Lina Alexeyevna Fedorova (russian: Лина Алексеевна Фёдорова; born 20 December 1997) is a Russian

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. With partner

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 ...

, she is the two-time World Junior bronze medalist, 2012 JGP Final champion, 2012

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silver medalist, and 2013 Russian Junior Champion.

Personal life

Lina Alexeyevna Fedorova was born on 20 December 1997 in Moscow. Her younger sister, Lana, is also into figure skating.

Career

Fedorova was introduced to figure skating by her grandmother at the age of four years. Initially a singles skater, she took up pair skating in 2009 with

. In the 2011–12 season, Fedorova/Miroshkin made their Junior Grand Prix debut, finishing 5th in Austria. They won the silver medal at the

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. The following season, Fedorova/Miroshkin won silver and gold at their Junior Grand Prix events in Austria and Germany respectively, qualifying them for the JGP Final. After taking the junior gold medal at the 2012

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, they competed at the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where they also won gold. Fedorova/Miroshkin finished 8th at their first senior Russian Championships and won the junior title. They won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships after placing 7th in the short program but first in the free skate. In 2013–14, Fedorova/Miroshkin started their season by winning silver at the 2013 JGP Slovakia, behind teammates Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev. They won gold at their next event, the 2013 JGP Czech Republic. Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in

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, Japan. At the final, Fedorova/Miroshkin placed second in the short program and third in the free skate, winning the bronze medal behind Vigalova/Zakroev. At the Russian Championships, the pair finished sixth on the senior level and fourth on the junior level. In the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix, Fedorova/Miroshkin were assigned at the 2014 JGP Czech Rep. where they finished 2nd to Canadians

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. In their next event, they won another silver medal qualifying them to their third ISU JGP Final held in

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, Spain. In the finals, they won the silver medal with a total of 165.78 points. They then competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal.

Senior

In the 2015-16 season, Fedorova/Miroshkin were to debut as full seniors. However; Miroshkin sustained a

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injury and withdraw from their Grand Prix assignment at the

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. They decided to sit out for the rest of the season for Miroshkin's rehabilitation from his surgery.

Skating technique

Fedorova/Miroshkin are one of the few pair skaters that can do side-by-side (SBS)

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Programs

(with Miroshkin)

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix'' With Miroshkin

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fedorova, Lina Russian female pair skaters World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 1997 births Living people Figure skaters from Moscow Figure skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women