Maxim Kovtun
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Maxim Pavlovich Kovtun (Russian: Максим Павлович Ковтун; born 18 June 1995) is a retired Russian figure skater. He is a three-time European medalist (silver in 2015 and 2017, bronze in 2016) and four-time (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) Russian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2012 JGP Final champion. Kovtun has successfully landed two quad jumps in a short program, and three quads in a free program.
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Full name | Maxim Pavlovich Kovtun | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 28) Yekaterinburg, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Elena Buianova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 23 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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On 23 April 2019, Kovtun announced his retirement from competition.[1]