Ivan Bich
Gainetdinova/Bich at 2012 Junior Worlds
Full nameIvan Igorevich Bich
Born (1993-02-14) 14 February 1993
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia
CoachNatalia Pavlova
Artur Dmitriev
Skating clubSDUSHOR St. Petersburg
Began skating2000

Ivan Igorevich Bich (Russian: Иван Игоревич Бич; born 14 February 1993) is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Kamilla Gainetdinova, he is the 2013 JGP Belarus champion and a two-time (2012, 2013) Russian junior national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Ivan Igorevich Bich was born 14 February 1993 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1][2] His father, Igor, is a former pair skater and an ISU technical specialist.[3]

Career

Bich initially trained as a singles skater, coached by Alla Piatova.[3] He last competed in singles in September 2010, winning the junior bronze medal at the first stage of the Russian Cup series.[4] He decided to begin training as a pairs skater. In May 2011,[5] Bich formed a partnership with Kamilla Gainetdinova, who until then was a Moscow-based singles skater.[3] Gainetdinova moved to Saint Petersburg to train with him.[3] They were coached by Oksana Kazakova in their first two seasons together.[5][6]

Gainetdinova/Bich made their international debut at the 2011 Warsaw Cup, winning the junior bronze medal. They won bronze at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. In the free skate, Gainetdinova/Bich landed SBS 3Lz, receiving 6.70 points for the element.[7] They also included a SBS 3Lo+2A sequence after the halfway point, receiving 5.99 points due to some negative grades of execution.[7] They were assigned to the 2012 World Junior Championships, where they finished 11th.

In their second season, Gainetdinova/Bich debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. They were 7th at their first event in Lake Placid, New York. At the 2012 JGP Croatia, they landed a SBS 3LZ+2T combination in the free skate, as well as upgrading their twist to a triple for the first time.[8] They are the first pair to land the combination in a junior competition.[9] Gainetdinova/Bich finished 4th at the event. They won bronze at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships with a free skate that included a SBS 3Lz+2T combination at the start of the program and SBS 3T after the halfway mark.[10] They finished 8th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

In spring 2013, Gainetdinova/Bich moved to Moscow and joined Natalia Pavlova and Artur Dmitriev.[1] Beginning their third season with gold at the 2013 JGP Belarus, the pair then won the bronze medal at the 2013 JGP Czech Republic. Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan. At the final, Gainetdinova/Bich placed sixth in both segments and overall. Their partnership ended in early 2014.

Programs

(with Gainetdinova)

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–2014
[1]
2012–2013
[6]
2011–2012
[5]
  • Die Fledermaus
    by Johann Strauss II

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Gainetdinova

International[11]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
World Junior Champ.11th8th
JGP Final6th
JGP Belarus1st
JGP Croatia4th
JGP Czech Republic3rd
JGP United States7th
Toruń Cup1st J.
Warsaw Cup3rd J.
National[11]
Russian Junior Champ.3rd3rd5th
J. = Junior level

Single skating

International
Event 2008–09 2009–10
Warsaw Cup1st J.
National
Russian Junior Champ.14th12th
J. = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kamilla GAINETDINOVA / Ivan BICH: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  2. ↑ СПИСОК кандидатов в спортивные сборные команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2014-2015 гг. [List of candidates for the 2014–15 Russian national team in figure skating] (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. 24 April 2014. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Фигуристам Гайнетдиновой/Бичу будет трудно победить на ЮЧМ - Москвина [It will be difficult for figure skaters Gainetdinova/Bich to win the World Junior Championships, according to Moskvina]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 14 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Кубок России, 1-й Этап. Дмитров, Мос. область. [Russian Cup, 1st stage. Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast]. Figure Skating Federation of Russia (in Russian). 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 "Kamila GAINETDINOVA / Ivan BICH: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Kamilla GAINETDINOVA / Ivan BICH: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 Окончательный протокол соревнований [2012 Russian Junior Championships: Protocols] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "ISU JGP Croatia Cup 2012: JUNIOR PAIRS FREE SKATING - JUDGES DETAILS PER SKATER" (PDF). International Skating Union. 5 October 2012.
  9. ↑ Slater, Paula (7 October 2012). "2012 JGP Croatia Cup". Golden Skate.
  10. ↑ "Protocols: 2013 Russian Junior Championships" (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. 3 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Competition Results: Kamilla GAINETDINOVA / Ivan BICH". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.

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