Victoria Sinitsina

Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina (Russian: Виктория Александровна Синицина; born 29 April 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With Nikita Katsalapov, she is the 2020 European champion, the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time Russian national champion (2019–2020). They have also won several medals on the Grand Prix and the Challenger Series, including winning the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

Victoria Sinitsina
Sinitsina and Katsalapov at the 2017 Skate America
Personal information
Native name	Виктория Александровна Синицина
Full name	Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 Moscow, Russia
Home town	Moscow
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Partner	Nikita Katsalapov
Former partner	Ruslan Zhiganshin
Coach	Alexander Zhulin, Petr Durnev
Former coach	Marina Zueva, Svetlana Alexeeva, Elena Kustarova, Olga Riabinina
Choreographer	Sergei Petukhov
Former choreographer	Elena Kustarova, Olga Riabinina
Skating club	Olympic School Moskvich, Moscow
Former skating club	Blue Bird FSC
Training locations	Moscow
Began skating	1999
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	220.42 2020 Europeans
Short dance	88.73 2020 Europeans
Free dance	131.69 2020 Europeans
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing  Russia (with Katsalapov) World Championships 2019 Saitama Ice dancing European Championships 2020 Graz Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2018–19 Vancouver Ice dancing World Team Trophy 2019 Fukuoka Team Representing  Russia (with Zhiganshin) Winter Universiade 2013 Trentino Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2012 Minsk Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2011–12 Quebec Ice dancing 2010–11 Beijing Ice dancing

With former partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2012 World Junior champion and won bronze medals at the 2013 Winter Universiade, 2012 Rostelecom Cup, and 2014 Russian Championships.

Personal life

Sinitsina was born on 29 April 1995 in Moscow.[1] Her father, Alexander Sinitsin, and aunt, Tatiana Sinitsina, are former gymnasts.[2]

Early years on the ice

Often having tonsillitis as a child, Sinitsina was introduced to skating by her parents to improve her health.[2][3] She took up ice dancing at age 10 and had one partner before Zhiganshin.[2]

Partnership with Zhiganshin

Sinitsina and Ruslan Zhiganshin met in a group led by Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh but soon joined Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva.[2] They trained mostly in Moscow. From 2010 to 2012, they also went to summer training camps in Ventspils, Latvia.[4]

Junior

Sinitsina/Zhiganshin debuted on the Junior Grand Prix circuit at the 2008 Merano Cup where they finished sixth. The following JGP season, they placed fifth at both of their events.

They won a pair of silver medals during the 2010–11 JGP season and qualified for the JGP Final. At the Final, they won the short dance[5] and placed second in the free dance to take the silver behind Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin. They withdrew from the 2011 Russian Junior Championships due to Sinitsina's illness.[6]

In the 2011–12 season, Sinitsina/Zhiganshin won gold at the Junior Grand Prix event in Poland, their first JGP title. They won another title in Austria to qualify for their second JGP Final. At the Junior Grand Prix Final, they placed first in both segments and won the title. They then took gold at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin won the 2012 World Junior title.[7] They were first in both the short and free dance and scored their season's best, 153.81 points.

Senior

In the 2012–13 season, Sinitsina/Zhiganshin debuted on the senior Grand Prix series. After finishing sixth at the 2012 Cup of China, they then won their first senior Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup. The duo finished 5th in their senior national debut at the 2013 Russian Championships.

In 2013–14, Sinitsina/Zhiganshin started their season at the Ice Star in Minsk, Belarus, winning the silver medal behind Bobrova/Soloviev. At their sole Grand Prix assignment, the 2013 NHK Trophy, they had a bad fall while practicing a lift.[3] They finished eighth at the event. After taking the bronze medal at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy, they stepped onto the senior national podium for the first time at the 2014 Russian Championships. Competing against Riazanova/Tkachenko for Russia's third Olympic spot, Sinitsina/Zhiganshin finished ahead at nationals and then at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest. They came in fourth at the latter event, their senior ISU Championship debut.

Along with Ilinykh/Katsalapov and Bobrova/Soloviev, Sinitsina/Zhiganshin were selected to represent Russia at the Winter Olympics, held in February 2014 in Sochi. They finished 16th at the Olympics, behind a number of teams they had surpassed at Europeans, but rebounded the next month at the 2014 World Championships. They placed eighth in both segments and finished seventh overall in Saitama, Japan. Sinitsina ended their partnership after Worlds.

Partnership with Katsalapov

On 11 April 2014, Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov applied for approval of their partnership from the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FSFR).[8] They then traveled to Michigan to train for three weeks under Marina Zueva.[9]

2014–15 season

Sinitsina/Katsalapov made their competitive debut at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup, a Grand Prix event in Moscow; they placed fourth in both segments and finished well behind their former partners.[10] At the 2014 NHK Trophy, they finished fifth in the short dance, eighth in the free dance after falling on one lift and aborting another, and eighth overall. They were fourth at the 2015 Russian Championships.[11]

2015–16 season

A stress fracture in his foot that kept Katsalapov off the ice in early 2015 recurred in the summer of 2015, keeping the duo out of test skates organized by the FSFR. Competing in the 2015–16 Grand Prix series, Sinitsina/Katsalapov won the silver medal at the 2015 Skate America, obtaining the highest total technical elements score in the free dance, and then bronze at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup, behind Italians Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte. They were the second highest-ranked Russian couple in the Grand Prix rankings, behind Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev who also won one silver and one bronze but had a higher total short dance score, and were the first alternates for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final. In December, Sinitsina/Katsalapov won the silver medal behind Bobrova/Soloviev at the 2016 Russian Championships in Yekaterinburg.

In January, Sinitsina/Katsalapov finished fourth behind Bobrova/Soloviev at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. They placed ninth at the 2016 World Championships in Boston.[12]

2016–17 season

In mid-2016, Sinitsina/Katsalapov returned to train in Moscow, naming Oleg Volkov as their coach. They later added Elena Tchaikovskaya to their coaching team.[13]

At their Grand Prix events they first placed fourth at the 2016 Cup of China and then fifth at the 2016 NHK Trophy. At the 2017 Russian Championships they won the bronze medal but finished only tenth at the 2017 European Championships.

2017–18 season

Sinitsina/Katsalapov were scheduled for the later Grand Prix events NHK Trophy and Skate America in November.[14] Before their Grand Prix events they skated one Challenger event, the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star, where they won the bronze medal. At their Grand Prix events they first placed fourth at the 2017 NHK Trophy and then they won the bronze medal at the 2017 Skate America. At the 2018 Russian Championships they had to withdrew after the short dance.

2018–19 season

Sinitsina/Katsalapov at the 2019 World Championships

Sinitsina/Katsalapov started their season at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where they won the gold medal with a personal best score of 196.42 points.[15] In late October they won the silver medal at the 2018 Skate Canada. In late November they won their second Grand Prix silver medal of the season at the 2018 Internationaux de France. At this event they also scored their personal best score of 200.38 points. With two Grand Prix silver medals they qualified for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final. At the Grand Prix Final, Sinitsina/Katsalapov won the silver medal after placing third in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance. At this event they also scored their personal best score of 201.37 points.

At the 2019 Russian Championships, Sinitsina/Katsalapov placed first in both the rhythm and free dances, taking the Russian national title for the first time in their careers.[16]

Sinitsina/Katsalapov were medal favourites going into the 2019 European Championships, but encountered issues in the rhythm dance when first Katsalapov and then Sinitsina fell during their twizzle sequence. They placed fifth in the rhythm dance, almost nine points behind the third-place team, and effectively out of medal contention. Katsalapov was uncertain as to the cause, saying "I don’t know exactly what happened. I can’t excuse it or justify it."[17] They placed third in the free dance, winning a bronze small medal, with Katsalapov saying that they "fought hard to show the beautiful choreography of our program and avoid any stupid mistakes."[18]

At the 2019 World Championships, Sinitsina/Katsalapov placed second in both segments, winning the silver medal, their first Worlds medal together and Sinitsina's first overall. She commented that it was "five years we started to skate together, and we know each other really well. The cooperation in our team comes from our ties and the group of coaches who help us a lot."[19] Subsequently, they were assigned to the 2019 World Team Trophy, finishing second in both dance segments, and winning the bronze medal as part of Team Russia.[20]

2019–20 season

Sinitsina/Katsalapov started their season at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, where they won the gold medal.[21] On the Grand Prix, they began at the 2019 Cup of China, where they placed first in the rhythm dance with a new personal best score.[22] The finished second in the free dance, behind Madison Chock/Evan Bates, but their rhythm dance lead was sufficient to give them the gold medal. Katsalapov said they were "not pleased with our performance today", and hoped that they would show improvement the following week.[23] At the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, they won the gold medal. Katsalapov said they looked forward to showing their "very best" at the Grand Prix Final.[24][25] Competing at the Final, they unexpectedly placed fourth in the rhythm dance after a number of technical issues, leading him to comment "I made a mistake on the twizzles and realized that level would be definitely reduced. But looking at the points and levels, it seems that everything was bad."[26] In the free dance, they came sixth out of the six teams after losing levels on a number of elements and Sinitsina having a technical fall in their choreographic sliding movement, and dropped to sixth overall.[27]

Competing at the 2020 Russian Championships, Sinitsina/Katsalapov placed first in the rhythm dance despite a slight loss of balance by Katsalapov in his twizzle sequence.[28] Second in the free dance, they nevertheless won their second national title.[29]

Programs

With Katsalapov

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2019–20 [30]	Singin' in the Rain by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown	I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi Songs My Mother Taught Me by Antonin Dvorak	Who Wants To Live Forever by Sarah Brightman
2018–19 [31]	Tango: Verano Porteno by Astor Piazzolla, performed by Raul Garello	Suite in D "Air" Johann Sebastian Bach Praeludium and Allegro (In the Style of Pugnani) by Fritz Kreisler
	Short dance
2017–18 [32]	Rhumba Samba	Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninoff	Going to the Run by Golden Earrings
2016–17 [33]	Blues: Love Creole by Duke Ellington Swing: It Don't Mean a Thing performed by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga	Tango Ballet by Astor Piazzolla	Going to the Run by Golden Earrings
2015–16 [34][1]	Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Waltz March Polka	Io Ci Saro by Andrea Bocelli and Lang Lang	Grande Polonaise for Piano and Orchestra (from The Pianist) by Frédéric Chopin performed by Janusz Olejniczak
2014–15 [35]	Flamenco: Toitas las Mares by Manolo Caracol Paso doble: The Dance by Michel Legrand	Did You Ever Feel Lonely by Gary Moore The Messiah Will Come Again by Gary Moore	Grande Polonaise for Piano and Orchestra (from The Pianist) by Frédéric Chopin performed by Janusz Olejniczak

With Zhiganshin

Sinitsina and Zhiganshin, gold medalists at the 2012 World Junior Championships

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2013–14 [36][37]	Quickstep: Let the Good Times Roll Swing: Swing Baby	Norma by Vincenzo Bellini choreo. by Ilia Averbukh
2012–13 [38]	Tennessee Waltz by Eva Cassidy Witch Doctor	Spiagge Lontane by Sergio Cammariere	Crazy by Aerosmith
2011–12 [39]	Manhã de Carnaval by Elizete Cardoso Bla Bla Cha Cha by Petty Booka	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2010–11 [40]	Algo pequeñito by Daniel Diges	Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns S'Apre Per Te Il Mio Cuore by Camille Saint-Saëns sung by Filippa Giordano
	Original dance
2009–10		Tango Of The Night (Noteo) by Pyotr Dranga Weary Sun by Jerzy Petersburski

Records and achievements

(with Katsalapov)

• Set the ice dancing record of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system for the free dance (120.46 points) at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy.
• They became the first team to score above 120 points in the free dance at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Katsalapov

International[41]
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Worlds		9th			2nd
Europeans		4th	10th		4th	1st
GP Final					2nd	6th
GP Cup of China			4th			1st
GP NHK Trophy	7th		5th	4th
GP Rostelecom Cup	4th	3rd				1st
GP Skate America		2nd		3rd
GP Skate Canada					2nd
GP France					2nd
CS Minsk-Arena				3rd
CS Nepela Trophy					1st	1st
Shanghai Trophy						1st
National[42]
Russian Champ.	4th	2nd	3rd	WD	1st	1st
Team events
World Team Trophy					3rd T 2nd P
TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Zhiganshin

International[43]
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Olympics							16th
Worlds							7th
Europeans							4th
GP Cup of China						6th
GP NHK Trophy							8th
GP Rostel. Cup						3rd
Universiade							3rd
Volvo Open Cup						1st
Ice Star							2nd
International: Junior[43]
Junior Worlds					1st
JGP Final				2nd	1st
JGP Austria				2nd	1st
JGP Croatia			5th
JGP Italy		6th
JGP Poland					1st
JGP U.K.				2nd
JGP U.S.			5th
NRW Trophy		2nd J
National[42]
Russian Champ.						5th	3rd
Russian Junior	12th	7th	6th	WD	1st
J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only. ISU personal bests highlighted in bold.

With Katsalapov

Sinitsina and Katsalapov at the 2016 World Championships

2019–20 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
16–22 March 2020	2020 World Championships
24–25 January 2020	2020 European Championships	2 88.73	1 131.69	1 220.42
24–29 December 2019	2020 Russian Championships	1 88.43	2 132.31	1 220.74
4–8 December 2019	2019–20 Grand Prix Final	4 81.51	6 121.88	6 203.39
15–17 November 2019	2019 Rostelecom Cup	1 86.09	1 126.06	1 212.15
8–10 November 2019	2019 Cup of China	1 85.39	2 124.51	1 209.90
3–5 October 2019	2019 Shanghai Trophy	1 86.77	1 126.77	1 213.54
19–21 September 2019	2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial	1 78.44	1 119.70	1 198.14
2018–19 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
11–14 April 2019	2019 World Team Trophy	2 84.57	2 130.63	3T/2P 215.20
18–24 March 2019	2019 World Championships	2 83.94	2 127.82	2 211.76
21–27 January 2019	2019 European Championships	5 70.24	3 123.71	4 193.95
19–23 December 2018	2019 Russian Championships	1 84.01	1 128.31	1 212.32
6–9 December 2018	2018–19 Grand Prix Final	3 77.33	2 124.04	2 201.37
23–25 November 2018	2018 Internationaux de France	2 77.91	2 122.47	2 200.38
26–28 October 2018	2018 Skate Canada	2 74.66	1 120.51	2 195.17
19–22 September 2018	2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy	1 75.96	1 120.46	1 196.42
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
21–24 December 2017	2018 Russian Championships	4 68.46	WD	WD
24–26 November 2017	2017 Skate America	3 68.72	3 107.81	3 176.53
10–12 November 2017	2017 NHK Trophy	4 72.49	4 104.66	4 177.15
26–29 October 2017	2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star	3 63.81	3 101.49	3 165.30
2016–17 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
25–29 January 2017	2017 European Championships	8 64.67	12 89.84	10 154.51
22–25 December 2016	2017 Russian Championships	3 73.78	4 104.67	3 178.45
25–27 November 2016	2016 NHK Trophy	4 68.85	5 100.77	5 169.62
18–20 November 2016	2016 Cup of China	4 70.24	4 101.70	4 171.94
2015–16 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
28 March – 3 April 2016	2016 World Championships	9 67.68	10 101.29	9 168.97
26–31 January 2016	2016 European Championships	4 68.33	4 104.32	4 172.65
23–27 December 2015	2016 Russian Championships	1 73.96	3 101.87	2 175.83
20–22 November 2015	2015 Rostelecom Cup	3 63.63	3 103.77	3 167.40
23–25 October 2015	2015 Skate America	2 62.76	2 99.45	2 162.21
2014–15 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
25–28 December 2014	2015 Russian Championships	4 60.79	4 97.78	4 158.57
28–30 November 2014	2014 NHK Trophy	5 54.94	8 67.37	7 122.31
14–16 November 2014	2014 Rostelecom Cup	4 57.96	4 89.59	4 147.55

With Zhiganshin

Sinitsina/Zhiganshin at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup

Sinitsina/Zhiganshin at the 2010–11 JGP Final

Sinitsina/Zhiganshin at the 2009 JGP Lake Placid

2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
24–30 March 2014	2014 World Championships	Senior	8 62.11	8 93.24	7 155.35
16–17 February 2014	2014 Winter Olympics	Senior	16 58.01	17 82.65	16 140.66
15–19 January 2014	2014 European Championships	Senior	4 60.63	4 93.10	4 153.73
24–25 December 2013	2014 Russian Championships	Senior	3 67.08	3 98.52	3 165.60
13–14 December 2013	2013 Winter Universiade	Senior	2 57.05	5 85.45	3 142.50
8–10 November 2013	2013 NHK Trophy	Senior	8 44.34	7 79.89	8 124.23
18–20 October 2013	2013 Ice Star	Senior	2 63.05	2 97.17	2 160.22
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
10–13 January 2013	2013 Volvo Open Cup	Senior	1 64.67	1 97.77	1 162.44
25–28 December 2012	2013 Russian Championships	Senior	4 60.03	4 93.94	5 153.97
9–10 November 2012	2012 Rostelecom Cup	Senior	3 60.85	4 84.23	3 145.08
2–3 November 2012	2012 Cup of China	Senior	6 55.09	5 82.37	6 137.46
2011–12 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
27 Feb. – 4 March 2012	2012 World Junior Championships	Junior	1 63.78	1 90.03	1 153.81
5–7 February 2012	2012 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	1 66.28	1 91.95	1 158.23
8–11 December 2011	2011–12 JGP Final	Junior	1 60.47	1 87.06	1 147.53
15–17 September 2011	2011 JGP Poland	Junior	1 56.83	1 83.48	1 140.31
8–10 September 2011	2011 JGP Austria	Junior	1 61.74	1 89.36	1 151.10
2010–11 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
9–12 December 2010	2010–11 JGP Final	Junior	1 55.58	2 79.04	2 134.62
1–2 October 2010	2010 JGP Great Britain	Junior	2 53.52	2 80.34	2 133.86
15–19 September 2010	2010 JGP Austria	Junior	2 50.46	2 76.16	2 126.62

2009–10 season
Date	Event	Level	CD	OD	FD	Total
3–6 February 2010	2010 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	7 31.25	5 52.14	5 77.12	6 160.51
7–11 October 2009	2009 JGP Croatia	Junior	4 29.41	4 45.38	5 68.00	5 142.79
2–6 September 2009	2009 JGP United States	Junior	3 29.87	7 43.50	5 69.03	5 142.40
2008–09 season
Date	Event	Level	CD	OD	FD	Total
28–31 January 2009	2009 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	7 –	7 –	7 –	7 147.35
31 Oct. – 2 Nov. 2008	2008 NRW Trophy	Junior	2 –	2 –	1 –	2 146.93
3–7 September 2008	2008 JGP Italy	Junior	7 25.39	5 43.74	6 66.04	6 135.17
2007–08 season
Date	Event	Level	CD	OD	FD	Total
30 Jan. – 2 Feb. 2008	2008 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	12 –	12 –	12 –	12 126.93

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42. "Виктория Александровна Синицина" [Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
43. "Competition Results: Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.

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