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Daniel Tioumentsev (born March 14, 2002) is an American pair skater. 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 El Paso, Texas, 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. In 2023, he began working at SpaceX as well as attending Arizona State University, 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
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 Turin, Italy.
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 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore of Australia. They then went on to place second in the free skate and won the silver medal behind the Australians.
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, suffered a heart attack and had to be hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit. 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, 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 Arizona State University as well as his job at SpaceX. Regardless, Tioumentsev stated that he had no plans to retire but rather take a break from figure skating.
Programs
With Baram
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–2023 |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Pairs with Baram
| International: Junior | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 |
| Junior Worlds | 1st | |
| JGP Final | 2nd | |
| JGP Czech Republic | 1st | |
| JGP Poland | 3rd | |
| National | ||
| U.S. Champ. | 1st J | 4th |
| USCS Nevada | 1st J | |
| USCS Massachusetts | 1st J | |
Pairs with Prudsky
| National | |
|---|---|
| Event | 20–21 |
| U.S. Champ. | 6th J |
| Championship Series | 5th J |
Men's singles
| National | |
|---|---|
| Event | 18-19 |
| U.S. Champ. | 8th N |
Detailed results
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
With Baram
Junior results
| 2022–23 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February–5 March 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | Junior | 1 66.95 | 1 116.52 | 1 183.47 |
| 23–29 January 2023 | 2023 U. S. Championships | Senior | 5 63.12 | 4 114.12 | 4 175.60 |
| 8–11 December 2022 | 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final | Junior | 1 63.62 | 2 113.16 | 2 176.78 |
| 6–10 November 2022 | 2023 Midwestern Sectional Championships | Senior | 1 66.80 | 1 127.40 | 1 194.20 |
| 5–8 October 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland II | Junior | 2 56.33 | 3 96.16 | 3 152.49 |
| 31 August–3 September 2022 | 2022 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 5 54.23 | 5 114.11 | 5 168.34 |
| 2021–22 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 3–9 January 2022 | 2022 U. S. Junior Championships | Junior | 1 62.26 | 1 109.10 | 1 171.36 |
| 8–13 November 2021 | 2021 USCS Massachusetts | Junior | 1 63.41 | 1 110.23 | 1 173.64 |
| 11–16 October 2021 | 2021 USCS Nevada | Junior | 1 62.79 | 1 112.16 | 1 174.95 |
