Stephen Gogolev

Stephen Gogolev (born December 22, 2004) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2026 Canadian national champion, 2025 Finlandia Trophy bronze medallist, 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International bronze medallist, and the 2023 CS Autumn Classic bronze medallist.

Gogolev is the 2018 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 2018 JGP Slovakia champion, the 2019 JGP U.S. silver medallist, the 2020 Bavarian Open junior champion, and the 2017 Canadian junior national champion.

He has set five junior world record scores. He holds the Canadian record total scores for junior and senior men, as well as the national historical record total scores for pre-novice and novice men. Gogolev was a university student at the University of California, Irvine, majoring in political science. In the fall of 2024, he transferred to the University of Toronto.

Career Early years Gogolev began skating at the age of six in 2010. Gogolev subsequently withdrew from the 2025 Canadian Championships.

2025–26 season: Milano Cortina Olympics, first national title, and Grand Prix bronze medal Gogolev started the season by competing at the 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International, where he won the bronze medal and scored a personal best in the free skate segment. He subsequently went on to win the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, making this his first senior international gold medal. He was subsequently named to the 2026 Winter Olympic team.

On 7 February, Gogolev competed in the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event short program, where he placed third, earning a personal best short program score. "It was a very special moment for me,” he said following his performance. "I think just having good practice led into this competition and the trust in my training. As well as the confidence in myself and the teams." The following day, Gogolev competed in the free skate segment of the Team Event, scoring a personal best free skate score and finishing in fourth place. With his placements, Team Canada finished in fifth place overall. "I think experience-wise, I was able to know what to expect out of the performance and the audience," he said following his performance. From a physical perspective, this is my third time competing in four days, so it is a little bit physically challenging. You have to get down and come back up after each performance." Two days later, Gogolev skated a clean free skate that included three quadruple jumps. He ultimately surpassed his previous personal best free skate score by almost fifteen points and his personal best combined total score by over eighteen points. With that performance, Gogolev placed second in the free skate segment and due to many skaters that placed ahead of him in the short program faltering during their free skates, moved up to fifth place overall. "I think I did quite well for Olympics," he said following his performance. "And I'm very happy with the total results. Considering this is my personal best, the season's best, overall, I'm very happy."

Gogolev completed his season at the 2026 World Championships. He placed fifth in the short program with a score of 94.38 points, but climbed to fourth in the free skate with 186.66 points, finishing fourth overall. He set personal bests in both the short program and the free skate, and hence also a personal best in the total score. “I’m really, really happy about this season,” he said after the free skate. “One highlight was the free program at the Olympic Games, placing in the top five. Another highlight is obviously these World Championships—my first Worlds—and setting a personal best was very special.”

Programs

World record scores

+World record scores Date Segment Score Event August 23, 2018 Short program 77.672018 JGP Slovakia August 24, 2018 Free skating148.96 Combined total 226.63

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level