Adelina Zulfatovna Galyavieva (russian: Аделина Зульфатовна Галявиева, born 2 October 1996) is a Russian-French

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With her former skating partner,

Louis Thauron Louis Thauron (born 5 August 1995) is a French ice dancer. With his former partner Adelina Galyavieva, he is the 2021 French National Champion. With Angélique Abachkina, he represented France at four World Junior Championships, finishing with ...

, she is the 2021 French National Champion, the 2018 Bosphorus Cup bronze medalist and made her

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debut at the

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Personal life

Galyavieva was born on 2 October 1996 in

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

, Russia. She has also resided in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

and

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, and has received French citizenship.

Career

Early years

Galyavieva began skating as a six-year-old, in 2002. As a junior ice dancer, she competed first with Vladislav Antonov and later with Alexei Karpushov, coached by

Alexander Zhulin Alexander (Sasha) Viacheslavovich Zhulin (; born 20 July 1963) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Maya Usova, he is a two-time Olympic medalist ( 1994 silver, 1992 bronze), the 1993 World champion, and the 1993 Europe ...

and Oleg Volkov in Moscow. She made no international appearances for Russia.

Partnership with Abecassis

In 2014, Galyavieva began a partnership with French ice dancer Laurent Abecassis and changed her country of representation to France. The two were coached by

Muriel Zazoui Muriel Boucher-Zazoui is a French coach and choreographer, and retired competitive ice dancer. She competed with Yves Malatier, and together they are the 1977 and 1978 French national champions. They competed twice at the European Championships ...

, Diana Ribas, and

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, France. In 2015, they competed at an

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event, placing 8th in

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, Slovakia. Galyavieva/Abecassis made their senior international debut at the

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in October 2016. They competed at six further internationals, including two

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events, but won no medals. The

in October 2017 was their final competition as a team.

Partnership with Thauron

Galyavieva teamed up with French ice dancer

after a tryout in

on 14 February 2018. The two decided to represent France but train in Moscow, coached by Russia's

Anjelika Krylova Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova (russian: Анжелика Алексеевна Крылова; born 4 July 1973) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time (1998, 1999) World ...

and Oleg Volkov. Making their debut, they placed 8th at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy in September. As France's host pick, Galyavieva/Thauron competed at the

, placing 10th overall at the November

event. In December, they won their first international medal, bronze at Turkey's Bosphorus Cup, and then took bronze at the

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. They were subsequently named to France's team for the 2019 European Championships, where they placed twelfth.

Programs

With Thauron

With Abecassis

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Thauron

With Abecassis

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galyavieva, Adelina 1996 births Living people Naturalized citizens of France French female ice dancers Sportspeople from Kazan Russian emigrants to France Universiade bronze medalists for France Universiade medalists in figure skating Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade