Arlet Levandi
Levandi at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born (2005-11-28) 28 November 2005
Tallinn, Estonia
HometownTallinn
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Figure skating career
Country Estonia
CoachAnna Levandi
Skating clubAnna Levandi FSC Tallinn
Began skating2009
Medal record
Figure skating: Men's singles
Representing  Estonia
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place2022 VuokattiMen's singles
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Winter Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2020 LausanneTeam

Arlet Levandi (born 28 November 2005) is an Estonian figure skater. He is the 2022 Tallink Hotels Cup champion and a two-time Estonian national silver medalist (2021–2022). On the junior level, he is the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival champion, the 2021 JGP France II silver medalist, the 2021 JGP Slovenia silver medalist, and a 2020 Winter Youth Olympic champion in the team event. Levandi is the first men's singles skater from Estonia to win a Junior Grand Prix medal.[1]

Personal life

Levandi was born on 28 November 2005, in Tallinn, Estonia to Anna (née Kondrashova) and Allar Levandi. He has two older brothers, Anders and Armand.[2] His mother competed in singles for the Soviet Union and is a two-time Olympian, the 1984 World silver medalist, and a four-time European bronze medalist (1984, 1986–88). His father is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and a 1987 World team bronze medalist in nordic combined.[3] Levandi attends school at the Old Town Education College.[2] He speaks fluent English.[4]

He has cited Florent Amodio, Jason Brown, and Deniss Vasiljevs as his figure skating idols.[4]

Career

Early career

Levandi began skating in 2009. He is coached by his mother, Anna Levandi, a former Soviet figure skater, at her eponymous club in Tallinn.[3]

Levandi is the 2017 Estonian national advanced novice bronze medalist and the 2018 Estonian national advanced novice silver medalist. Internationally on the advanced novice level, he is the 2018 Prague Riedell Ice Cup champion and a two-time Tallink Hotels Cup champion. Levandi did not compete during most of the 2018–19 season, including the 2019 Estonian Championships.[5]

2019–2020 season

Levandi made his junior international debut at the 2019 Halloween Cup in Budapest, where he finished fourth overall. He then earned fifth-place finishes at the Volvo Open Cup and the Tallinn Trophy before winning the bronze medal at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. Having missed the prior season, Levandi skipped the junior level entirely to compete at the senior level at the 2020 Estonian Championships. He finished fourth of four skaters behind Aleksandr Selevko, Mihhail Selevko, and Daniel Albert Naurits. However, Levandi was chosen to represent Estonia at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

At the Winter Youth Olympics, Levandi was 13th in the short program after issues with his blades but improved to 11th in the free skating to finish 12th overall.[6] For the team event, he was chosen by draw as part of Team Courage alongside ladies' singles skater Kseniia Sinitsyna of Russia, pairs team Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava of Georgia, and ice dancers Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama of Japan. Levandi finished seventh in the men's portion of the event, and Team Courage won the gold medal overall behind Sinitsyna's and Yoshida/Nishiyama's first-place finishes in their respective segments. He reflected on the event: "I was very happy with the draw, and now we are Youth Olympic champions."[7]

2020–2021 season

With the COVID-19 pandemic causing the cancellation of the Junior Grand Prix series, junior skaters had limited international competitive opportunities. Levandi began the season at the Tallinn Open Championships before he competed at the inaugural Budapest Trophy, where he won gold by nearly 25 points over Slovakia's Marko Pilliar and Alp Eren Özkan of Turkey. He then won gold at the domestic Tallinn Trophy. Competing on the senior level at the 2021 Estonian Championships, Levandi was third in the short program and second in the free skating to win the silver medal behind Aleksandr Selevko and ahead of Mihhail Selevko.[8] He finished his season with another gold at the Tallink Hotels Cup, this time ahead of Daniels Kockers of Latvia and Slovakia's Lukas Vaclavik.

2021–2022 season

Levandi opened his season on the Junior Grand Prix, which returned after being cancelled the previous season due to the pandemic. He earned silver at the second JGP in France, becoming the first Estonian man to medal at an ISU Junior Grand Prix event.[1] With his teammates Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko winning bronze in ice dance, it was Estonia's first multi-medal performance on the JGP since 2006 JGP Czech Republic.[9] At his second JGP event in Slovenia, Levandi rebounded from sixth after the short program to finish second in the free skating and overall to win his second silver medal of the series.[10] He did not qualify for the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final due to the unique qualification procedure implemented as a result of the pandemic; he was instead third alternate.

Levandi also made his senior international debut this season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, earning personal bests in the short program and combined total to finish seventh overall.[11] At a second Challenger event, the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, he again earned all personal bests to place seventh overall. Levandi improved his short program personal best at 2021 CS Cup of Austria en route to a sixth-place finish.[12]

Levandi won the silver medal at the Estonian Championships behind Aleksandr Selevko and ahead of Mihhail Selevko in December. The following month, he qualified to the free skate at the 2022 European Championships in his hometown of Tallinn, finishing in fourteenth place.[12] At the Estonian Junior Championships, Levandi again won silver, this time behind Mihhail Selevko. Levandi was not selected for the Olympic or the World Championships teams but was named to the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival and the 2022 World Junior Championships teams.

Levandi returned to the junior level at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival, where he finished first in both segments to comfortably win gold by over 20 points ahead of Italy's Raffaele Francesco Zich and Sweden's Casper Johansson.[13] He concluded his season at the World Junior Championships, again in front of a home crowd after Tallinn stepped out to host following problems with the original site Sofia.[14] Levandi came in twelfth place.[12]

2022–2023 season

Levandi competed in several Challenger events to begin the season, finishing seventh at the 2022 CS U.S. Classic, tenth at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, and fourteenth at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. Making his Grand Prix debut, he came seventh at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.[12]

At the 2023 Estonian Championships, Levandi won the bronze medal on the senior level behind Mihhail Selevko and Aleksandr Selevko, and gold on the junior level. He then went on to win gold at both the 2023 Volvo Open Cup and the 2023 Tallink Hotels Cup.[12]

Selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Levandi placed ninth.[12]

2023–24 season

Levandi began the season by finishing eighth at both the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy, before coming fourth at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.[12] He was invited to appear on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, where he came tenth.[15]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[16][17][18]
2022–2023
[19]
  • Quand c'est?
    by Stromae
    choreo. by Arlet Levandi
2021–2022
[3]
2020–2021
[20]
2019–2020
[21]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Levandi (center) on the podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
International[12]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Europeans14th
GP Finland7th8th
CS Cup of Austria6th
CS Denis Ten Memorial4th
CS Finlandia7th10th8th
CS Lombardia7th8th
CS U.S. Classic7th
CS Warsaw Cup14th
Tallink Hotels1st1st
Volvo Open Cup2nd[lower-alpha 1]
Volvo Open Cup1st[lower-alpha 2]
International: Junior[12]
Youth Olympics12th
Junior Worlds12th9th
JGP France2nd
JGP Slovenia2nd
EYOF1st
Budapest Trophy1st
Golden Spin3rd
Halloween Cup4th
Tallink Hotels1st1st
Tallinn Trophy5th
Volvo Open Cup5th
International: Advanced novice[5]
Challenge Cup10th
Kaunas Autumn4th
Prague Ice Cup1st
Tallink Hotels1st1st
Tallinn Trophy4th
National[12][5]
Estonian Champ.4th2nd2nd3rd3rd
Estonian Junior1st B3rd N2nd N2nd N3rd2nd1st
Team events[12]
Youth Olympics1st T
7th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: B = Basic Novice; N = Advanced novice
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

ISU Personal best in bold.

Senior results

2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 16-17, 2023 2024 Estonian Championships 2
74.75		 3
144.78		 3
219.53
November 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 11
61.82		 8
134.91		 10
195.83
November 2-5, 2023 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 3
74.47		 6
141.65		 4
216.12
October 4-8, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 8
70.22		 9
140.19		 8
210.41
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 7
64.75		 10
120.98		 8
185.73
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 16–19, 2023 2023 Tallink Hotels Cup 2
76.34		 1
149.45		 1
225.79
January 19–22, 2023 2022 Volvo Open Cup 1
76.82		 1
142.52		 1
219.34
December 15–17, 2022 2023 Estonian Championships 3
63.31		 3
141.00		 3
204.31
November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 6
72.67		 7
136.83		 7
209.50
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 12
69.45		 14
126.27		 14
195.72
November 3–4, 2022 2022 Volvo Open Cup 4
65.97		 2
131.31		 2
206.66
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 11
65.97		 10
131.31		 10
197.28
September 12–16, 2022 2022 CS U.S. Classic 7
70.02		 7
132.27		 7
202.29
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 17
70.04		 13
138.48		 14
208.52
December 4–5, 2021 2022 Estonian Championships 2
71.55		 1
151.97		 2
223.52
November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 5
75.10		 3
144.73		 6
219.83
October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
70.14		 6
152.47		 7
222.61
September 9–12, 2021 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy 11
63.67		 6
135.00		 7
198.67
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 30–31, 2020 2021 Estonian Championships 3
65.36		 2
133.28		 2
198.64
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 13–15, 2019 2020 Estonian Championships 4
60.01		 4
92.80		 4
152.81

Junior results

2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 27–March 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 12
71.01		 7
133.72		 9
204.73
February 4–5, 2023 2023 Estonian Junior Championships 1
77.55		 1
147.10		 1
224.65
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 14
65.31		 10
134.79		 12
200.10
April 8–10, 2022 2022 Kurbada Cup 1
73.65		 WD WD
March 20–25, 2022 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival 1
70.55		 1
138.99		 1
209.54
February 5–6, 2022 2022 Estonian Junior Championships 2
75.29		 1
146.48		 2
221.77
September 22–25, 2021 2021 JGP Slovenia 6
59.60		 2
134.75		 2
194.35
August 25–28, 2021 2021 JGP France II 3
61.73		 1
135.20		 2
196.93
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 18–21, 2021 2021 Tallink Hotels Cup 1
64.57		 1
115.28		 1
179.85
October 15–17, 2020 2020 Budapest Trophy 1
50.65		 1
115.04		 1
165.69
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 13–16, 2020 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup 1
62.87		 1
97.18		 1
160.05
February 1–2, 2020 2020 Estonian Junior Championships 3
54.47		 3
118.32		 3
172.79
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team – 7
97.63		 1T/7P
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 13
49.87		 11
104.78		 12
154.65
December 4–7, 2019 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 3
49.95		 4
79.11		 3
129.06
November 11–17, 2019 2019 Tallinn Trophy 7
41.08		 3
100.33		 5
141.41
November 5–10, 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 4
55.86		 6
101.05		 5
156.91
October 17–20, 2019 2019 Halloween Cup 5
51.49		 4
94.98		 4
146.47

References

  1. ↑ 47th Volvo Cup Open
  2. ↑ 48th Volvo Cup Open
  1. 1 2 "USA and Canada strike gold as ISU Junior Grand Prix continues in Courchevel". International Skating Union. 31 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 Herodes, Regina; Lensment, Jaanus (22 September 2019). "Allar ja Anna Levandi: Lapsevanema eeskujust sõltub lapse liikumis- ja spordiarmastus!" [Allar and Anna Levandi: The child's love of movement and sports depends on the parent's example!]. Delfi Sport (in Estonian).
  3. 1 2 3 "Arlet LEVANDI: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Arlet Levandi ready for double duty". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Arlet LEVANDI". RinkResults.
  6. ↑ "Anna innustus Arletit Allari eeskujuga: Levandite tiimitöö päädis särtsaka vabakava ja 12. kohaga" [Anna inspires Arlet with Allar's example: the Levandi teamwork ended with a lively free program and 12th place]. Delfi Sport (in Estonian). 12 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Barker, Philip (15 January 2020). "Team Courage wrap up Lausanne 2020 figure skating in style". Inside the Games.
  8. ↑ Kallaste, Kristjan (1 February 2021). "Eva-Lotta Kiibus crowned Estonian champion". ERR.
  9. ↑ Wong, Jackie [@rockerskating] (August 29, 2021). "In addition to Arlet Levandi's silver in the men's event, Mazingue/Gaidajenko's bronze in dance gave Estonia 🇪🇪 their first multi-medal #JGPFigure since 2006" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "Arlet Levandi saavutas juunioride GP-l ajaloolise teise koha" [Arlet Levandi took a historic second place at the Junior GP]. Delfi Sport (in Estonian). 25 September 2021.
  11. ↑ Värv, Maarja (25 September 2021). "Levandi sai Itaalias Selevkost jagu" [Levandi defeats Selevko in Italy]. ERR (in Estonian).
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Competition Results: Arlet LEVANDI". International Skating Union.
  13. ↑ Burke, Patrick (24 March 2022). "Levandi dominates boys' event to claim figure skating gold at Winter EYOF". Inside the Games.
  14. ↑ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022.
  15. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 18, 2023). "Kao Miura captures first Grand Prix gold in Espoo". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Arlet LEVANDI: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023.
  17. ↑ "Arlet Levandi: 2023/24 SP". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "Arlet Levandi: 2023/24 FP". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "Arlet LEVANDI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022.
  20. ↑ "Arlet LEVANDI: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
  21. ↑ "Arlet LEVANDI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020.

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