Dmitri Aliev

Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev (; born 1 June 1999) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2020 European champion, the 2018 European silver medalist, the 2020 Russian national champion and the 2018 Russian national bronze medalist. On the junior level, he is the 2017 World Junior silver medalist, the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 2015-16 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time medalist at the 2016 Youth Olympics (bronze in the men's singles discipline and gold in the team event), and a two-time (2016, 2017) Russian national junior champion. He began skating in 2005 and trained in Ukhta until 2013, when he moved to Saint Petersburg to become a student of Evgeni Rukavicin.

Personal life Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev His father, Sergey Vasilevich, is the director of a children's and youth sports school №1 in Ukhta. His mother, Elena, is a skier. In September 2022, Aliev received a summons to appear at the military commissariat for a potential call-up to serve in the Russian Army during the 2022 Russian mobilization.

Since 2025, he has been dating Russian rhythmic gymnast Arina Averina.

Career Having begun skating in 2005, Later that month, Aliev finished fifth at the 2017 Russian Championships in Chelyabinsk.

In early 2017 Aliev won his second junior national title in Saint Petersburg. This result gave him a spot at the 2017 World Junior Championships. He ranked first in the short program, third in the free skate, and second overall in Taipei, Taiwan, winning the silver medal behind American Vincent Zhou and ahead of the teammate Alexander Samarin.

2017–18 season

Aliev was going to compete at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy but withdrew due to ankle inflammation.

In October 2017, Aliev debuted at the Grand Prix series. He placed sixth at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup and eighth at the 2017 NHK Trophy. He then won his first ISU Challenger Series gold medal at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy.

He was third in the 2018 Russian Nationals. In January 2018, he won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championship after placing second in both the short program and the free skate. At the Europeans, he scored his personal best score of 274.06 points.

In February 2018, Aliev finished seventh at the 2018 Winter Olympics and in March 2018, he also placed seventh at the 2018 World Championships.

2018–19 season Aliev started his season at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy. Placing third in the short program and second in the free skate, he placed second overall, earning the silver medal. He then competed at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he finished fifth. In his Grand Prix events, he placed fifth at 2018 NHK Trophy and fourth at 2018 Internationaux de France. Competing at the 2019 Russian Championships, Aliev had a disastrous short program, falling on an underrotated quad toe loop and completely missing the takeoff on his planned triple Axel. He rose to fifth place overall after placing fourth in the free skate. Date Score Event Note 10 December 2016 240.07 2016–17 JGP Final Set the junior-level men's record for the combined total. The record was broken by Vincent Zhou at the 2017 Junior Worlds.

Other achievements

The first European skater to have completed three different quad jumps in international competitions: toe loop, Lutz and Salchow.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2024-2025 Blue Eternity Onegin's Letter to Tatiana To Thirst with Love 2023-2024 And The River Flows Caruso 2022-2023 I Will Always Love You What a Wonderful World Prologue 2021–2022 Je dors sur des roses The Sound of Silence Always In My Head

They Beat Us, But We Fly 2018–2019

The Man in the Iron Mask 2015–2016