Sergei Dmitriyevich Davydov (Russian: Серге́й Дмитриевич Давыдов, born 2 March 1979 in Rostov-on-Don) is a former competitive figure skater who represented Belarus and Russia. For Belarus, he is the 2006 Cup of China silver medalist, two-time Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and eight-time (2001–2008) Belarusian national champion. He competed at two Olympics and placed as high as 7th at the World Championships (2003) and 4th at the European Championships (2007). For Russia, he is the 1998 World Junior silver medalist. After retirement from the competitive figure skating Davydov became a coach.

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Sergei Davydov
Davydov at the 2007 European Championships
Full name	Sergei Dmitriyevich Davydov
Born	(1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 45) Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Belarus (1999–2008)  Russia (until 1998)
Skating club	Konek Tchaikovskoi FSC
Began skating	1986
Retired	2008
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Men's singles World Junior Championships 1998 Saint John Men's singles

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Early in his career, Davydov competed for Russia. He won the silver medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships.

Davydov moved from Samara, Russia to Vitebsk, Belarus in 1999 and began competing for Belarus.^[1] He was coached by Nina Ruchkina in Vitebsk.^[2] After the 2000–01 season, he moved to Moscow, Russia to train with Elena Tchaikovskaia and Vladimir Kotin.^[1] He competed at the Olympics twice, placing 21st at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 15th at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Davydov retired from competitive skating following the 2007–08 season.

Following his retirement, Davydov began working as a coach at the CSKA Moscow. His current and former students include:

• Katsiarina Pakhamovich^[3]
• Valeria Mikhailova^[4]
• Ekaterina Mitrofanova^[5]
• Anna Tarusina^{[5] [6]}
• Anna Frolova^[7]
• Sofia Samodelkina^[8]
• Ksenia Tsibinova^[9]
• Maria Gordeeva^[10]
• Lev Lazarev^[11]

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Series (Junior Grand Prix)