Julia Valeryevna Vorobieva (russian: Юлия Валерьевна Воробьёва; born 25 June 1974) is a
Russia
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Azerbaijan
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i retired
figure skater
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who competed for the
Soviet Union
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and
Azerbaijan
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.
[ She was a two-time Soviet national champion. She placed 7th at the 1991 European Championships and 10th at the 1991 World Championships for the Soviet Union, and 14th at the ]1992 Winter Olympics
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, nations = 64
, athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women)
, events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines)
, opening = 8 February 1992
, closing = 23 February 1992
, opened_by = President François Mitterrand
, cauldron ...
for the Unified Team. In 1993, Vorobieva began competing for Azerbaijan. She appeared at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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, placing 16th. In September 2000, she began training and coaching in Odintsovo
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History
The village of Odintsovo was established in the late ...
, near Moscow.[
]
Programs
Results
For the Soviet Union, Unified Team, and Russia
For Azerbaijan
References
External links
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Julia Valeryevna Vorobieva
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Azerbaijani female single skaters
Russian female single skaters
Soviet female single skaters
Olympic figure skaters of Azerbaijan
Olympic figure skaters of the Unified Team
Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters from Moscow
Living people
1974 births