Georgii Reshtenko

Georgii Reshtenko is Russian-Czech figure skater, competing in men's singles. Since 2017, he has represented the Czech Republic. He is the 2026 European Championship bronze medalist and a three-time Czech national champion.

Personal life

Reshtenko was born on 19 December 2002, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In addition to figure skating, he also enjoys playing football, tennis, and the violin.
In April 2023, Reshtenko spoke out against the poor treatment of Russian immigrants across Europe in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the failure to separate politicians from ordinary people.

Career

Early career

Reshtenko began figure skating in 2006 at the age of three. He was first coached by Olga Arseneva, Alexander Rachinskii, and Anastasia Bunina until the age of nine when he joined Evgeni Rukavicin's group of skaters with Roman Usatov becoming his main coach. He won the 2015 Figure Skating Championship of St. Petersburg and the 2017 Northwest Region of Russia Competition.
At the age of fifteen, however, Reshtenko's father got a new job that would involve the family relocating to Prague. Now living in the Czech Republic, Reshtenko would make the decision to begin representing the country. His first coach in Prague was Jakub Štrobl before eventually switching to Michal Matloch prior to the 2019–20 figure skating season.
He would finish eighth in his debut at the 2019 Four National Championships. That same year, Reshtenko enrolled at the figure skating academy of Tomáš Verner.

2019–20 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

Debuting on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, Reshtenko finished thirteenth at 2019 JGP Russia. He would subsequently compete on the junior level at the 2019 Prague Ice Cup where he won the silver medal. Going on to compete on the senior level at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where he placed eighteenth.
Reshtenko would then end the season by finishing sixth at the 2020 Four National Championships.

2020–21 season

Reshtenko started the season by finishing fourth at the 2020 Santa Claus Cup and fifth at the 2021 Four National Championships. He would then end the season by finishing fourteenth at the 2021 International Challenge Cup.

2021–22 season

Prior to the season, it was announced that while continuing to work with Michal Matloch in Prague, Reshtenko would also make trips to St. Petersburg, Russia to be trained by former coach, Roman Usatov. While competing on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Reshtenko would place eleventh at 2021 JGP Slovakia and fifth at 2021 JGP Slovenia.
Subsequently competing on the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series, he would finish eighth at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, twenty-first at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, and ninth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Reshtenko would then go on to compete at the 2022 Four National Championships, where he won the silver medal behind Matyáš Bělohradský.
In February, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Reshtenko would end his working relationship with Usatov and stop training in Russia at the request of the Czech Figure Skating Association.
Selected to represent the Czech Republic at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Reshtenko would finish eleventh overall.
Following the season's end, it would later be announced that Reshtenko had begun dividing his time training on his own in Prague while also training under Michal Březina in Irvine, California, United States. In addition, Reshtenko would also return to Prague

2022–23 season: European and World Championship debut

In June 2022, shortly after his move to the United States, Reshtenko broke his leg and twisted his ankle, making it so that he would have to stay off the ice for four months. He would not return to competition until December of that year, where Reshtenko finished seventh at the 2023 Four National Championships.
Selected to compete at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Reshtenko would place twenty-sixth in the short program and fail to advance to the free skate segment. He would also go on to compete at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, placing thirty-fourth in the short program and failing to qualify for the free skate segment.
Reshtenko then closed the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2023 Triglav Trophy.

2023–24 season

Reshtenko began the season by finishing eleventh at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International. Subsequently competing on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, he placed ninth at the 2023 Lombardia Trophy and while he did complete his short program, he withdrew before the free skate.
At the 2024 Four National Championships, Reshtenko won the silver medal. Going on to compete at the 2024 European Championships, Reshtenko scored personal bests in all competition segments, finishing ninth overall. Following that event, Reshtenko competed at the 2024 Bavarian Open, where he won the silver mnedal.
Selected to compete at the 2024 World Championships, Reshtenko place thirty-sixth in the short program, but failed to advance to the free skate segment.

2024–25 season

Reshtenko began the season by finishing thirteenth at the 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy, sixth at the 2024 Tayside Trophy, eighth at the 2024 Nepela Memorial, and fourth at the 2024 Volvo Open Cup.
In December, Reshtenko won the silver medal at the 2025 Four National Championships. The following month, he placed twenty-third at the 2025 European Championships.
In March, he competed at the 2025 World Championships, held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He placed thirty-first in the short program and did not advance to the free skate.

2025–26 season

Reshtenko opened the season by competing at the ISU Skate to Milano, the final qualifying event for the 2026 Winter Olympics, where the top five men's singles skaters would be awarded an Olympic berth. Reshtenko finished the event in eighth place and expressed frustration at the results, saying, "I took to the ice with the right mindset and fought until the very end for every element. After my skate, I felt like it should have been enough. But it turns out it wasn’t. As for the person who finished fifth and earned the Olympic spot… Honestly, I don’t even want to comment. If the judges think he deserved it more based on today’s performance – and that that’s the kind of figure skating they want to see – then what can I say? In every aspect, I was better than him, and today, I was also better."
He went on to compete at three Challenger Series events, placing thirteenth at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy, tenth at the 2025 CS Tallinn Trophy, and eleventh at the 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In late December, he won the bronze medal at the 2026 Four National Championships. The following month, he unexpectedly won the bronze medal at the 2026 European Figure Skating Championships for his first European medal after placing eighth in the short program and third in the free skate. "I barely made the free skate at Europeans last year," he said after the event. "I was 23rd, and I am now, you know, third. I am so happy about it."