Mikhail Shaidorov

Biography

Mikhail Stanislavovich Shaidorov (Russian: Михаил Станиславович Шайдоров; born 25 June 2004), nicknamed Misha, is a Kazakhstani figure skater. He is the 2026 Olympic Champion, 2025 World silver medalist, 2025 Four Continents champion, 2025 Asian Winter Games bronze medalist, a four-time Grand Prix medalist, a three-time Challenger Series medalist, and a five-time Kazakhstani national champion (2019–23). At the junior level, he is the 2022 World Junior silver medalist.

Shaidorov is the first skater from Kazakhstan to ever medal at a World Junior Championships as well as the first skater from Kazakhstan to qualify for a Grand Prix Final on the senior level. Additionally, Shaidorov is the firs...