Mikhail Shaidorov

[dorispulaski]

Mikhail Stanislavovich Shaidorov (Kazakh: Михаил Станиславович Шайдоров; born 25 June 2004 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, is a figure skater representing Kazakhstan internationally.

He is the 2026 Winter Olympic champion, the 2025 World Championships silver medalist, the 2025 Four Continents champion, the 2024 Cup of China and 2025 Skate America silver medalist, the 2023 Cup of China bronze medalist, the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion and the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist.

He is the five-time Kazakhstani national champion (2020-2024).

At the junior level, he is the 2022 World Junior silver medalist and the 2021 JGP Poland silver medalist.

He is the first skater from Kazakhstan to ever medal at a World Junior Championships as well as the first skater from Kazakhstan to qualify for a Grand Prix Final on the senior level.

He is also the first skater in history to land a triple axel-quad toe loop jump combination in an ISU competition.

ISU Bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104418.htm

Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Shaidorov

ISU Personal Bests​

Personal Best Total Score	291.58​	13.02.2026​	Olympic Winter Games 2026 Figure Skating
Personal Best Score Short Program	95.50​	03.10.2024​	ISU CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2024
Personal Best Score Free Skating	198.64​	13.02.2026​	Olympic Winter Games 2026 Figure Skating

Programs
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2025/2026
SP: In The Air Tonight by Sons of Legion, Phil Collins; No Good by Kaleo, Jokull Joliusson
FS: Contessa - The Diva Dance by Dimash, Eric Serra; The Diva Dance (from the Fifth Element soundtrack) by Eric Serra

2024/2025
SP: Dune soundtrack, choreo by Ivan Righini
FS: Moonlight Sonata (epic trailer versionn) by Ludwig van Beethoven, Hidden Citizens; Take On Me (epic version) by a-ha

2023/2024
SP: Clubbed to Death (from "Matrix" - epic version) by Rob Dougan
FS: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

2021/2022
SP: Va-bank (soundtrack) by Rene Aubry; choreo by Povilas Vanagas
FS: Once Upon a Time in America (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone; choreo by Oleg Purtov

2020/2021
SP: "Lemon Tree" by Fool's Garden
FS: Once Upon a Time in America (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone; choreo by Oleg Purtov

2019/2020
SP: "Rain Fall Down" by The Rolling Stones; choreo. by Oleg Purtov
FS: "Victory" by Thomas Bergersen; choreo. by Oleg Purtov

Competitive History
Video links are under scores in the table below ​

Date	Event	Total
2025-26 season
	2026 Winter Olympics	1
	2026 Four Continents Championships	5
	2025-26 Grand Prix Final	6
	2025 Skate America	2
	2025 Cup of China	3
	2025 Denis Ten Memorial	1
2024-25 season
	2025 World Championships	2
	2025 Four Continents	1
	2025 Winter Universiade	4
	2024 Grand Prix Final	5
	2024 Cup of China	2
	2024 Grand Prix de France	5
	2024 Denis Ten Memorial	1
2023-24 season
	2024 World Championships	14
	2024 Four Continents	6
	2023 Golden Spin	2
	2023 Skate Canada	5
	2023 Cup of China	3
2022-23 season
	2023 World Championships	14 (236.93)
	2023 Four Continents	5 (237.14)
	2023 Universiade	4 (231.08)
	2022 Golden Spin	4 (211.21)
	2022 Finlandia Trophy	8 (201.52)
2021–22 season​
	World Junior Championships 2022	2 234.31
January 18–23, 2022	2022 Four Continents Championships	5 234.67
October 28–31, 2021	2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	9 187.07​
Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2021	2021 JGP Poland	2 207.03​
2020–21 season​
March 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	32 59.14​
Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2021	2021 Sofia Trophy	3 191.65​
December 14–19, 2020	2021 Kazakhstani Championships	1 190.23​
2019–20 season
March 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	22 164.09​
December 18–22, 2019	2020 Kazakhstani Championships	1 176.35​
2018–19 season​
Nov. 27 – Dec. 1, 2018	2018 Bosphorus Cup	2 153.10​
2017–18 season​
April 20–22, 2018	2018 Rooster Cup	2 101.53​
April 4–8, 2018	2018 Egna Trophy	4 115.59​
December 4–10, 2017	2017 Santa Claus Cup	9 91.63​

 

[dorispulaski]

You have to like a teen so honest as to list "smartphone" as one of his hobbies on his ISU Bio

 

[AlexBreeze]

Poor Misha! Praying for his success next season.

I found some old videos of his impressive jumps (and I don't think many people have seen it, so I want to post it here)

4Lz


4F-Eu-3F


4F, 4S, Also, there's some in his saved stories.

Of course, a lot of work on PCS and non-jump elements needed, but he's a very talented jumper.

 

[dorispulaski]

He was excellent and a bit underscored at 4cc. I hope he is going to Jr Worlds!

 

[AlexBreeze]

He was excellent and a bit underscored at 4cc. I hope he is going to Jr Worlds!

After 4CC he said in his IG that his next competition is Senior Worlds. But that was before Jr Worlds was postponed. Probably he'll go. He may get a second spot for his country.

 

[AlexBreeze]

I haven't watched FS yet, but... CONGRATS TO MISHA!!!

 

[dorispulaski]

Absolutely!

 

[AlexBreeze]

I'm glad the he finally added another quad (and it went great).

A little reminder that his Fed has left him unfunded this season

 

[AlexBreeze]

 

[dorispulaski]

Do you have a link for his GoFundMe page, if he has one?

 

[AlexBreeze]

Do you have a link for his GoFundMe page, if he has one?

He hasn't

There's comment of his dad about the situation (it was after 4CC).

Context: there was an open letter about figure skating in Kazakhstan. Tursynbaeva also drew attention to this situation. I don't have a link for the original post because the accound is private now.

'Hello! It's an interesting petition. I think that's the way it is. The truth is written about the number one figure skater in RK (Republic of Kazakhstan). He has been kicked out of everything like a kitten since June. But there are people who believe in, help and support my son. A huge thanks to them and a low bow from me personally. All the sports training has been at our own expense this season. Moreover, we were offered to go to a well-deserved grand prix at our own expense. They said there was no money for travel. The money is get with great difficulty, involving officials, managers and coaches for every competition. Will someone tell me if this is okay? I have a lot of questions for the figure skating functionaries myself. And the most important question is where are the funds that have been earmarked for the athlete. We probably won't see them. They are away at the Olympics.'

(I'm not really sure what he meant by that last sentence. Other sports?)

 

[dorispulaski]

I really do not know how to do this to be sure he gets the money.

I hope someone that does know will start one.

 

[Jeanie19]

I really do not know how to do this to be sure he gets the money.

I hope someone that does know will start one.

How much did he get for the silver medal? I am sure he is a hero to the federation now. Hopefully, he gets financial help now.

 

[AlexBreeze]

The head of the fed was suspended after the scandal. So hopefully the situation will change for the better.

 

[AlexBreeze]

From interview with Stanislav Shaidorov (Misha's dad):

[About funding and a public rink]
'The last week of preparation before Worlds was very difficult. Mikhail was preparing at a rink in Krasnaya Polyana, fifty kilometers from Adler where we live. The rink is open daily for public with two breaks for ice resurfacing. And so daily overcoming the distance and all sorts of adversities, Mikhail and Alexei Evgenievich Urmanov went to training and prepared for the World Junior Championships. It should be understood that they were training among ordinary people who came to skate at the rink. You ask why? It's all very simple. The sports functionaries in the Republic of Kazakhstan must somehow participate in the allocation of funds for the preparation of the athlete. Nobody wants to do it. Everyone is comfortable as it is, as I understand it. I've written more than once, the only figure skater of this level in Kazakhstan has absolutely no funds for training. Everything at our own expense. A Russian team of coaches under the direction of Alexei Evgenievich Urmanov coaches (Mikhail) and ISU helps. Moreover, all the spending on Worlds was at our own expense. Visa expenses were at the parents' expense, and the tickets and hotel accommodation were paid by coach Urmanov from his own funds. The parents just don't have money for these things anymore. Of course, they promised to return, but the question is when? Worlds is already over. Think about it: Worlds, a historic silver medal, the face of the country without this country's participation. Here's the other side of the medal. Everyone is cheering, writing "great", aha. It's clear that we need to move forward, but how? If the teams that came to WС and didn't even make the free, figuratively speaking, from Zimbabwe are fully equipped from A to Z, and it's understandable, they're the face of the country they represent. And we still buy laces for our money, let alone everything else. If someone looks closely at the skates Mikhail uses, I think he'll wonder how this is even possible. There's no support, no help, no funding at all. All season we go hat in hand and ask for at least some financial support. The Federation helps a little, allocates money for travel, but the NOC was completely absent this season. There's no support from the country at all. I think it's beyond the pale. Misha gets a scholarship to sports school which barely covers his food and bus fare to practice.'

[About visa for Senior Worlds]
'The situation was like this. First, I found out who would be responsible for financing for Worlds. It was the NOC. Naturally, this NOC didn't allocate money for the preparation of the athlete. I don't think they were going to give Mikhail anything at all. They sent an injured athlete to astra (alludes to "Per aspera ad astra") back in June 2021 and suspened him from the national team. An invitation to the competition has been requested since February 25. First, one came, but it was not for the embassy. The French side, that is the organizers, sent the correct invitation for the embassy on March 13, and the championship began on the 21. When I asked the head of the NOC team whether they would pay for the visa expenses or not, I was told yes. Believing them, I borrowed money, as the amount for our family is very large because we had to fly urgently to Moscow to submit documents. On the first day we couldn't appeal to the embassy, as application was only available at April 02. Our coach, Alexei Urmanov, contacted everyone he could: the ISU Technical Committee, the competition organizers. All of them sent requests directly to the embassy. And only after that I received a phone call from the French Embassy and was told what to do. We've been accepted at the embassy at the third day of being in Moscow and we submitted our documents then. We did our best. For three days the athlete was running around the embassy, not training. We were sure that the visa would be given to Mikhail and we returned home in a positive mood. I note that all this was done at my own expense during the last week of preparations for Worlds. On March 21, the passport came out of the embassy with a visa denial. The reason written in the paper issued by the embassy: "Insufficient grounds for entry into the country". Given how many requests and invitations there were, I don't know what other grounds for entry there should be. I guess an invitation from President Macron was needed, but, alas, he couldn't be reached. I've sent all the documents to the NOC accounting office. I haven't received any reimbursement of my money yet. I'm waiting. I'm still in debt. I don't know who is to blame and whose fault it is, but we did our best. God knows. We are all living under the same sky.'

Full interview: https://prosports.kz/news/546053-ve...erebro-mihailom-shaidorovym-na-yuniorskom-chm

 

[Jeanie19]

From interview with Stanislav Shaidorov (Misha's dad):

[About funding and a public rink]
'The last week of preparation before Worlds was very difficult. Mikhail was preparing at a rink in Krasnaya Polyana, fifty kilometers from Adler where we live. The rink is open daily for public with two breaks for ice resurfacing. And so daily overcoming the distance and all sorts of adversities, Mikhail and Alexei Evgenievich Urmanov went to training and prepared for the World Junior Championships. It should be understood that they were training among ordinary people who came to skate at the rink. You ask why? It's all very simple. The sports functionaries in the Republic of Kazakhstan must somehow participate in the allocation of funds for the preparation of the athlete. Nobody wants to do it. Everyone is comfortable as it is, as I understand it. I've written more than once, the only figure skater of this level in Kazakhstan has absolutely no funds for training. Everything at our own expense. A Russian team of coaches under the direction of Alexei Evgenyevich Urmanov coaches (Mikhail) and ISU helps. Moreover, all the spending on Worlds was at their own expense. Visa expenses were at the parents' expense, and the tickets and hotel accommodation were paid by coach Urmanov from his own funds. The parents just don't have money for these things anymore. Of course, they promised to return, but the question is when? Worlds is already over. Think about it: Worlds, a historic silver medal, the face of the country without this country's participation. Here's the other side of the medal. Everyone is cheering, writing "great", aha. It's clear that we need to move forward, but how? If the teams that came to WС and didn't even make the free, figuratively speaking, from Zimbabwe are fully equipped from A to Z, and it is understandable, they're the face of the country they represent. And we still buy laces for our money, let alone everything else. If someone looks closely at the skates Mikhail uses, I think he'll wonder how this is even possible. There is no support, no help, no funding at all. All season we go hat in hand and ask for at least some financial support. The Federation helps a little, allocates money for travel, but the NOC was completely absent this season. There is no support of the country at all. I think it's beyond the pale. Misha gets a scholarship to sports school which barely covers his food and bus fare to practice.'

[About the visa for Senior Worlds]
'The situation was like this. First, I found out who would be responsible for financing for Worlds. It was the NOC. Naturally, NOC didn't allocate money for the preparation of the athlete. I don't think they were going to give Mikhail anything at all. They sent an injured athlete to astra (means "Per aspera ad astra") back in June 2021 and suspened him from the national team. An invitation to the competition has been requested since February 25. First, one came, but it was not for the embassy. The French side, that is the organizers, sent the correct invitation for the embassy on March 13, and the championship began on the 21. When I asked the head of the NOC team whether they would pay for the visa expenses or not, I was told yes. Believing them, I borrowed money, as the amount for our family is very large, because we had to fly urgently to Moscow to submit documents. On the first day we couldn't appeal to the embassy, as application was only available at April 02. Our coach, Alexei Urmanov, contacted everyone he could: the ISU Technical Committee, the competition organizers. All of them sent requests directly to the embassy. And only after that I received a phone call from the French Embassy and was told what to do. We've been accepted at the embassy at the third day of being in Moscow and we submitted our documents then. We did our best. For three days the athlete was running around the embassy, not training. We were sure that the visa would be given to Mikhail and we returned home in a positive mood. I note that all this was done at my own expense during the last week of preparations for Worlds. On March 21, the passport came out of the embassy with a visa denial. The reason written in the paper issued by the embassy: "Insufficient grounds for entry into the country". Given how many requests and invitations there were, I don't know what other grounds for entry there should be. I guess an invitation from President Macron was needed, but, alas, he couldn't be reached. I've sent all the documents to the NOC accounting office. I haven't yet received any reimbursement of my money. I'm waiting. I'm still in debt. I don't know who is to blame and whose fault it is, but we did our best. God knows. We are all living under the same sky.'

Full interview: https://prosports.kz/news/546053-ve...erebro-mihailom-shaidorovym-na-yuniorskom-chm

I hope that Mikhail gets proper funding now, he is a junior world medalist. Urmonav is such a supportive coach, so nice to see.

 

[dorispulaski]

Please someone help Mikhail start a GoFundMe or other crowd funding

 

[AlexBreeze]

 

[gsk8]

 

[Jeanie19]