Viktoria Volchkova

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Viktoria Volchkova
Viktoria Volchkova at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund
Personal Info
Country: Russia Russia
Residence: Moscow, Russia
Height: 168 cm
Coach: Marina Kudriavtseva
Skating Club: Sport Club Moskvitch
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total: 154.16 2004 Cup of China
Short Program: 57.08 2006 European Championships
Free Skate: 101.02 2004 Cup of China
Most Recent Results:
Event Points Finish Year
European Championships - 9th 2006
National Championships - 2nd 2006
World Championships - 15th 2004
National Championships - 6th 2004
World Championships - 5th 2003

Viktoria Volchkova Russian: Виктория Волчкова (born July 30, 1982 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian figure skater. Volchkova has never won a major championship, but she is the first lady to win four consecutive bronze medals at the European Championships. She is also a two-time World Junior bronze medalist, two time Goodwill Games bronze medalist and seven-time Russian Nationals medalist. She is an Olympian and has placed in the top 10 at five World Championships. She was often overshadowed by Maria Butyrskaya and Irina Slutskaya during the beginning of her career (1999-2002), and by Elena Sokolova in 2003. She strugled with injuries in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Her current coach is Marina Kudriavtseva.

She withdrew from the 2006 Winter Olympics due to inflammation in her right arm.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 05-06 06-07
Russian Championships 7th 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd - 6th 2nd -
European Championships - - 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 8th - 9th -
World Championships - - 10th 6th 6th 7th 5th 15th - -
Winter Olympics - - - - - 9th - - - -
Grand Prix Final - - - - 6th - 3rd - - -
Cup of China - - - - - - - 7th 2nd -
NHK Trophy - - 4th 2nd - - 2nd - 5th -
Skate America - - 5th - 4th 3rd - 6th - -
Cup of Russia - - 2nd - 5th 2nd 1st - - 8th
Trophee Lalique - - - 2nd 2nd 4th - - - -
Golden Spin - - - 1st - - - - - -
Finlandia Trophy - - 2nd - - - - - - -
Goodwill Games - - 3rd - - - - - - -
Junior World Championships - 3rd 3rd - - - - - - -
Junior Grand Prix Final - - 1st - - - - - - -
Ukrainian Souvenir - 1st 1st - - - - - - -
Event/Season 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 05-06 06-07

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