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Ekaterina Rubleva

Ekaterina Rubleva
Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire 2008 Ekaterina Rubleva Ivan Shefer FD.jpg
Rubleva and Shefer in 2008.
Personal information
Full name Ekaterina Borisovna Rubleva
Country represented Russia
Born (1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 31)
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence Moscow, Russia
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Partner Ivan Shefer
Former coach Alexander Svinin
Irina Zhuk
Elena Kustarova
Former choreographer Irina Zhuk
Alexander Svinin
Igor Pivorovich
Skating club Vorobievye Gory
Began skating 1990
Retired 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 163.32
2009 Cup of Russia
Comp. dance 30.33
2009 Cup of Russia
Original dance 50.92
2009 Cup of Russia
Free dance 82.07
2009 Cup of Russia

Ekaterina Borisovna Rubleva (Russian: Екатерина Борисовна Рублёва; born 10 October 1985) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Ivan Shefer, she is the 2009 Cup of Russia bronze medalist, the 2004 Bofrost Cup bronze medalist, and a four-time Russian national medalist (2008, 2009 silver; 2007, 2010 bronze).

Born in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, Ekaterina Rubleva grew up in Moscow and competed internationally for Russia for her entire career. She is the daughter of ice dancers Svetlana Bakina and Boris Rublev who represented the Soviet Union.

Rubleva began skating because her parents did not have a babysitter so they brought her along to the rink. She teamed up with Ivan Shefer in 1994. Rubleva / Shefer began competing internationally in the 2001–2002 season and debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix. They placed 5th and 4th at their 2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in Sweden and the Czech Republic. At the Russian Championships, they placed 8th on the senior level and 6th on the junior level.

In the 2002–2003 season, Rubleva / Shefer won the silver medal at the 2002–2003 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in China and placed 4th at the event in Germany to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed 8th. In the 2003-2004 season, they won silver medals at both their events on the 2003–2004 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit to qualify for the Final. They placed 7th at the Junior Grand Prix Final. They placed 5th on the senior level at the 2004 Russian Championships and then won the bronze medal on the junior level. They were sent to the 2004 Junior Worlds, where they placed 6th.


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