2023-24 Coaching, Country and Discipline Changes

[surimi]

This thread serves as a quick and informative resource for 2023-24 Coaching, Country and Discipline Changes in figure skating. Please feel free to post additions/changes, along with the source. Here is the thread for last season.

When posting new changes, please use the full names of skaters or their coaches, which country they represent, or which federation the skater is switching from. It helps keep the first post comprehensive.

Coaching Changes
Men:
- Mikhail Aleksakhin (Russia) - from Irina Smirnova to Evgeni Plushenko
- Kirill Andrusik (Russia) - from Viktoria Butsaeva to Maria Seletskaya
- Mikhail Bondarev (Russia) - from Viktoria Butsaeva to Elena Selivanova
- Donovan Carillo (Mexico) - from Gregorio Nunez to Jonathan Hunter, Myke Gillman
- Artur Danielian (Russia) - from Elena Buyanova to Evgeny Rukavitsyn
- Daniel Grassl (Italy) - from Eteri Tutberidze to Edoardo de Bernardis
- Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA) - from Christy Krall, Damon Allen to Mie Hamada
- Yuma Kagiyama (Japan) - added Carolina Kostner to his team
- Mark Lukin (Russia) - from Evgeni Plushenko to Viktoria Butsaeva
- Egor Rukhin (Russia) - from Alexander Volkov to Alexei Vasilevsky, Julia Lavrenchuk
- Mikhail Tikhonov (Russia) - from Alexei Vasilevsky to Svetlana Sokolovskaya
- Nozomu Yoshioka (Japan) - stays with Utako Nagamitsu but dropped Keiji Tanaka, Sayaka Yodo from his team

Women:
- Mia Risa Gomez (Norway) - added Lorenzo Magri to her coaching team
- Gabrielle Daleman (Canada) - from Lee Barkell to Michael Hopfes
- Olga Mikutina (Austria) - from Elena Romanova to Galit Chait, Alexei Bychenko, Evgeni Krasnopolski
- Audrey Shin (USA) - from Tammy Gambill to Tatiana Malinina
- Rose Théroux (Canada) - from Marc-André Craig to Ravi Walia
- Daria Usacheva (Russia) - left Eteri Tutberidze. New coach unknown, if any.

Pairs:
- Isabella Gamez / Aleksandr Korovin (Philippines) - from Marina Zoueva to Dmitri Savin, Alexei Bychenko, Galit Chait and Evgeni Krasnopolski

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Country Changes
Women:
- Sarina Joos - from Switzerland to Italy
- Noemi Joos - from Switzerland to Italy

Men:
- Corey Circelli - from Canada to Italy
- Jakub Galbavy - from Slovakia to USA
- Daniels Kockers - from Latvia to Lithuania
- Fedir Kulish - from Ukraine to Latvia
- Tadeas Vaclavik - from Slovakia to Czech Republic

Ice dance:
- Lauren Batkova / Jacob Yang - from Canada to Czech Republic
- Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin - from Russia to Georgia
- Annabelle Morozov / Igor Eremenko - from Russia to France
- Alisa Ovsiankina - from Russia to France

Pairs:
- Harley Windsor - from Australia to South Korea
- Julia Szczecinina - from Hungary to Poland

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Discipline Changes
- Gabriella Izzo - from singles to pairs
- Taisiya Scherbinina (Russia) - from singles to pairs
- Alena Zhilina (Russia) - from singles to pairs

 

[cheerknithanson]

I couldn’t figure out if this was the right section, but…..good news!

Isabella Flores on Instagram: "I have something exciting to share: Vanya has officially been released!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 We are now looking forward to the possibility of a great international season. It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off of our sho

291 likes, 9 comments - Isabella Flores (@isabellaflores_) on Instagram: "I have something exciting to share: Vanya has officially been released!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 We ..."

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[Mariott]

Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin (ice dance) changed the Russian national team to the Georgian national team.

 

[Mariott]

Egor Rukhin (men's singles) joined the group of Alexei Vasilevsky and Julia Lavrenchuk.

 

[surimi]

Egor Rukhin (men's singles) joined the group of Alexei Vasilevsky and Julia Lavrenchuk.

Thank you for posting news here, with category and full names! Please add the previous coach next time, too - I appreciate not having to go to a fanfest to find out.

 

[ptvvibezz]

Audrey Shin (USA) is now being coached by Tatiana Malinina (Ilia Malinin's mother) along with Tammy Gambill

Source: ISU Bio

 

[el henry]

Audrey Shin (USA) is now being coached by Tatiana Malinina (Ilia Malinin's mother) along with Tammy Gambill

Source: ISU Bio

Who coached Audrey before?

Or was she coached by Tammy and has added Tatiana?

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Who coached Audrey before?

Or was she coached by Tammy and has added Tatiana?

Gambill. Prior to that was Raf.

 

[Mariott]

Thank you for posting news here, with category and full names! Please add the previous coach next time, too - I appreciate not having to go to a fanfest to find out.

My apologies. Rukhin is a special case. In the long line of his former coaches, everyone can be confused: he trained by Buyanova, by Tutberidze, by Plushenko, again by Tutberidze, by Volkov.... Egor Rukhin (Moskow, Russia) moved to Vasilevsky's group from Aleksandr Volkov's group.

 

[Mariott]

Alisa Ovsiankina (ice dancing, Moscow, Russia) paired with Maximilien Rahier and moved to France.

 

[surimi]

My apologies. Rukhin is a special case. In the long line of his former coaches, everyone can be confused: he trained by Buyanova, by Tutberidze, by Plushenko, again by Tutberidze, by Volkov.... Egor Rukhin (Moskow, Russia) moved to Vasilevsky's group from Aleksandr Volkov's group.

No problem! As Rukhin's fanfest shows, the OP there may not always show the most up-to-date coach as some coaching situations are complicated, or there's been a recent change. That's also a reason I prefer learning that kind of information here when updates are posted.
Thanks for the additional info, and the changes are edited in now :]

 

[Mariott]

News about the change of coaches by Russian juniors:

Kirill Andrusik (men's singles) moved from Viktoria Butsayeva's group (Moscow, Russia) to Maria Seletskaya's group (Moscow, Russia)

Mikhail Tikhonov (men's singles) moved from Alexei Vasilevsky's group (Moscow, Russia) to Svetlana Sokolovskaya's group (Moscow, Russia)

Mark Lukin (men's singles) transferred from Evgeny Plushenko's group (Moscow, Russia) to Viktoria Butsayeva's group (Moscow, Russia)

Mikhail Bondarev (men's singles) moved from Viktoria Butsayeva's group (Moscow, Russia) to Elena Selivanova's group (Moscow, Russia)

 

[Mariott]

Artur Danielyan (men`s singles, Russia) officially moved from Elena Buyanova (Moscow) to Evgeny Rukavitsyn (St. Petersburg) .

The actual transition happened last season, but this season has been made official.

 

[Mariott]

UPD:

News about the change of coaches by Russian juniors:

Kirill Andrusik (men's singles) moved from Viktoria Butsayeva's group (Moscow, Russia) to Maria Seletskaya's group (Moscow, Russia)

Mikhail Tikhonov (men's singles) moved from Alexei Vasilevsky's group (Moscow, Russia) to Svetlana Sokolovskaya's group (Moscow, Russia)

Mark Lukin (men's singles) transferred from Evgeny Plushenko's group (Moscow, Russia) to Viktoria Butsayeva's group (Moscow, Russia)

Mikhail Bondarev (men's singles) moved from Viktoria Butsayeva's group (Moscow, Russia) to Elena Selivanova's group (Moscow, Russia)

UPD: Mikhail Aleksakhin (men's singles) from Irina Smirnova's group (Moscow, Russia) to Evgeny Plushenko's group (Moscow, Russia)

 

[DenissVFan]

Daniels Kochkers from Latvia -> to Lithuania

https://twitter.com/Danielskockers/status/1669384325995823125?t=ZPx1NHNB8Q3ecQYsEwHTeA&s=19

Fedir Kulish from Ukraine -> to Latvia

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1675837397534232577?t=BncW_qTji7N6Bfbgn7XGvw&s=19

 

[yesterday]

Daniels Kochkers from Latvia -> to Lithuania

https://twitter.com/Danielskockers/status/1669384325995823125?t=ZPx1NHNB8Q3ecQYsEwHTeA&s=19

Fedir Kulish from Ukraine -> to Latvia

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1675837397534232577?t=BncW_qTji7N6Bfbgn7XGvw&s=19

So, who went from Lithuania to Ukraine?
(scnr, don't take me seriously)

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Harley Windsor (pairs) from Australia to South Korea

 

[4everchan]

glad to hear Korea quickly replaced Adcock so they could still have a pairs in the running for the team events.

 

[Ivana]

Two recent approved releases from Slovakia...

Tadeas Vaclavik has been released to CZE from February 2024. He skated advanced novice last season, but is junior age eligible.
Jakub Galbavy has been released to USA from 2024/25 season. He skated junior, but is senior age eligible.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Julia Szczecinina (Alternative spelling: Ioulia Chtchetinina, pairs) switched from Hungary to Poland.



They will be trained by Nolan Seegert (in Berlin) and Iwoną Mydlarz-Chruścińską in Katowice.