Dmitre Razgulajevs (born November 19, 1996) is a Canadian

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

, who currently competes with

Molly Lanaghan Molly Beth Lanaghan (born January 29, 1999) is a British- Canadian ice dancer, who currently competes with Dmitre Razgulajevs. Personal life Molly Lanaghan was born on January 29, 1999, in Doncaster, England. She has an older sister na ...

. With his former partner

Mackenzie Bent Mackenzie Bent (born June 11, 1997) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner Dmitre Razgulajevs, she is the 2016 Canadian junior champion. With former partner Garrett MacKeen, she is the 2014 Canadian junior champion and finished 5th at two Wor ...

, he was the 2016 Canadian national junior champion and finished in the top ten at the 2016 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Dmitre Razgulajevs was born on November 19, 1996 in

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. He moved to Canada with his parents, Irina and

Juris Razgulajevs Juris Razgulajevs, sometimes spelled ''Yuri Razguliaiev'', (born March 20, 1973) is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor who represented the Soviet Union, Latvia, Uzbekistan, and Japan. He is the 1991 World Junior champion with ...

, in 1999. His father competed in ice dancing for the Soviet Union, Latvia, Uzbekistan, and Japan. He maintains a close friendship with a group of people he’s known since Grade 5: Kevin Bonilla, Madison Marple, and Kirk Schlichting.

Career

Early career

Razgulajevs began skating in 2001. His first ice dancing partner was Katie Desveaux. The two finished fourth on the novice level at the 2012 Canadian Championships and began appearing as juniors the following season. At Nationals, they were 7th in

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and 11th in

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. Their partnership came to an end in 2014.

Partnership with Bent

Razgulajevs teamed up with

in the spring of 2015. Making their international debut, they won the silver medal at the

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event in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They finished fifth at their second JGP assignment in

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, Spain. The two missed the Skate Canada Challenge in December because Razgulajevs experienced

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, but the following month they won the junior gold medal at the 2016 Canadian Championships. Ranked ninth in both segments, they finished ninth at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary. Having aged out of juniors, Bent/Razgulajevs moved up to the senior level in the 2016–17 season. They placed fourth at the

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Partnership with Lanaghan

Following the end of his partnership with Bent, Razgulajevs formed a new partnership with English ice dancer

. The two decided to compete for Canada. They debuted internationally at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup, where they placed tenth. They went on to win a bronze medal at the 2018 Skate Canada Challenge, qualifying them for the 2018 Canadian Championships, where they placed seventh. Beginning the 2018–19 season, they placed sixth at the

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and repeated as bronze medalists at the 2019 Skate Canada Challenge. The pair placed fifth at the 2020 Canadian Championships. They also placed fifth at the 2020

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. Lanaghan/Razgulajevs were assigned to make their

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debut at the

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, but the event was cancelled as a result of the

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2021-22 season

Lanaghan/Razgulajevs began their season with eleventh and eighth-place finishes at the

2021 CS Cup of Austria The 2021 CS Cup of Austria by Icechallenge was held on November 11–14, 2021 in Graz, Austria. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance. Entri ...

and the

2021 CS Warsaw Cup The 2021 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Int ...

, respectively. They ended their season by finishing eighth at the

2022 Canadian Figure Skating Championships The 2022 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships were held on January 6–12, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance on the senior, junior, and novice levels. ...

2022-23 season

Lanaghan/Razgulajevs opened their season by finishing fourth at the

2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 21–24, 2022 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Entries ...

. They then went on to make their

debut at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, where they finished in tenth place.

Programs

With Lanaghan

With Bent

With Desveaux

Competitive highlights

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

With Lanaghan

With Bent

With Desveaux

References

External links

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