Alexandra Zaretsky
| Alexandra Zaretsky | |
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Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky in 2009
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Alexandra Zaretsky |
| Alternative names | Zaretski |
| Country represented |
 Israel
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| Born |
December 23, 1987 Minsk, Belarus SSR |
| Home town | Metulla, Israel |
| Residence | Houston, Texas |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Partner | Roman Zaretsky |
| Former coach |
Galit Chait Nikolai Morozov Evgeni Platov Elena Zaretski Igor Zaretski Irina Romanova Igor Yaroshenko |
| Former choreographer | Galit Chait Nikolai Morozov Evgeni Platov |
| Skating club | Kochavim on the Ice |
| Began skating | 1994 |
| Retired | June 2010 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 181.26 2010 Worlds |
| Comp. dance | 37.59 2004 JGP Romania |
| Original dance | 58.10 2008 Worlds |
| Free dance | 91.34 2010 Worlds |
Alexandra "Sasha" Zaretsky (Hebrew: אלכסנדרה זרצקי, Russian: Александра Зарецкая, Alexandra Zaretskaya, Belarusian: Аляксандра Зарэцкая) (born December 23, 1987) is an Israeli ice dancer. With her brother Roman Zaretsky, she is the 2009 Skate America bronze medalist, 2009 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, a three-time Nebelhorn Trophy medalist, and a three-time Israeli national champion. They finished as high as 6th at the World Championships and competed twice at the Winter Olympics, finishing 10th in 2010.
Alexandra Zaretsky was born in Minsk, Belarus SSR, Soviet Union. The Zaretsky family was Jewish and made aliyah soon after this was made possible. Alexandra, who was three years old at the time, was raised in Metula, Israel where her parents work as coaches. She speaks fluent Hebrew, Russian, and English.
In October 2008, the Zaretskys and their coach Galit Chait filed a lawsuit against the Ice House training rink in Hackensack, New Jersey, alleging that rink officials discriminated against them on the basis of their Israeli nationality by denying them prime training time and threatening to ban them from the rink.
Alexandra Zaretsky began skating at the age of 6, after starting out in rhythmic gymnastics. She originally skated as a single skater, winning age group medals. When older brother Roman wanted to switch to ice dancing, his sister was the only girl at the rink he could partner, so their parents put them together. She was seven and he was 11 when they switched to ice dancing.
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