Angélique Abachkina
Angélique Abachkina at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships
Native nameАнжелика Абашкина
Other namesAnzhelika Abashkina
Born (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
PartnerPavel Drozd
Began skating2006

Angélique or Anzhelika Abachkina (Russian: Анжелика Абашкина; born 26 January 2000) is a Russian-French ice dancer. She currently skates with Pavel Drozd for Russia. With her former skating partner, Louis Thauron, she represented France at four World Junior Championships, finishing within the top ten at three editions (2015–2017).

Abachkina previously retired in October 2018 after the Fédération Française des Sports de Glace would not release her to skate with Drozd, but unretired in May 2021 after being released for the Figure Skating Federation of Russia.[1][2]

Personal life

Angélique Abachkina (pronounced /ˈɑːbɑʃkiːnɑː/, Russian: Анжелика Абашкина) was born on 26 January 2000 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.[3] She arrived in France with her family when she was eight months old.

Career

Abachkina began learning to skate in 2006.[3] She teamed up with Louis Thauron in 2012. The duo debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2013, placing eighth in Estonia and tenth in Poland. In 2014, they were named in the French team for the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.[4] Abachkina/Thauron placed 19th in the short dance, 15th in the free dance, and 18th overall.[5] They were coached by Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Olivier Schoenfelder, and Diana Ribas in Lyon, France, during the 2013–14 season.[6]

Abachkina/Thauron changed coaches prior to the 2014–2015 season, joining Igor Shpilband and Fabian Bourzat in Novi, Michigan.[7] They placed seventh at both of their 2014 JGP events. Ranked eighth in the short dance and seventh in the free, they finished eighth overall at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

Competing in the 2015 JGP series, Abachkina/Thauron won the silver medal in Riga, Latvia, and placed fourth in Zagreb, Croatia. They finished 7th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

In the 2016 JGP series, Abachkina/Thauron were awarded gold in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France, and bronze in Yokohama, Japan.

In July 2018, Alexander Zhulin began coaching the new partnership of Angelique Abachkina and Russia's Pavel Drozd, but the skaters parted ways after learning that the French federation would not release her to compete for Russia.[1] On October 20, 2018, she decided to retire from competitive skating.[8] She later unretired in 2021 after the French Federation decided to fulfill her request to transfer back to Russia, and she renewed her partnership with Drozd, coached by Zhulin.

Programs

with Drozd

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2021–2022
  • Puddit (Put It Where You Want It)
  • Roof Garden
    by Al Jarreau
Abachkina/Thauron at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final
Abachkina/Thauron at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships in Moscow

with Thauron

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2017–2018
[3]
  • Samba: Le serpent
    by fr:Guem
  • Rhumba: Abrazame
    performed by Tamara
  • Rhumba: Danca Kizomba
    by Stony
  • Anabasis
    by Dead Can Dance
  • Do You Love Me?
    by the Bendaly Family
    remixed by TroyBoi
2016–2017
[9]
  • Shadritsa
    (Russian gypsy music)
2015–2016
[10]
2014–2015
[7]
  • Samba: Dans ta chambre
    by Dany Brillant
  • Rhumba: Quand je vois tes yeux
  • Samba
2013–2014
[6]
2012–2013
  • Blues: Unknown

Competitive highlights

With Drozd for Russia

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event 21-22
CS Cup of AustriaWD
CS Warsaw CupWD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Thauron for France

International[11]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
European Champ.16th
GP Cup of China8th
GP France6th
CS Ondrej Nepela5th
Cup of Nice4th
International: Junior[11]
Junior Worlds18th8th7th8th
JGP Final5th
JGP Croatia7th4th
JGP Estonia8th
JGP France1st
JGP Japan3rd
JGP Latvia2nd
JGP Poland10th
JGP Slovenia7th
Santa Claus Cup1st
National
French Champ.9th J2nd J1st J2nd J3rd
Masters2nd J1st J1st J3rd
J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 Samokhvalov, Anatoly (5 November 2018). "Павел Дрозд: у Жулина я нашел то, что искал". rsport.ria.ru (in Russian).
  2. ↑ Zhulin, Aleksandr [@aleksandr_zhulin] (May 5, 2021). "Праздники прошли. Нас догнали будни... (с) 😉👌" [The holidays are over. Weekdays caught up with us... (c) 😉👌] – via Instagram.
  3. 1 2 3 "Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURON: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sélection Française Champ. du Monde JR à Sofia (BUL)" [French team for the World Junior Championships in Sofia] (PDF) (in French). Fédération Française des Sports de Glace. 27 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2014: Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 14 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURON: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURON: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "18-летняя французская фигуристка Абашкина завершила карьеру". championat.com (in Russian). 20 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURON: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURON: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Competition Results: Angelique ABACHKINA / Louis THAURON". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018.
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