Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya
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Alexandrovskaya/Windsor at the 2016−17 JGP Final | |||||||||||||
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| Native name | Екатерина Дмитриевна Александровская | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya | ||||||||||||
| Alternative names | Katia Alexandrovskaya | ||||||||||||
| Country represented | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Born |
1 January 2000 Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Partner | Harley Windsor | ||||||||||||
| Former partner | Aleksandr Epifanov, Vladislav Lysoy | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Andrei Pachin, Galina Pachin, Andrei Hekalo, Nina Mozer | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Andrei Pachin, Alla Kapranova, Danielle O'Brien | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | Sydney FSC | ||||||||||||
| Training locations |
Sydney, Australia Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2004 | ||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total |
164.10 2017 Worlds | ||||||||||||
| Short program |
62.03 2017 Worlds | ||||||||||||
| Free skate |
104.16 2017 Junior Worlds | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ekaterina "Katia" Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya (Russian: Екатерина Дмитриевна Александровская; born 1 January 2000) is a pair skater who competes for Australia. With her skating partner, Harley Windsor, she is the 2017 World Junior champion and 2017 Australian national champion.
Personal life
Alexandrovskaya was born on 1 January 2000 in Moscow, Russia.[1] Her father died in 2015.[2]
Early career
Alexandrovskaya started learning to skate in 2004.[1] After competing as a single skater through 2011–12, she began appearing in pairs with Vladislav Lysoy in the 2012–13 season. She skated with Aleksandr Epifanov in 2014–15 and 2015–16.[3]
Partnership with Windsor
Responding to a query from Australian-based coaches Andrei and Galina Pachin, her coach Nina Mozer suggested a tryout between Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor in Moscow.[4] The two began skating together in December 2015.[5] Alexandrovskaya was released by Russia after a request from the Australian skating association, with help from Mozer.[2] The pair is coached by the Pachins in Sydney and by Andrei Hekalo and Nina Mozer in Moscow.[1]
2016–2017 season
Alexandrovskaya/Windsor's international debut came in early September 2016 at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ranked 6th in the short program and 9th in the free skate, the pair finished 8th overall.[6] Later that month, the two competed at a JGP event in Tallinn, Estonia. They were awarded the gold medal ahead of three Russian pairs after placing third in the short and first in the free.[4][7] They finished as the first substitutes for the JGP Final in Marseille, France.[8]
Alexandrovskaya/Windsor made their senior debut in October 2016 at a Challenger Series event, the Finlandia Trophy; they placed sixth and obtained the minimum technical scores to compete at senior-level ISU Championships. In December, the pair placed 5th in France at the JGP Final, to which they were called up as replacements for Russia's Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot. Windsor tore his patella tendon in January 2017.[9] The following month, the pair competed in Gangneung, South Korea at the 2017 Four Continents Championships, finishing 11th.
In March, Alexandrovskaya/Windsor competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. Ranked third in the short program and second in the free skate, they finished first overall, outscoring the silver medalists, Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii of Russia, by 2.05 points. They became the first skaters representing Australia to win gold at one of the ISU Figure Skating Championships and the first to finish on a podium at Junior Worlds since 1976, when Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain took the pairs' bronze medal.[10][11]
Programs
(with Windsor)
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2016–2017 [1] |
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Windsor
| International[12] | |
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| Event | 2016–17 |
| World Champ. | 16th |
| Four Continents Champ. | 11th |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 6th |
| CS Warsaw Cup | WD |
| International: Junior[12] | |
| World Junior Champ. | 1st |
| JGP Final | 5th |
| JGP Czech Republic | 8th |
| JGP Estonia | 1st |
| National[12] | |
| Australian Championships | 1st |
| WD = Withdrew | |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017.
- 1 2 Noonan, Belinda (3 September 2016). "Aboriginal figure skater and his unlikely partner take on the world". Burwood Scene.
- ↑ "Екатерина Дмитриевна Александровская" [Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
- 1 2 Noonan, Belinda (1 October 2016). "Historic gold medal for indigenous figure skater". Burwood Scene.
- ↑ Armstrong, Kerrie (15 May 2017). "Breaking the ice". Special Broadcasting Service.
- ↑ Braithwaite, Alyssa (12 September 2016). "Meet the Indigenous figure skater who has his sights set on the Olympics". Special Broadcasting Service.
- ↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Tallinn Cup 2016: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016 / 2017 Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "From Russia and Rooty Hill to a place at Winter Olympics". The Australian. 14 February 2017.
- ↑ Flade, Tatjana (17 March 2017). "Alexandrovskaya and Windsor earn first Junior World gold for Australia". Golden Skate.
- ↑ Jeffery, Nicole (18 March 2017). "Olympics: Harley Windsor and Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya win junior title". The Australian.
- 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR". International Skating Union.