Ekaterina Sergeyevna Borisova, (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Борисова, born 13 September 1999) is a Russian former competitive

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. With partner

Dmitry Sopot Dmitry Vladimirovich Sopot, (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Сопот, born 1 May 1998) is a Russian retired pair skater. With former partner Ekaterina Borisova, he is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2016 World Junior b ...

, she is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2016 World Junior bronze medalist, and 2015 Junior Grand Prix Final champion.

Career

Borisova began learning to skate in 2003. She competed as a single skater before teaming up with Sergei Lisiev, in 2012. She skated two seasons with Lisiev.

Partnership with Sopot

Borisova teamed up with

in the summer of 2014. The two qualified for the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished in 8th place. Borisova/Sopot made their international debut competing in the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. They took the bronze medal at their first assignment, the JGP in Latvia, before winning gold at the JGP in Poland. These results qualified them for the 2015–16 JGP Final in

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. In Spain, they outscored the Czech Republic's Anna Dušková /

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by 9.53 points for the gold medal. In January 2016, Borisova/Sopot were awarded the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, having finished third to

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/ Vladislav Mirzoev (gold) and

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(silver). In February, they represented Russia at the

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, Norway. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, they won the gold by a margin of 2.53 points over Dušková/Bidař. On March 17–21, competing at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary, Borisova/Sopot placed fourth in the short and third in the free, taking the bronze medal overall behind Czech pair skaters Anna Dušková /

and teammates

/ Vladislav Mirzoev who took the gold and silver medals respectively.

Programs

(with Sopot) 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Pair skating medal ceremonie IMG 9292

(with Lisiev)

Competitive highlights

''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 Sopot

With Lisiev

Detailed results

Lillehammer 2016 - Figure skating (24906281421)

With Sopot

References

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