Ekaterina Sokolova (''
née'' Sosinova) ( he, אקטרינה (סוזינובה) סוקולובה , russian: Екатерина (Сосинова) Соколова) (born 29 August 1990) is a former
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 ...
. She competed internationally for
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
with pairs partner and husband
Fedor Sokolov. They are two-time
Israeli national champions.
Personal life
Ekaterina Sokolova was born in
Moscow
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,
Russian SFSR
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,
Soviet Union
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and was raised in Russia. Sokolova and Sokolov were married in March 2008 in Moscow.
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Career
Sokolov and Sokolova began skating together in 2003. They originally represented Russia. They decided to represent Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
internationally in the 2006-2007 season but withdrew from the 2007 European Championships due to a problem with paperwork regarding their country change. They never successfully represented Azerbaijan in ISU competition.
They decided to compete for Israel in 2007.[ They won the 2008 Israeli national pairs title and placed 12th at the 2008 European Championships. The pair made their Grand Prix debut at the ]2008 Cup of Russia
The 2008 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 20–23. Medals were awar ...
, where they placed 8th. At the 2008-2009 Israeli Championships, they won the Israeli national title for the second time.
She began using her married name professionally in the 2008-2009 season.
They withdrew from the 2009 European Championships mid-competition due to injury.
Programs
Competitive highlights
(with Sokolov for Israel)
* WD = Withdrawn
(with Sokolov for Azerbaijan)
* WD = Withdrawn
References
External links
Official site
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolova, Ekaterina
1990 births
Living people
Israeli female pair skaters
Russian female pair skaters
Figure skaters from Moscow