Anton Nimenko
Full nameAnton Valeryevich Nimenko
Native nameАнтон Валерьевич Нименко
Born (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980
Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia
PartnerMilica Brozović
CoachNina Mozer
Skating clubVorobievy Gory
Began skating1987

Anton Valeryevich Nimenko (Russian: Антон Валерьевич Нименко; born 17 October 1980) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. As a pair skater with Milica Brozović, he is the 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist and a four-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. They also competed at two World Junior Championships.

Career

Competitive

Nimenko began learning to skate in 1987.[1] Starting in 1998, he competed internationally for Russia with Milica Brozović from Yugoslavia.

Brozović/Nimenko received the bronze medal at the 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy in late August.[2] Competing in the 1998–1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, they won gold in September in Mexico City, Mexico, and took silver the following month in Beijing, China. They finished fifth at the 1999 World Junior Championships, held in late November in Zagreb, Croatia; and fourth at the Junior Grand Prix Final, which took place in March in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Competing in the 1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Brozović/Nimenko won silver at a September event in Zagreb and bronze at their October assignment in The Hague, Netherlands. At the 2000 Russian Championships, they finished fifth competing in the senior ranks and then took bronze at the junior event. In March, they placed seventh at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.

In October 2000, Brozović/Nimenko placed fourth at the 1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It was their final international together. Nina Mozer coached the pair in Moscow.[1][3]

Post-competitive

Nimenko became a skating coach in New Jersey.[4][5] He has coached:

Programs

(with Brozovic)

Season Short program Free skating
1999–2000
[1]

    Competitive highlights

    JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

    with Brozovic
    International[1]
    Event 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001
    Nebelhorn Trophy3rd
    International: Junior[1]
    Junior Worlds5th7th
    JGP Final4th
    JGP China2nd
    JGP Croatia2nd
    JGP Czech Republic4th
    JGP Mexico1st
    JGP Netherlands3rd
    National[11]
    Russian Champ.5th
    Russian Jr. Champ.3rd

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "BROZOVIC Milica / NIMENKO Anton". figureskating.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016.
    2. ↑ "1998 Nebelhorn Trophy". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008.
    3. ↑ "Brozovic & Nimenko". pairsonice.net. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007.
    4. ↑ "U.S. Figure Skating: 2008-2009 COACH REGISTRATION" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016.
    5. ↑ Leamey, Liz (3 February 2018). "Ice House Honors 11 Olympians with Send-off Show". Ice Skating International.
    6. ↑ "Arina CHERNIAVSKAIA / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018.
    7. ↑ "Paige CONNERS / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018.
    8. ↑ "Anastasia KONONENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
    9. ↑ "Hailey Esther KOPS / Artem TSOGLIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018.
    10. ↑ "Adel TANKOVA / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018.
    11. ↑ "Антон Валерьевич Нименко" [Anton Valeryevich Nimenko]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 March 2018.
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