Gerboldt at the 2008 NHK Trophy |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Katarina Alexandrovna Gerboldt |
| Country represented | Russia |
| Born | 28 March 1989 Saint Petersburg |
| Home town | Saint Petersburg |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Partner | Alexander Enbert |
| Coach | Artur Dmitriev Tamara Moskvina |
| Former coach | Svetlana Sokolovskaya Tatiana Mishina Alexei Mishin Anna Sedelkova |
| Choreographer | Natalia Bestemianova Igor Bobrin Tatiana Druchinina Valerii Pecherski |
| Former choreographer | Anna Bilibina Irina Zhuk |
| Skating club | Yubileyny |
| Former training locations | Moscow |
| Began skating | 1995 |
| World standing | 21 (As of 16 June 2011[update])[1] |
| Season's bests | 12 (2010–2011)[2] |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 169.95 2011 Europeans |
| Short program | 57.50 2011 Europeans |
| Free skate | 112.45 2011 Europeans |
Katarina Alexandrovna Gerboldt (Russian: Катарина Александровна Гербольдт; born 28 March 1989 in Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union) is a Russian pair skater who competes with partner Alexander Enbert. Previously, she competed as a single skater and won the 2009 Russian ladies bronze medal.
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Gerboldt became interested in figure skating at the age of six.[3] Gerboldt has dismissed the rumor that her parents named her "Katarina" in honor of Katarina Witt, and stated that her parents had indeed wanted her to become a sportswoman, but not specifically a figure skater.[3]
The 2008-2009 season was a turning point in Gerboldt's career. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 Russian Championships and, as both the gold and silver medalists Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva were too young to participate in international competition, was named to the European Championships team. She placed sixth, skating with a drainage in her nose due to sinusitis.[4] She was coached by Tatiana Mishina and Alexei Mishin in Saint Petersburg, but in 2009 moved to CSKA Moscow and began working with Svetlana Sokolovskaya.[5]
After an unsuccessful 2009-2010 season, Tatiana Druchinina suggested to her the idea of switching to pair skating.[6] She moved back to Saint Petersburg, and was asked to try out with Alexander Enbert by coaches Tamara Moskvina and Artur Dmitriev.[7][6] The new partnership was announced in March 2010.[8] Gerboldt and Enbert have known each other since childhood.[6]
During the 2010–2011 season, Gerboldt and Enbert made their international debut at the 2010 Coupe de Nice, which they won. They finished fourth at the 2010 Cup of Russia, their sole 2010-11 Grand Prix event. At the 2011 Russian Nationals, they placed fourth in the short program and fifth in the long, to finish fourth overall. As Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov were ineligible to compete at the 2011 European Championships, Gerboldt and Enbert were named in the team for the event. They placed fifth in the short program with a new personal best score of 57.50, fourth in the free program, also with a new personal best (112.45), and finished fourth overall with 169.95 points, their best combined total.
For the 2011–2012 season, Gerboldt and Enbert are assigned to 2011 Cup of Russia as their Grand Prix event.
| Season | Short program | Long program | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–2012 | Gopher Mambo | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand choreo. by Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin |
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| 2010–2011[9] | Charade by Henry Mancini performed by Liberace |
Rhapsody in Rock by Robert Wells |
I Hate You, Then I Love You by Celine Dion and Luciano Pavarotti |
| Season | Short program | Long program |
|---|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | Fanatico by Ari Zakarian and Edvin Marton |
Infiltrado by Palio |
(with Enbert)
| Event | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
|---|---|---|
| European Championships | 4th | |
| Russian Championships | 4th | 4th |
| Cup of Russia | 4th | 5th |
| Coupe de Nice | 1st | 2nd |
| Event | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 26th | |||||
| European Championships | 6th | |||||
| World Junior Championships | 10th | 9th | ||||
| Russian Championships | 15th | 5th | 12th | 4th | 3rd | 9th |
| Russian Junior Championships | 9th | 1st | ||||
| NHK Trophy | 12th | |||||
| Cup of Russia | 10th | 10th | ||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 9th | 6th | ||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 3rd | WD | 3rd | |||
| NRW Trophy | 2nd | |||||
| Winter Universiade | 11th | 5th | ||||
| Triglav Trophy | 2nd J. | |||||
| J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew | ||||||