Egor Mikhailovich Zakroev (russian: Егор Михайлович Закроев; born 31 December 1993) is a Russian

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With partner

Maria Vigalova Maria Olegovna Vigalova (or Vygalova; russian: Мария Олеговна Выгалова; born 29 June 1999) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Egor Zakroev, she is the 2014 World Junior bronze medalist, a two-time JGP Final medalist (2 ...

, he is the 2014 World Junior bronze medalist, a two-time JGP Final medalist (2013 silver, 2012 bronze), and the 2014 Russian national senior bronze medalist.

Personal life

Egor Mikhailovich Zakroev was born 31 December 1993 in

Achinsk Achinsk (russian: А́чинск) is a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Chulym River near its intersection with the Trans-Siberian Railway, west of Krasnoyarsk. It has a population of 109,155 as of the 2010 C ...

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, Russia. He relocated to

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in 2010.

Career

Zakroev started skating in Achinsk, taught by Gennadiy Petrov. In 2010, he teamed up with

in Perm. The two were coached by Valentina Tiukova, Valeri Tiukov, and Pavel Sliusarenko at Perm's Figure Skating Academy.

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visits the pair three to four times a year to work on choreography and presentation. In the 2011–12 season, Vigalova/Zakroev finished tenth in their senior Russian Championships debut and placed fourth on the junior level. Vigalova/Zakroev debuted on the

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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

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, Russia, where they won the bronze medal. At the Russian Championships, the pair finished ninth on the senior level and then fourth again on the junior level behind

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/ 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

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/ 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

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. At the final, Vigalova/Zakroev placed third in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the silver medal behind

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. After the event, Zakroev underwent treatment for cysts. At the Russian Championships, the pair won bronze on the senior level and silver on the junior level. They were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria, where they won the bronze medal after placing fourth in the short program and third in the free skate. In preparation for the 2014–15 season, Vigalova/Zakroev spent some time training in

and Novogorsk, near Moscow, as well as their regular training site in Perm. Their first event of the season was at the 2014 JGP Estonia where they won the gold medal with a score of 161.83 points. Their next event at the 2014 JGP Croatia, they won another gold with a total of 167.98 points qualifying them to their third ISU JGP Final held in

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where they took the bronze medal behind teammates

Lina Fedorova Lina Alexeyevna Fedorova (russian: Лина Алексеевна Фёдорова; born 20 December 1997) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maxim Miroshkin, she is the two-time World Junior bronze medalist, 2012 JGP Final champion, 2012 Wi ...

Maxim Miroshkin Maxim Romanovich Miroshkin (russian: Максим Романович Мирошкин; born 22 May 1994) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Lina Fedorova, he is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist, the 2012 JGP Final champion, 2012 Win ...

Programs

(with Vigalova)

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

'' With Vigalova

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zakroev, Egor Russian male pair skaters World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 1993 births Living people People from Achinsk Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Krai