Ksenia Alexeevna Konkina (russian: Ксения Алексеевна Конкина; born 5 July 2001) is a Russian former competitive

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,

Pavel Drozd Pavel Igorevich Drozd (russian: Павел Игоревич Дрозд; born 14 December 1995) is a Russian ice dancer who currently competes with Elizaveta Shanaeva. With his former skating partner, Alla Loboda, he is a two-time World Junior med ...

, she is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy and

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silver medalist.

Personal life

Ksenia Alexeevna Konkina was born on 5 July 2001 in Krasnogorsk, Russia.

Career

Early career

Konkina began skating in 2005. Early in her career, she competed with

Georgy Reviya Georgy Noevich Reviya (russian: Георгий Ноевич Ревия, ka, გიორგი ნოეს ძე რევია, born 3 April 1999) is a Russian-Georgian ice dancer who competes for Georgia. With his skating partner Maria Ka ...

. Konkina/Reviya placed fourth at 2015 JGP United States and won two junior international medals, at the 2015

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and 2015

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2016–2017 season

Konkina teamed up with Grigory Yakushev in 2016 and won silver at the 2016

. They placed fifth at the 2017 Russian Championships.

2017–2018 season

Konkina/Yakushev were assigned to their first

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events. They won silver at 2017 JGP Austria and bronze at 2017 JGP Croatia. Konkina/Yakushev placed sixth at the 2018 Russian Championships.

2018–2019 season

Konkina teamed up with

Alexander Vakhnov Alexander Evgenievich Vakhnov (russian: Александр Евгеньевич Вахнов, born 16 February 1999) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Sofia Polishchuk, he is the 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final ...

ahead of the season and moved to train with him under

Svetlana Liapina Svetlana Evgenievna Lyapina (russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Ляпина) is a Soviet figure skating coach and former ice dancer. With partner Georgi "Gorsha" Sur, she won two medals at the World Junior Championships for the Sovie ...

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. They won bronze in their only international competition, 2018 JGP Canada, together.

announced that he was teaming up with Konkina in November 2018. She moved to

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 ...

's group to train with him. Konkina/Drozd made their international debut at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup, where they won the bronze medal.

2019–2020 season

Konkina/Drozd opened their season by winning the gold medal at 2019

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. They then won silver at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy behind

Christina Carreira Christina Carreira (born April 3, 2000) is a Canadian-born ice dancer who competes for the United States. With her skating partner, Anthony Ponomarenko, she is the 2022 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2018 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, a ...

/ Anthony Ponomarenko of the

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. Konkina/Drozd again won silver at

, behind

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Marie-Jade Lauriault Marie-Jade Lauriault (born 10 November 1996) is a Canadian-French ice dancer who currently represents Canada with her partner and husband Romain Le Gac, in which capacity she is the 2022 Skate America bronze medalist. Lauriault and Le Gac init ...

Romain Le Gac Romain Le Gac (born 31 May 1995) is a French-Canadian ice dancer who currently represents Canada with his partner and wife Marie-Jade Lauriault, in which capacity he is the 2022 Skate America bronze medalist. Lauriault and Le Gac initially rep ...

2020–2021 season

Konkina/Drozd were scheduled to make their

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debut at the

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, but withdrew. The team split later in the season. Their coach, Alexander Zhulin, announced that Konkina had contracted an unspecified serious illness and its effect on her health prevented her from continuing her career.

Programs

With Drozd

With Vakhnov

With Yakushev

With Reviya

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

With Drozd

With Vakhnov

With Yakushev

With Reviya

Detailed results

''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''

With Drozd

With Vakhnov

With Yakushev

With Reviya

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Konkina, Ksenia 2001 births Living people Russian female ice dancers People from Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast