Deniss Vasiļjevs
Deniss Vasiljevs at the 2025 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 August 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Stéphane Lambiel Angelo Dolfini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Daugavpils Skating Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest WS | 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deniss Vasiļjevs (born 9 August 1999) is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2022 European bronze medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy silver medalist, a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (including gold at the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy), and a seven-time Latvian national champion (2016–18, 2020, 2022–24).
At the junior level, Vasiļjevs is the 2016 Youth Olympics silver medalist, 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival silver medalist, a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) silver medalist, and a two-time Latvian junior national champion (2014-15). He is the first Latvian skater to podium at a JGP event and at an ISU Championships event.
Vasiļjevs represented Latvia at the 2018, 2022, and 2026 Winter Olympics.