Alena Leonova

Not to be confused with the Soviet pair skater Elena Leonova.
Alena Leonova

Leonova at the 2009 World Junior Championships.
Personal information
Full name Alena Igorevna Leonova
Country represented  Russia
Born 23 November 1990 (1990-11-23) (age 21)
Saint Petersburg
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Coach Nikolai Morozov
Alla Piatova
Former coach Marina Vakhrameeva
Choreographer Svetlana Korol
Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating club Figure Skating Academy
Began skating 1993
World standing 4 (As of 21 November 2011 (2011 -11-21))[1]
Season's bests 6 (2010–2011)[2]
11 (2009–2010)[3]
11 (2008–2009)[4]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 183.92
2011 Worlds
Short program 63.91
2011 Cup of Russia
Free skate 124.17
2011 Worlds

Alena Igorevna Leonova (Russian: Алёна Игоревна Леонова, born 23 November 1990) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2011 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2009 World Junior champion , two-time (2010–2011) Russian national silver medalist and the 2012 Russian national bronze medalist.

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Career

Leonova was born in Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She started skating at the age of 4.[5] Her sister and brother also skated when they were young.[6] Leonova was initially coached by Marina Vakhrameeva and later moved to the group of Tatiana Mishina, who was assisted by Alla Piatova; Piatova formed her own group and became Leonova's main coach when she was 10.[5] Piatova has also coached two-time Russian champion Ksenia Doronina.

In August 2008, Leonova partially tore ligaments in her right ankle joint.[6] She placed 4th at the 2009 European Championships and was then placed on the team to the 2009 World Junior Championships. Leonova won the World Junior title.[6] After her win, the Russian Federation rented an apartment for her.

Leonova was fourth at the 2011 World Championships.[7] Following the event, she began working full-time with Nikolai Morozov in Moscow.[8][9][10] She decided to compete in three Grand Prix events in the 2011-12 season.[8] She was fourth at 2011 Skate Canada International and then won bronze at 2011 NHK Trophy and silver at 2011 Cup of Russia to qualify for her second final. At the Grand Prix Final, she won the bronze medal.

Leonova competed and won the Bronze Medal at the 2012 Russian Figure Skating Championships.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2011–2012 Your Heart Is As Black As Night
by Melody Gardot

Ostanus
by Gorod 312
2010–2011 The Witches of Eastwick
by John Williams
2009–2010 Barynya
Russian folk music		 Chicago
Soundtrack by John Kander
2008–2009 Al Andaluz
by Manolo Carrasco		 La Leyenda del Beso
by Raúl di Blasio		 Ella, elle l'a
by Kate Ryan
2007–2008 La Leyenda del Beso
by Raúl di Blasio
2006–2007 Scorchio
by Tonči Huljić
performed by Bond

Competitive highlights

Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Winter Olympic Games 9th
World Championships 7th 13th 4th
European Championships 4th 7th 5th
World Junior Championships 12th 6th 1st
Russian Championships 7th 7th 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd
Grand Prix Final 6th 3rd
Russian Junior Championships 2nd 2nd
Skate Canada 4th
Cup of Russia 5th 3rd 9th 2nd
NHK Trophy 2nd 3rd
Cup of China 7th 3rd
Finlandia Trophy 1st 3rd
Coupe de Nice 1st J. 1st J. 2nd 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Romania 2nd
J. = Junior level

References

  1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. June 16, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsladies.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011 2011. 
  2. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ladies". International Skating Union. April 30, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  3. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Ladies". International Skating Union. March 27, 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  4. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Ladies". International Skating Union. April 18, 2009. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2008-09/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b Bagdasarova, Maria (2009). "Alena Leonova: "When I was born, someone gave my mom a horoscope of my life which said that I might become a successful athlete"". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2009alenaleonova.html. Retrieved December 22, 2010. 
  6. ^ a b c "Interview with Aliona Leonova: World Junior Championships 2009". FigureSkating-Online. June 14, 2009. http://www.figureskating-online.com/aliona-leonova.html. Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
  7. ^ Luchianov, Vladislav (May 2, 2011). "Leonova will continue to train with new inspiration". IceNetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110502&content_id=18527718&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  8. ^ a b Bagdasarova, Maria (December 10, 2011). "Alena Leonova: "I feel that I can show new sides of myself."". Absolute Skating. http://absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2011alenaleonova. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  9. ^ "Фигуристка Леонова считает, что смена тренера пошла ей на пользу [Skater Leonova believes changing coaches has worked out well for her]" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. September 4, 2011. http://sport.ria.ru/figure_skating/20110904/429883475.html. Retrieved September 5, 2011. 
  10. ^ Flade, Tatjana (September 16, 2011). "Russian Skaters Preview New Programs". IFS Magazine. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/2181-russian-skaters-preview-new-programs. Retrieved September 17, 2011. 

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