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Maxim Andreyevich Kurdyukov (Russian: Максим Андреевич Курдюков; born 28 September 1990) is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Ekaterina Petaikina, he placed 6th at the 2012 Junior Worlds and is the 2012 Russian Junior silver medalist.

Maxim Kurdyukov
Kurdyukov with Petaikina in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Maxim Andreyevich Kurdyukov
Former country(ies) represented	Russia
Born	(1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 31) Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Partner	Brianna de la Mora
Former partner	Kristina Astakhova, Ekaterina Petaikina, Alexandra Malakhova, Kosareva, Katasonova
Former coach	Sergei Dobroskokov
Former choreographer	A. Zhelezniakov
Skating club	Texas Gulf Coast FSC
Former skating club	SDUSSHOR 37
Training locations	Sugar Land, Texas
Former training locations	Moscow
Began skating	2000

Career

In Russia

Early in his pairs career, Kurdyukov competed with Alexandra Malakhova. By the 2008–09 season, he was skating with Ekaterina Petaikina. They made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in 2009. In the 2011–12 JGP season, the pair finished fourth in Latvia and won bronze in Austria. Their results qualified them for the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth. Petaikina/Kurdyukov took the silver medal at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships and were sent to the 2012 World Junior Championships where they finished sixth. They parted ways in May 2012.

Later in 2012, Kurdyukov teamed up with Kristina Astakhova. Their partnership lasted two seasons.

In the United States

In 2015, he teamed up with U.S. skater Brianna de la Mora, with whom he trains at Texas Gulf Coast FSC in Sugar Land, Texas. They finished 8th at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

Programs

With Astakhova

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–2014	Inception by Hans Zimmer	Heart of Courage by Two Steps From Hell Avatar by James Horner

With Petaikina

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–2012 [1]	Sarabande by George Frideric Handel (modern arrangement)	Mr. & Mrs. Smith by John Powell

Competitive highlights

With de la Mora

National
Event	2015–16
U.S. Championships	8th
Midwestern Sectionals	2nd

With Astakhova

International[2]
Event	2012–13	2013–14
Ice Star		1st
National[3]
Russian Championships	10th	9th

With Petaikina

International[4]
Event	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12
World Junior Champ.				6th
JGP Final				4th
JGP Austria				3rd
JGP Czech Republic			5th
JGP Germany		6th
JGP Latvia				4th
National[3]
Russian Championships		7th	8th	7th
Russian Junior Champ.	10th	4th	4th	2nd
JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Malakhova

National[3]
Event	2006–07
Russian Junior Championships	9th

References

External links

Media related to Maxim Kurdyukov at Wikimedia Commons

• Kristina Astakhova / Maxim Kurdyukov at the International Skating Union
• Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurdyukov at the International Skating Union

На других языках

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[ru] Курдюков, Максим Андреевич

Макси́м Андре́евич Курдюко́в (род. 28 сентября 1990 года в Усть-Каменогорске, КССР, СССР) — американский, ранее российский фигурист, выступавший в парном катании. Серебряный (2013) и бронзовый (2014)призёр финала Кубка России. C мая 2015 представлял США.

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