Ksenia Stolbova Biography

Born on February 7 in St. Petersburg. Russian skater who performed in pair skating. Olympic champion in team competitions Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation Ksenia Stolbova was born on February 7 in St. Petersburg. From the age of six I got on skates. For a long time specialized in solitary skating. In the year, she won the Russian Championship in her age group.

From the age of 14 I went to pair skating and rode up to Tie with Arthur Mingchuk. In m, the couple was able to win the Cup of Russia. In the year, coach Lyudmila Velikova put Ksenia in a couple with Fedor Klimov, with whom she later achieved the highest results. In the first season, the couple got to the final of the junior Grand Prix, although it took 7th place there. Then there was a victory at the Russian Championship among juniors and bronze of the Junior World Cup.

A year later, they won both stages of the Junior Grand Prix and went to the final, where they became second. At the debut stage of the Grand Prix, among adults Skate America, the couple became the 5th in the year. For the second time, winning the Russian championship among juniors, they became part of the national team for the world championship among juniors, where they won silver medals.

At the European Championship of the year Stolbov and Klimov were declared as reserve. However, the couple of Kavaguti - Smirnov withdrew from the European championship for medical reasons, and Stolbova and Klimov got the opportunity to speak. Their debut at the continent championship was successful: Bronze medals were won Stolbova and Klimov. The most successful for them was the year when the couple won gold in team competitions at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

In the arbitrary program, they were the first, having typed he put them a program on a motive from the Chinese movie "The resulting tiger, a hidden dragon." To master the program, the couple specially went to the Chinese People’s Center in New York, where they took a one and a half hour lesson in choreography. In addition, the program to music from Notre Dame de Paris was also successful.

In the season, they won at both stages of the Grand Prix, and in the final of the series they lost the gold medals of the Canadian pair Duel-Tradford. In the season, the first pair in history to jump to the cascade at the Grand Prix final, however, were followed by a trauma from Fedor and the couple removed from the national and continental championships.

The next pre -Olympic season of the couple due to injury Ksenia began only at the end of December - they won a gold medal at the Russian Championship. Further at the end of March, the five best closed at the world championship in Helsinki. They were able to break into the final of the Grand Prix in Nagoy, where the couple finished next to the pedestal.

In m they became the second at the European championship in Moscow. Next, Ksenia began a series of problems. Immediately after the European Championship, the IOC decided to prevent the Russian couple for the Olympic Games. The skaters decided not to perform at the world championship, and in the middle of the summer, athletes said they stopped cooperation. Klimov switched to coaching, and Ksenia took up the search for a partner.

At the end of the summer, the skater stood in a couple with Andrei Novoselov, who at that time playing for France. Stolbova recalled: “Left without a partner, I did not sit on the forums on the Internet, did not ask anyone to make inquiries. I didn’t want to destroy someone’s couple. But I knew that the offseason after the Olympics is always very stormy. Everything turned out purely by accident.

Neither I nor Andrei had a doubt that we could ride together. I immediately felt that I was comfortable with him. According to the look, from the touches of his hands, by the care that he surrounded me.

"The potential of the couple was highly appreciated by the coach Tatyana Tarasova:" I saw the guys in training. Ksyusha and Andrey ride unique! They shocked me. Stolbova and Novoselov are surprisingly suitable for each other. They make incredibly complex elements. "The couple missed the season because of the quarantine of a partner caused by a change in sports citizenship.

All season the couple did not take part in the competitions and only engaged in the development of elements and stingrays. At the end of the season, the figure skaters decided to live and train in the hometown of Andrei - Perm. At the beginning of the summer of the year, the French federation gave permission from Novoselov to play for Russia. A strong program was able to win only fifth place.

I do not say goodbye to you, but I say: “See you,” she said. Growth of Ksenia Stolbova: centimeters. We parted in the year. Ksenia Stolbova and Dmitry Solovyov further attributed her an affair with the Italian figure skater in Russian origin Ivan Bariev, who played for Italy under the name of Rigini. Allegedly, the athletes became close at the time when Andrei trained in the group with Nina Moser.

Later, the skater moved to France, but their communication continued.There were rumors that Ksenia's departure from sports could be associated with the cooling of relations with Andrei. Sports achievements of Ksenia Stolbova: Gold - Sochi - Team competitions Silver - Sochi - Fighting World Championships: Silver - Saitama - Foam skating European Championships: Bronze - Sheffield - Fight Silver Silver - Budapest Silver - Stockholm - Foil Silve -Silver - Moscow Supervision Skatka: Gold - Trentino - Party Superior Support Ksenia Stolbova awards and titles: - Order of Friendship on February 24 - for a great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achievements at the XXII Olympic Winter Games of the year in Sochi; - Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation on December 24 - for high sports achievements at the XXVI World Winter Universiade of the Year in the city of Trentino Italy; - Honored Master of Sports of Russia on February 10; - Master of Sports of Russia of International Class on April 20.

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