PAIRS
Date of birth: 20.11.1981 Yuko KAVAGUTI
RUS
Place of birth: Aichi JPN
Height: 157 cm
Home town: St. Petersburg
Profession: athlete
Hobbies: reading, cooking
Start sk. / Club: 1986 / Dinamo
Former Partners Alexander Markuntsov, Devin Patrick
Date of birth: 11.10.1984 Alexander SMIRNOV
RUS
Place of birth: Tver
Height: 183 cm
Home town: St. Petersburg
Profession: student
Hobbies: movies, reading, sport games
Start sk. / Club: 1988 / Dinamo
Former Partners Alexandra Danilova, Ekaterina Vasilieva
Coach: Tamara Moskvina
Choreographer: Tatiana Druchinina
Former Coach: Nikolai Velikov, Igor Moskvin
Practice low season: 28 h / week at St. Petersburg
Practice high season: 21 h / week at St. Petersburg
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2009/2010
The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2009/2010
Valse Sentimentale by Peter I. Tchaikovski
An der schönen blauen Donau by Johann Strauss
Personal Best Total Score213.1520.01.2010 European Championships 2010
Personal Best Score Short Program73.9219.01.2010 European Championships 2010
Personal Best Score Free Skating139.2320.01.2010 European Championships 2010
 
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Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
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S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionSeasonPlace
Cupe de Nice 2008 Nice 2008/2009 1.
HomeSense Skate Canada Int. 2008 Ottawa 2008/2009 1.
Cup of Russia 2008 Moscow 2008/2009 2.
SBS ISU Grand Prix Final 2008/2009 Goyang City 2008/2009 5.
Internation CompetitionSeasonPlace
ISU World Team Trophy Tokyo 2008/2009 2.
ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2009 Moscow 2009/2010 2.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2009 Nagano 2009/2010 2.
ISU GP Final 2009/2010 Tokyo 2009/2010 5.
(1): Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander MARKUNTSOV (JPN), (2): Ekaterina VASILIEVA / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS) , (3): Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Devin PATRICK (USA)
Kavaguti and Smirnov teamed up in spring 2006. They missed Russian Nationals and the 2007 European Championships after she broke her ankle in a fall in practice in December. Kavaguti competed internationally in singles for Japan before switching to pair skating. With former partner Alexander Markuntsov, she became the first pair skater from Japan to medal at an ISU Championship (silver at 2001 Junior Worlds). After her partnership with Markuntsov dissolved in 2003, she has been skating with different partners and competed with Devin Patrick at the U.S. Championships. Kavaguti has been living and training in Russia since 2003 and received Russian citizenship in February 2009. Her name spelling was changed from Kawaguchi to Kavaguti. The couple has landed the quadruple throw Salchow in competition. Kavaguti graduated from St. Petersburg University in 2007 with a degree in International Relations.
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