Russia‘s Makar Ignatov: ‘This is a new level for me’

Makar Ignatov of Russia took many by surprise when he won the prestigious Nebelhorn Trophy ISU Challenger Series event in Oberstdorf, Germany, at the end of September. “My name is Makar Ignatov and I am from St. Petersburg,” responded the skater with a wide grin to the questioning journalists.

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Ignatov is now scheduled to compete at the Denis Ten Memorial Trophy in Kazakhstan and at Minsk Ice Star in Belarus before his Grand Prix debut in Moscow. The skater is looking very much looking forward to this event.


"It means a lot to me," he said of Rostelecom Cup. "I want to skate well and present myself well. In a way, this is a new level for me and I want to hold up so that it is not my first and my last Grand Prix."

What are your thoughts on Ignatov? Looking forward to seeing how he fares over the next few years!

First time for me to see this skater...good luck to him at Rostelecom!

Great freeskate!!! I will be looking forward to his performances this season.

Nice article. Great photo of him on the forum front page, too

I like his honesty, very refreshing: I am tired at the end of my FS, but the music pushes me to finish.

And he is a cutie in that photo

Fresh new faces are always exciting. I wish him well at Denis's tourney.

Hopefully there will be coverage online somewhere.

Thanks for the interesting article. :thumbsup:

The flying Makar. I have him on the radar since his JGP years.
He seems to be in the army now. Here is a picture showing him in uniform with Kirill Aleshin, Gleb Smolkin and Valera Kolesov.

What a nice young man. I'm rooting for him at the Denis Ten Memorial!