Kristjan Rand
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Mallory and Rand at the 2010 European Championships
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kristjan Rand |
| Country represented | Estonia |
| Born | 12 June 1987 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Former partner | Caitlin Mallory Grethe Grünberg |
| Former coach | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva, Lea Rand, Sergei Ponomarenko, Marina Klimova |
| Former choreographer | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva, Lea Rand |
| Skating club | Jääkild FSC Tallinn |
| Began skating | 1992 |
| Retired | 2010 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 143.69 2009 Worlds |
| Comp. dance | 26.89 2009 Skate America |
| Original dance | 45.70 2009 Europeans |
| Free dance | 72.89 2009 Worlds |
Kristjan Rand (also spelled Kristian; born 12 June 1987) is an Estonian former ice dancer. With Grethe Grünberg, he is the 2007 World Junior silver medalist and the 2005–2007 Estonian national champion. He later competed with Caitlin Mallory.
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Personal life
Kristjan Rand's younger brother, Taavi, is also an ice dancer. Their mother, Lea Rand, is a coach in Estonia.
Career
Partnership with Grünberg
Kristjan Rand began skating with Grethe Grünberg at the age of about eight.[1][2]
Grünberg / Rand debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2002, placing 12th in Germany. In 2004, they made their first appearance at the World Junior Championships, finishing 18th.
At the 2005 Tallinn Cup, Grünberg / Rand became the first Estonian ice dancers to win a JGP medal, bronze. They were 9th at the 2006 World Junior Championships.
In the 2006–07 season, Grünberg / Rand won gold and silver at their two JGP events and qualified for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final where they placed 5th. They won the silver medal at the 2007 World Junior Championships, behind Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev and ahead of Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje.[3][4][5] It was Estonia's first medal at an ISU Championships. Grünberg / Rand made their senior international debut in the same season, finishing 15th at the 2007 European Championships and 19th at the 2007 World Championships.
The duo missed the 2007–2008 skating season due to injury. Grünberg eventually retired due to injury.[6]
Partnership with Mallory
In 2008, Rand teamed up with American Caitlin Mallory to compete for Estonia.[6] In the 2008–2009 season, they placed 14th at the European Championships and 20th at the World Championships.
Mallory / Rand began the next season at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying event for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Their placement, 9th, resulted in Estonia obtaining a spot in the Olympic ice dancing event. Mallory / Rand then competed at their sole Grand Prix assignment, the 2009 Skate America, placing 8th. They were 13th at the European Championships and 17th at the World Championships.
Mallory / Rand missed the 2010–11 season as a result of Rand's compulsory one-year military service but planned to return to competition.[7] However, they did not compete again.
Programs
With Mallory
| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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| 2009–2010[8] | Estonian folk dance:
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Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg |
With Grünberg
| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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| 2006–2007[9] | Quejas de Bandoneon | Selection of operettas by Emmerich Kálmán |
Results
With Mallory
| Results[10] | ||
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| International | ||
| Event | 2008–2009 | 2009–2010 |
| World Championships | 20th | 17th |
| European Championships | 14th | 13th |
| GP Skate America | 8th | |
| Finlandia Trophy | 4th | |
| Karl Schäfer Memorial | 6th | |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 9th | |
| GP = Grand Prix | ||
With Grünberg
| Results[11] | |||||||
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| International | |||||||
| Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 |
| Worlds | 19th | ||||||
| Europeans | 15th | ||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 18th | 15th | 9th | 2nd | |||
| JGP Final | 5th | ||||||
| JGP Bulgaria | 6th | 4th | |||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 6th | ||||||
| JGP Estonia | 3rd | ||||||
| JGP France | 9th | ||||||
| JGP Germany | 12th | ||||||
| JGP Netherlands | 2nd | ||||||
| JGP Norway | 1st | ||||||
| JGP Serbia | 6th | ||||||
| Pavel Roman | 5th J. | 2nd J. | |||||
| EYOF | 12th J. | ||||||
| National | |||||||
| Estonian | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix | |||||||
References
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External links
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