior debut on the Russian Grand Prix series, Dikidzhi won gold at the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Stage 4 and at the Russian Grand Prix Stage 6. [7] He followed up these results by winning the silver medal at the 2024 Russian Championships behind Evgeni Semenenko. [9]

Dividzhi then concluded the season by winning the bronze medal at the 2024 Russian Grand Prix Final. [7]

2024–25 season

Dikidzhi opened the season by winning gold at the 2024 Russian Grand Prix Stage 2 and at the 2024 Russian Grand Prix Stage 5. [7]

In December, he competed at the 2025 Russian Championships. After placing sixth in the short program, Dikidzhi won the free skate segment and ultimately won the gold medal overall. He then finished the season by placing fourth at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix Final. [7]

2025–26 season

In May 2025, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced that Dikidzhi as well as Petr Gumennik had both been approved as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), making them both eligible to compete at the 2025 ISU Olympic Qualifying Competition to vie for a spot to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics. [10] The Figure Skating Federation of Russia selected Gumennik to compete and Dikidzhi as the reserve. [11]

He opened the season in November by winning gold at 2025 Russian Grand Prix III, Kazan and bronze at 2025 Russian Grand Prix V, Omsk. [7]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2025–2026
[12] [13]
2024–2025
[14] [15] [6]
2023–2024
[16] [17] [18] [6]
  • The Game Is Afoot
    by Eternal Eclipse
    choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov, Natalia Tushinskaia
2022–2023
[19] [20]
  • Lord & Master
    by Apashe
    choreo. by Natalia Tushinskaia, Alexandra Akhlestina
2021–2022
[3]
  • Chronos
    by Kirill Richter
    choreo. by Natalia Tushinskaia, Alexandra Akhlestina
2020–2021
[21]
2019–2020
[21]
2018–2019
[21]
  • Lautory
    by Oleg Ponomarev, Sergey Vorontsov, & Konstantin Gogunskiy

Competitive highlights

International: Junior [22] [7]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25 25–26
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 1st
National [7]
Russian Champ. 11th2nd1st7th
Russian Junior Champ. 16th14th6th9th5th
Russian Cup Final 7th J8th J1st J1st J10th J3rd4th
Russian GP Stage 1 6th J
Russian GP Stage 2 8th J1st
Russian GP Stage 3 2nd J4th5th J1st
Russian GP Stage 4 4th J2nd J2nd J2nd J1st1st
Russian GP Stage 5 8th J3rd J3rd J3rd J1st3rd
Russian GP Stage 6 1st

Detailed results

Senior level

2025–2026 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
21–24 November 2025 2025 Russian Grand Prix V, Omsk 3
84.28		2
172.94		3
257.22
7–10 November 2025 2025 Russian Grand Prix III, Kazan 1
94.51		1
184.61		1
279.12
2024–2025 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
14–16 February 2025 2025 Russian Grand Prix Final 4
99.14		4
188.03		4
287.17
19–22 December 2024 2025 Russian Championships 6
96.28		1
200.82		1
297.10
22–25 November 2024 2024 Russian Grand Prix V, St. Petersburg 1
102.22		1
200.25		1
302.47
1–4 November 2024 2024 Russian Grand Prix II, Kazan 1
101.45		1
186.87		1
288.32
2023–2024 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
14–19 February 2024 2024 Russian Grand Prix Final 2
99.92		4
183.56		3
283.48
20–24 December 2023 2024 Russian Championships 1
102.70		3
191.04		2
293.74
24–27 November 2023 2023 Russian Grand Prix VI, Moscow 3
94.48		1
188.33		1
282.81
10–13 November 2023 2023 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 2
97.35		1
190.05		1
287.40
2021–2022 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
21–26 December 2021 2022 Russian Championships 15
82.24		7
167.93		11
250.17
8–12 November 2021 2021 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 1
88.18		1
171.91		1
260.09
24–28 October 2021 2021 Russian Grand Prix III, Sirius 5
82.01		4
151.93		4
233.94

Junior level

2022–2023 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
3–5 March 2023 2023 Russian Cup Final 4
79.25		10
141.13		10
220.38
14–18 February 2023 2023 Russian Junior Championships 3
81.98		5
158.47		5
240.45
18–21 November 2022 2022 Russian Grand Prix V, Samara 3
84.22		3
151.68		3
235.90
4–7 November 2022 2022 Russian Grand Prix III, Kazan 6
76.01		3
162.56		5
238.57
2021–2022 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
26 February – 2 March 2022 2022 Russian Cup Final 2
84.60		1
166.73		1
251.33
18–22 January 2022 2022 Russian Junior Championships 11
70.67		6
139.62		9
210.29
28–31 October 2021 2021 Denis Ten Memorial 1
78.96		1
159.92		1
238.88
2020–2021 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
26 February – 2 March 2021 2021 Russian Cup Final 3
80.37		1
164.60		1
244.97
1–5 February 2021 2021 Russian Junior Championships 11
74.13		4
153.89		6
228.02
8–12 November 2020 2020 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 4
73.19		1
168.52		2
241.71
23–27 October 2020 2020 Russian Grand Prix III, Sochi 2
78.46		2
149.70		2
228.16
2019–2020 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
18–22 February 2020 2020 Russian Cup Final 6
73.81		11
127.05		8
200.86
4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships 10
73.43		14
131.35		14
204.78
20–24 November 2019 2019 Russian Grand Prix V, Moscow 2
73.96		4
134.49		3
208.45
11–15 November 2019 2019 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 2
74.42		2
143.38		2
217.80
2018–2019 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
18–22 February 2019 2019 Russian Cup Final 10
66.92		5
134.29		7
201.21
31 January – 4 February 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships 8
77.95		17
116.14		16
194.09
20–24 November 2018 2018 Russian Grand Prix V, Moscow 2
75.32		4
137.63		3
212.95
6–10 November 2018 2018 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 2
72.84		1
137.50		2
210.34
2017–2018 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
7–11 November 2017 2017 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 7
69.02		4
136.74		4
205.76
12–16 October 2017 2017 Russian Grand Prix II, Yoshkar 10
61.10		5
132.15		8
193.25
2016–2017 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
2–6 December 2016 2016 Russian Grand Prix V, Moscow 3
65.26		10
118.27		8
183.53
25–29 September 2016 2016 Russian Grand Prix I, Samara 6
58.54		6
111.78		6
170.32

References

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