Daniel Tioumentsev (born March 14, 2002) is an American

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With former skating partner, Sophia Baram, he is the 2023 World Junior champion, 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2022 JGP Czech Republic champion, the 2022 JGP Poland II bronze medalist, and the 2022 U.S. junior national champion.

Personal life

Tioumentsev was born on March 14, 2002, in

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, to parents Andrei, an electrical engineer, and Anna, a figure skating coach. He has a brother, Dimitri. Tioumentsev is a graduate of Palmer Ridge High School and studied mechanical engineering at

Irvine Valley College Irvine Valley College (also known as IVC or Irvine Valley) is a public community college in Irvine, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges system. The college inherited its name from the Irvine family and the Irvine Compan ...

. In 2023, he began working at

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as well as attending

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, where he is currently pursuing a mechanical engineering degree.

Career

Early career

Tioumentsev began figure skating at the age of three. From 2014 to 2020, Tioumentsev competed as a singles skater before ultimately deciding to focus on pairs skating. His early pair partners included Sydney Flaum, Sarah Burden, Natasha Mishkutionok, and Alexandra Prudsky. With Mishkutionok, he won gold in juvenile at the 2018 U.S. Championships and silver in intermediate at the 2019 U.S. Championships. He ultimately teamed up with Sophia Baram in April 2021.

2021–22 season

Baram/Tioumentsev made their debut together at the 2021 USCS Nevada and 2021 USCS Massachusetts, winning both events. They then went on to win gold at the 2022 U.S. Junior Championships by over twenty points.

2022–23 season: World Junior champion and Junior Grand Prix Final silver

Baram/Tioumentsev debuted internationally on the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix series. They won the bronze medal at the 2022 JGP Poland II and gold at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic, ultimately qualifying for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final in

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and won the silver medal. The pair went on to compete at the 2023 Midwestern Sectional Championships, winning the gold medal. At the Final, Baram/Tioumentsev won the short program, 3.43 points over

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. They then went on to place second in the free skate and won the silver medal behind the

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. Competing as a senior pair team at the 2023 U.S. Championships, Baram/Tioumentsev won the pewter medal. Selected to represent the United States at the 2023 World Junior Championships, Baram/Tioumentsev won the short program, scoring a personal best in the process. The morning of the free skate, Baram/Tioumentsev's coach,

Todd Sand Todd Sand (born October 30, 1963) is an American pair skater. With his wife Jenni Meno, he is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. national champion (1994–96). With his previou ...

, suffered a

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and had to be hospitalized in the

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. As a result, Baram/Tioumentsev had to skate the free skate without a coach. Despite this, the pair won the free skate and ultimately won the event, secure a gold medal, scoring personal best free skate and combined total scores in the process. Following the event, Tioumentsev said, "We skated for Todd and for everyone that has helped us through the season. It was very hard, and we tried to remember what Todd told us – to stay in the moment." In August 2023, Baram/Tioumentsev announced that they ended their partnership due to Tioumentsev wishing to focus on his studies at

as well as his job at

. Regardless, Tioumentsev stated that he had no plans to retire but rather take a break from figure skating.

Programs

Pair skating with Sophia Baram

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Sophia Baram

Detailed results

Pair skating with Sophia Baram

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tioumentsev, Daniel 2002 births Living people American male figure skaters American male pair skaters Sportspeople from El Paso, Texas 21st-century American sportsmen World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists