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Valeria Zenkova

{{short description|Russian ice dancer}}

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Valeria Zenkova

|image= 2012-12 Final Grand Prix 1d 321 Valeria Zenkova Valerie Sinitsin.JPG

|caption= Zenkova and Sinitsin in 2012

|fullname= Valeria Maximovna Zenkova

|altname=

|country= Russia

|formercountry=

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1995|4|7|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Moscow

|hometown=

|residence= Moscow

|height=

|partner= Valerie Sinitsin

|formerpartner= Ruslan Zhiganshin

|coach= Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov

|formercoach= Ksenia Rumiantseva, Elena Tchaikovskaia

|choreographer= Alexander Zhulin, Sergei Petukhov

|formerchoreographer=

|skating club= Vorobievy Gory

|former skating club =

|currenttraininglocations = Moscow

|formertraininglocations =

|beganskating = 1999

|retired=

|dance score= 134.63

|dance date= 2012 JGP Croatia

|SD score= 55.82

|SD date= 2013 Junior Worlds

|FD score= 80.21

|FD date= 2012 JGP Croatia

}}

Valeria Maximovna Zenkova ({{langx|ru|Валерия Максимовна Зенкова}}; born 7 April 1995) is a Russian former ice dancer. With partner Valerie Sinitsin, she won five ISU Junior Grand Prix medals, including one gold, and placed fourth at the 2013 World Junior Championships. They are the 2013 Russian junior champions.

Career

Zenkova and Sinitsin won the bronze medal at the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix[http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpmex2008/CAT004RS.HTM ISU Results: 2007 Junior Grand Prix Mexico Cup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915085306/http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpmex2008/CAT004RS.HTM |date=2008-09-15 }} in Mexico City and placed 10th at the 2008 Russian Junior Championships. In mid-2011, they changed coaches from Ksenia Rumiantseva and Elena Tchaikovskaia to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov. They won silver and bronze medals during the 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. They then competed at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships and won the bronze medal.

In the 2012–2013 Junior Grand Prix season, Zenkova / Sinitsin won the silver medal in Courchevel, France, and then won their first JGP title in Zagreb, Croatia. They qualified for their first JGP Final in Sochi, Russia and finished 5th. They won the 2013 Russian junior title. They finished 4th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Programs

(with Sinitsin)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season

! Short dance

! Free dance

2013–2014

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2012–2013

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  • Blues: Your Heart Is As Black As Night
    by Melody Gardot
  • Swing: Brother Swing

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2011–2012

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2010–2011

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  • Charlie Chaplin

Competitive highlights

(with Sinitsin)

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colspan=9 align=center | Results
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | International
Event

! 06–07

! 07–08

! 08–09

! 09–10

! 10–11

! 11–12

! 12–13

! 13–14

align=left | Golden Spin6th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | Junior Worlds4th
align=left | JGP Final5th
align=left | JGP Australiabgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | JGP Austria4th
align=left | JGP Croatiabgcolor=gold | 1st
align=left | JGP Francebgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | JGP Great Britain8th
align=left | JGP Italybgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | JGP Mexicobgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | JGP USA6th
align=left | Santa Claus Cupbgcolor=gold | 1st J.
align=left | Istanbul Cupbgcolor=gold | 1st J.
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | National
align=left | Russian Champ.7th
align=left | Russian Junior12th10th5th5thbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rdbgcolor=gold | 1st
colspan=9 align=center | J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

References

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{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00011235.htm | title = Competition Results: Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN | work = International Skating Union }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011235.htm | title = Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN: 2010/2011 | work = International Skating Union | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110216140627/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011235.htm | archivedate = 16 February 2011 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011235.htm | title = Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN: 2011/2012 | work = International Skating Union | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120126175228/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011235.htm | archivedate = 26 January 2012 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011235.htm | title = Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN: 2012/2013 | work = International Skating Union | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120831200034/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011235.htm | archivedate = 31 August 2012 | url-status = live }}

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External links

{{commons category|Valeria Zenkova}}

  • {{isu name | id=00011235 | name=Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zenkova, Valeria}}

Category:1995 births

Category:Living people

Category:Russian female ice dancers

Category:Figure skaters from Moscow

Category:21st-century Russian sportswomen