Ekaterina Sokolova

Ekaterina Sokolova (née Sosinova) (Hebrew: אקטרינה (סוזינובה) סוקולובה, Russian: Екатерина (Сосинова) Соколова) (born 29 August 1990) is a former pair skater. She competed internationally for Israel with pairs partner and husband Fedor Sokolov. They are two-time Israeli national champions.

Ekaterina Sokolova
Full nameEkaterina Sokolova
Other namesEkaterina Sosinova
Born (1990-08-29) 29 August 1990
Moscow
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
CountryIsrael
PartnerFedor Sokolov
CoachNikolai Velikov

Personal life

Ekaterina Sokolova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union and was raised in Russia. Sokolova and Sokolov were married in March 2008 in Moscow.[1]

Career

Sokolov and Sokolova began skating together in 2003. They originally represented Russia. They decided to represent Azerbaijan internationally in the 2006–2007 season but withdrew from the 2007 European Championships due to a problem with paperwork regarding their country change. They never successfully represented Azerbaijan in ISU competition.

They decided to compete for Israel in 2007.[2] They won the 2008 Israeli national pairs title and placed 12th at the 2008 European Championships. The pair made their Grand Prix debut at the 2008 Cup of Russia, where they placed 8th. At the 2008-2009 Israeli Championships, they won the Israeli national title for the second time.

She began using her married name professionally in the 2008–2009 season.

They withdrew from the 2009 European Championships mid-competition due to injury.

Programs
Season Short Program Free Skating
2008-2009 The Nutcracker
by Peter I. Tchaikovski		 Snow Storm (soundtrack)
by Georgi Sviridov
2007-2008
2006-2007 Flamenco
by Didulia		Spider-Man soundtrack
by Danny Elfman

Competitive highlights

(with Sokolov for Israel)

Competition 2007-2008 2008-2009
World Championships21st
European Championships12thWD
Israeli Championships1st1st
Cup of Russia8th
Coupe de Nice5th
  • WD = Withdrawn

(with Sokolov for Azerbaijan)

Competition 2006-2007
European ChampionshipsWD
  • WD = Withdrawn

References
  1. "A Bit of Symbolism to Begin with". Israel Ice Skating Federation. August 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. "Ekaterina Sozinova and Fedor Sokolov interview". Israel Ice Skating Federation. 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
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