Biography

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:	Ivan Kozlov
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 / Short Dance as of season 2011/2012

All Alone by Joe Satriani

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2011/2012

Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy

Personal Best Total Score	213.15	20.01.2010	European Championships 2010
Personal Best Score Short Program	74.16	14.02.2010	XXI Olympic Winter Games 2010
Personal Best Score Free Skating	139.23	20.01.2010	European Championships 2010

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08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

1.S(2)

6.(1)

15.S(2) / 6.S(1)

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2.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2009 Moscow	2009	2.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2009 Nagano	2009	2.
ISU GP Final 2009/2010 Tokyo	2009	5.
ISU GP Cup of Russia 2010 Moscow	2010	1.

Internation Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP Cup of China 2011 Shanghai	2011	1.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2011 Sapporo	2011	1.
ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2011 Moscow	2011	2.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12 Quebec City, QC	2011	3.

(1): Ekaterina VASILIEVA / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS), (2): 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. Smirnov got married to Ekaterina Garus in August 2010.

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