Ekaterina Alexandrovna Bobrova is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Dmitri Soloviev, she is the 2014 Olympic champion in the team event, the 2013 World bronze medalist, the 2013 European champion, the 2007 World Junior champion, and a seven-time Russian national champion. They are also gold medalists at four Grand Prix events.
Full name: | Ekaterina Alexandrovna Bobrova |
Country represented: | Russia |
Born: | March 28, 1990, Moscow |
Partner: | Dmitri Soloviev |
Coach: | Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov |
Former coach: | Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva, Olga Riabinina |
Choreographer: | Alexander Zhulin, Sergei Petukhov |
Former choreographer: | Elena Kustarova, Tatiana Stepanova, Natalia Ulianova |
Skating club: | Moskvich |
Training locations: | Moscow |
Began skating: | 1994 |
Retired: | 8 July 2019 |
Combined total: | 187.13, 2018 Europeans |
Short dance: | 76.33, 2017 Rostelecom Cup |
Free dance: | 112.70, 2018 Europeans |
Twitter: | Ekaterina Bobrova's Twitter profile |
Instagram: | Ekaterina Bobrova's Instagram profile |
About Ekaterina Bobrova
Russian ice dancer who has experienced great success alongside her longtime skating partner Dmitri Soloviev. With him, she has become a multiple-time Russian national champion, a European champion and a World Junior Champion.
Before Fame
She began skating in 1994. She teamed up with Soloviev in 2000, training under the tutelage of coaches Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva.
Achievement
In 2016, she was suspended after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium. The suspension was later lifted by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Family Life
She got engaged to pair skater Andrei Deputat.
Associations
She bested Nikita Katsalapov at the Russian Figure Skating Championships three straight years from 2012 to 2014. Katsalapov earned the silver medal in all three years.
Information related to Ekaterina Bobrova
- Doping cases in figure skating
- Russian female ice dancers
- Olympic figure skaters of Russia
- Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Russian sportspeople in doping cases
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists