Vadim Akolzin ( he, ודים אקולזין, russian: Вадим Акользин, born October 19, 1982) is an Israeli 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 ...

. He achieved his best ISU Championship result, tenth, at the 2005 European Championships with

Julia Shapiro Julia Shapiro (born 16 December 1984) is a former pair skater who competed for Russia and Israel. Early in her career, she represented Russia with Igor Petrov, Alexei Sokolov Alexei Vladimirovich Sokolov (russian: Алексей Владими ...

Personal life

Vadim Akolzin was born in

Tver Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...

in 1982 and moved to

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 ...

in 1999.

Career

Akolzin originally competed as a single skater for Israel. In 2002, he switched to pairs and began competing with

. Shapiro/Akolzin were the 2003-2005 Israeli national pairs champions. Their partnership ended in 2005. In 2007, Akolzin teamed up with

Hayley Anne Sacks Hayley Anne Sacks ( he, היילי אן סאקס , born January 23, 1991) is an American former pair skater who competed internationally for Israel. Career Sacks originally competed in the United States as a single skater. In 2007, she teamed u ...

. They placed second in their first competition together, the Israel national championship, and then placed 17th at the 2008 World Championships. They parted ways after repeating as national silver medalists at the 2008–09 Israeli Championships.

Programs

With Sacks

With Shapiro

Single skating

Competitive highlights

With Sacks

With Shapiro

Singles career

References

External links

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Pairs on Ice: Shapiro & Akolzin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Akolzin, Vadim 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Tver Russian emigrants to Israel Israeli male pair skaters Israeli male single skaters People from Metula