Egor Zakroev

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Egor Zakroev

Vigalova and Zakroev at the 2012–13 JGP Final
Personal information
Full name Egor Mikhailovich Zakroev
Country represented Russia
Born (1993-21-31) 31 September 1993
Achinsk, Russia
Home town Perm
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Partner Maria Vigalova
Coach Valentina Tiukova, Valeri Tiukov, Pavel Sliusarenko
Choreographer Olga Volozhinskaia, Igor Soloviev
Skating club Figure Skating Academy
Training locations Perm
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 168.10
2013 JGP Slovakia
Short program 57.75
2013 JGP Slovakia
Free skate 110.35
2013 JGP Slovakia

Egor Mikhailovich Zakroev (Russian: Егор Михайлович Закроев; born 31 December 1993) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maria Vigalova, he is a two-time JGP Final medalist (2013 silver, 2012 bronze) and the 2014 Russian national senior bronze medalist.

Career

Zakroev started skating in his hometown, Achinsk. In 2010, he moved to Perm and began training in Valentina Tiukova and Valeri Tiukov's group at the School of Figure Skating Academy. He teamed up with Maria Vigalova in 2010.

In the 2011–2012 season, Vigalova/Zakroev finished tenth in their senior Russian Championships debut and placed fourth on the junior level.

Vigalova/Zakroev debuted on the Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012–13 season. They won the bronze medal at JGP Austria and silver at JGP Germany, qualifying them for the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where they won the bronze medal.[1][2] At the Russian Championships, the pair finished ninth on the senior level and then fourth again on the junior level behind Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich.

Vigalova/Zakroev's first event of the 2013–14 season was the 2013 JGP Latvia where they won the bronze medal behind teammates Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov. They won gold for the first time at the 2013 JGP Slovakia while posting new personal best scores – 57.75 (SP), 110.35 (FS), 168.10 points (overall). Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan. At the final, Vigalova/Zakroev placed third in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the silver medal behind Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang. At the Russian Championships, the pair won bronze on the senior level and silver on the junior level.

Programs

(with Vigalova)

Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
[3]
  • Giselle
    by Adolphe Adam
2012–2013
[4]
  • Capone
    by Ronan Hardiman
  • Symphony on a Battle Lost
    by Benny Richter, Marc Terenzi
2011–2012

Competitive highlights

(with Vigalova)

Results[5]
International: Junior
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Junior Worlds TBD
JGP Final 3rd 2nd
JGP Austria 3rd
JGP Germany 2nd
JGP Latvia 3rd
JGP Slovakia 1st
Warsaw Cup 1st J.
National
Russian Champ. 10th 9th 3rd
Russian Junior 4th 4th 2nd
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior
JGP = Junior Grand Prix

References

  1. Kondakova, Anna (9 December 2012). "Russia sweeps Junior Pairs at Figure Skating Final". GoldenSkate. 
  2. Kondakova, Anna (7 December 2012). "Fedorova and Miroshkin lead Junior Pairs in Sochi". GoldenSkate. 
  3. "Maria VIGALOVA / Egor ZAKROEV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. 
  4. "Maria VIGALOVA / Egor ZAKROEV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. 
  5. "Competition Results: Maria VIGALOVA / Egor ZAKROEV". International Skating Union. 

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