Vladislav Dikidzhi

Vladislav Dikidzhi
Vladislav Dikidzhi at the 2024 Russian Championships
Full name	Vladislav Maksimovich Dikidzhi
Native name	Владислав Максимович Дикиджи
Born	(2004-08-22) August 22, 2004 (age 21) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Oleg Tataurov
Skating club	Zvezdnyi Led St. Petersburg
Began skating	2008
Medal record
Russian Championships 2025 Omsk Singles 2024 Chelyabinsk Singles

Vladislav Maksimovich Dikidzhi (born August 22, 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.

He has landed quadruple Axels in practice. ^[2]

Personal life

Dikidzhi was born on August 22, 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

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]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2024–2025 [12] [13] [6]	Natural Blues by Gruppa Skryptonite & Therr Maitz choreo. by Egor Murashov	Für Elise (Morbius Remix) (from Morbius ) by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Elephant Music choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov, Natalia Tushinskaia
2023–2024 [14] [15] [16] [6]	Winter Elergy Winter by Duomo choreo. by Egor Murashov	The Game Is Afoot by Eternal Eclipse choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov, Natalia Tushinskaia
2022–2023 [17] [18]	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 [19]	Kairos by Derek Hough ft. Lindsey Stirling
2019–2020 [19]		Variations for Cello & Orchestra: Introduction Variations for Cello & Orchestra: Variation 19, 20 and 5 Variations on Variations by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Harry Rabinowitz
2018–2019 [19]	Lautory by Oleg Ponomarev, Sergey Vorontsov, & Konstantin Gogunskiy

Competitive highlights

International: Junior [20] [7]
Event	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23	23–24	24–25
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge				1st
National [7]
Russian Champ.				11th		2nd	1st
Russian Junior Champ.	16th	14th	6th	9th	5th
Russian Cup Final	7th J	8th J	1st J	1st J	10th J	3rd	4th

Detailed results

Senior level

2024–2025 season
Date	Event	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
2023–2024 season
Date	Event	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
2021–2022 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
21–26 December 2021	2022 Russian Championships	15 82.24	7 167.93	11 250.17

Junior level

2022–2023 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
14–18 February 2023	2023 Russian Junior Championships	3 81.98	5 158.47	5 240.45
2021–2022 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
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
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
1–5 February 2021	2021 Russian Junior Championships	11 74.13	4 153.89	6 228.02
2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
4–8 February 2020	2020 Russian Junior Championships	10 73.43	14 131.35	14 204.78
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
31 January – 4 February 2019	2019 Russian Junior Championships	8 77.95	17 116.14	16 194.09

References

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External links

• Vladislav Dikidzhi at the International Skating Union