Dmitry Aliev is a Russian skater. The athlete’s piggy bank has two victories at the national championship, the silver of the world championship (among juniors), as well as the silver medal of the adult European championship.
Despite his young age, Dmitry Sergeyevich Aliev convincingly proved that there are no impregnable peaks.
Difficult choice
The biography of the future skater began in 1999. The child was born on June 1 in Ukhta in the family of the famous hockey coach Sergei Aliyev. He brought up several generations of talented athletes. Dmitry’s mother was a skier in the past. Together with the eldest son Alexei, the youngest from childhood joined the sport.
Dima demonstrated his first achievements in skiing. From an early age, the idol for the boy was the Norwegian skier Petter Northug. Trying to be like him, Aliyev Jr. achieved a lot for his age. Everything went to the fact that a sports career is defined.
However, there were major changes ahead. Figure skating coach Vyacheslav Maksimov, who was friends with the boy’s parents, suggested that Dima attend one of the training sessions. He showed the kid some simple bundles and a couple of elements. The boy immediately repeated the movement for the coach. From that moment began the fascination with figure skating.
Aliyev learned to skate, riding on the surface of a frozen lake. Up to eleven the boy successfully combined figure skating and skiing. Gradually, the load increased. As the intensity of training increased, I had to make a choice. Dima preferred skates.
Now the novice athlete kept the equality on Alexei Yagudin. A reference to a domestic star in the chosen sport set the highest standard, but this did not stop the boy. In training, he did his best.
First achievements
In 2012, Aliyev participated in the "Winter Ybitsa" festival. Olympic champion and talented athlete Maxim Marinin became interested in the young figure skater. He recommended that the parents look at Alexei Mishin, mentor Yevgeny Plushenko.
Impression of the famous coach Dima made. The mentor invited the young man to train in St. Petersburg. After moving to the city on the Neva, a year later classes began with Eugene Rukavitsyn. In 2014, Dmitry performed at the international junior championship in Slovenia. He became a bronze medalist. The next year, Aliyev was the second in his group, and in 2016 brought the young athlete the coveted “gold” of the country's youth championship.
Dmitry showed amazing determination. He not only achieved outstanding success in sports, but also did not interrupt school classes. The teachers sent the tasks to the boy by e-mail.
In 2017, the premiere in adult competitions. The season started with failure. However, even the injury did not prevent the talented skater from reaching heights. At the domestic championship, Aliyev became the third. With this Dmitry achieved the right to speak in European competitions.
Life outside the ice
At the beginning of 2018, the European Championship was held in Moscow on the Megasport ice arena. Even experienced judges and commentators were impressed by the program shown by him. True, there were some oddities. Wanting to avoid force majeure during the performance, Dima wrapped insulating tape around his skate. The best athlete was in the free program.
The result of the competition was "silver". Forward, Aliyev missed the Spanish skater Javier Fernandez. The bronze went to Mikhail Kolyada. At its core, the championship was qualifying for the main event of 2018, the Olympic Games in South Korea.
So far, the athlete does not think seriously about his personal life. He is interested in creativity, he is completely absorbed in training. Dmitry has other hobbies. He likes to play tennis, football, ski in his hometown. The press published information about the novel that began between the skaters Alisa Fedichkina and Dmitry Aliyev. The basis for this input was the joint pictures of young people in "Instagram" and other social networks. The athletes reacted only to the suppositions of the fans by recognizing that the relations between them were only friendly.
As it turned out later, the situation that arose at the 2016 championship could cause confusion. The mentor of Alice and Dima, Eugene Rukavitsyn, did not keep up due to problems with documents by the beginning of the competition in Nice. Aliyev acted as a mentor to the girl, helped prepare the athlete for the performance. Later, Dima admitted that he worried for Alice more than for himself.
