Valeria Maximovna Zenkova (Russian: Валерия Максимовна Зенкова; born 7 April 1995) is a Russian former ice dancer. With partner Valerie Sinitsin, she won five ISU Junior Grand Prix medals, including one gold, and placed fourth at the 2013 World Junior Championships. They are the 2013 Russian junior champions.
Valeria Zenkova | |
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Full name | Valeria Maximovna Zenkova |
Born | Moscow | 7 April 1995
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Country | Russia |
Partner | Valerie Sinitsin |
Coach | Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov |
Skating club | Vorobievy Gory |
Began skating | 1999 |
Career
editZenkova and Sinitsin won the bronze medal at the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix[1] in Mexico City and placed 10th at the 2008 Russian Junior Championships. In mid-2011, they changed coaches from Ksenia Rumiantseva and Elena Tchaikovskaia[2] to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov.[3] They won silver and bronze medals during the 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. They then competed at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships and won the bronze medal.
In the 2012–2013 Junior Grand Prix season, Zenkova / Sinitsin won the silver medal in Courchevel, France, and then won their first JGP title in Zagreb, Croatia. They qualified for their first JGP Final in Sochi, Russia and finished 5th. They won the 2013 Russian junior title. They finished 4th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.
Programs
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Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2013–2014 |
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2012–2013 [4] |
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2011–2012 [3] |
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2010–2011 |
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Competitive highlights
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Results[5] | ||||||||
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International | ||||||||
Event | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 |
Golden Spin | 6th | |||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 4th | |||||||
JGP Final | 5th | |||||||
JGP Australia | 3rd | |||||||
JGP Austria | 4th | |||||||
JGP Croatia | 1st | |||||||
JGP France | 2nd | |||||||
JGP Great Britain | 8th | |||||||
JGP Italy | 2nd | |||||||
JGP Mexico | 3rd | |||||||
JGP USA | 6th | |||||||
Santa Claus Cup | 1st J. | |||||||
Istanbul Cup | 1st J. | |||||||
National | ||||||||
Russian Champ. | 7th | |||||||
Russian Junior | 12th | 10th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | ||
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix |
References
edit- ^ ISU Results: 2007 Junior Grand Prix Mexico Cup Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012.
- ^ "Competition Results: Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN". International Skating Union.