Abzal Rakimgaliev

Abzal Rakimgaliev
Rakimgaliev in 2011.
Personal information
Full name	Kazakh: Абзал Бауыржанұлы Рақымғалиев: Abzal Bawırjanulı Raqımğaliev
Country represented	Kazakhstan
Born	25 May 1992 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Coach	Craig Maurizi, Nikolai Morozov
Former coach	Marina Voitsekhovskaia, Salim Khaidarov, Zhanna Gromova, Olga Markova
Choreographer	Olga Orlova, Nikolai Morozov
Former choreographer	Vadim Yarulin, Larisa Timoshenko, Ilona Prataseni
Skating club	National Skating Federation of Kazakhstan
Training locations	Hackensack, New Jersey
Former training locations	Moscow Simsbury, Connecticut Daugavpils Almaty
Began skating	1999
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	185.81 2013 Four Continents
Short program	64.27 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
Free skate	124.98 2013 Four Continents
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Figure skating: Men's singles Asian Figure Skating Trophy 2008 Asian Trophy Hong Kong

Abzal Rakimgaliev (born 25 May 1992) is a Kazakhstani figure skater. He is the 2007 Kazakhstani national champion and has won seven senior international medals. He competed at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, where he placed 26th, and at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, where he placed 22nd.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2015–16 [1]	Too Darn Hot by Ella Fitzgerald	Je dors sur des roses (from Mozart, l'opéra rock)
2014–15 [2]	He Lives in You (from The Lion King (musical)) by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Lebo M	Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone
2013–14 [3]	Swing medley by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone
2012–13 [4]	The Sting by Marvin Hamlisch	The Addams Family by Marc Shaiman
2011–12 [5]	Tarzan by Mark Mancina	The Addams Family by Marc Shaiman
2010–11 [6]	Beetlejuice by Danny Elfman	Circus
2009–10 [7]	Selections by Maksim Mrvica	Irish dance
2008–09 [8]	Carmina Burana by Carl Orff (modern arrangement)	Child in Paradise by Maksim Mrvica Nostradamus by Maksim Mrvica
2007–08 [9]	Furia by Brian May	Selections by Maksim Mrvica
2006–07 [10]	Furia by Brian May	Selections by ABBA

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[11]
Event	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
Olympics						26th				22nd
Worlds				24th		21st			28th	20th
Four Continents				13th	14th	13th	13th	18th	15th	15th	20th
CS DS Cup												6th
CS Golden Spin												17th
CS Tallinn Trophy													7th
CS Warsaw Cup												11th	12th
Universiade									12th		16th
Asian Games							7th
Asian Trophy					2nd
Crystal Skate								6th		2nd
Cup of Nice								11th
Finlandia Trophy								12th
Gardena								5th
Golden Spin				10th		10th	5th
Ice Star								6th
Istanbul Cup								4th
Lombardia Trophy										3rd
Nepela Trophy								7th
NRW Trophy							9th
Printemps							4th
Triglav Trophy					3rd		3rd	1st	2nd
International: Junior or novice[11]
Junior Worlds							12th
JGP Austria				15th
JGP Belarus						15th
JGP Bulgaria				9th
JGP Hungary			13th
JGP Italy					7th
JGP Norway			12th
JGP Spain					12th
JGP Turkey						14th
Gardena			7th J
Golden Lynx				1st J
Triglav Trophy			2nd J
Warsaw Cup		1st N
National[11]
Kazakhstani	5th	2nd	1st			2nd					1st
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

1. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
2. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
3. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014.
4. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013.
5. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012.
6. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
7. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010.
8. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009.
9. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
10. "Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007.
11. "Competition Results: Abzal RAKIMGALIEV". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Abzal Rakimgaliev at Wikimedia Commons

• Abzal Rakimgaliev at the International Skating Union
• Abzal Rakimgaliev at Tracings.net