Mykyta Pogorielov

Mykyta Petrovych Pogorielov is a Ukrainian ice dancer born on September 24, 2002, in Kharkiv. He competes with partner Mariia Pinchuk, achieving notable successes including three ISU Junior Grand Prix medals and two Ukrainian junior national titles (2021, 2022). They have competed at the World Junior Championships. Pogorielov fled Kharkiv during the 2022 Russian invasion and now resides in Austria with Pinchuk; his family is in Spain. He studies online at the Kharkiv School of Architecture. Their career began with an international junior debut in the 2020–21 season, securing silver medals at European events despite COVID-19 disruptions. In the 2021–22 season, they made their Junior Grand Prix debut and won gold at the Open d'Andorra, later placing seventeenth at the World Junior Championships after fleeing Ukraine. In the 2022–23 season, they earned bronze at JGP Latvia and fourth at JGP Poland, making their senior debut with medals at Bosphorus Cup and Pavel Roman Memorial. They competed at Europeans (15th) and Worlds (12th). In the 2023–24 season, they won gold at JGP Turkey and silver at JGP Poland, qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final (5th). They also secured bronze at Denis Ten Memorial and gold at Pavel Roman Memorial before finishing eighteenth at Europeans. They announced their retirement from juniors. The 2024–25 season saw them compete in Challenger Series events: ninth at Nebelhorn Trophy, twelfth at Budapest Trophy, and tenth at Nepela Memorial. Their senior Grand Prix debut was tenth at Finlandia Trophy, followed by a fourth-place finish at Santa ...