Ksenia Makarova
| Ksenia Makarova | |
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Makarova in 2010
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| Personal information | |
| Native name | Ксения Олеговна Макарова |
| Full name | Ksenia Olegovna Makarova |
| Country represented | Russia |
| Born |
20 December 1992 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Home town | Newburgh, New York, United States |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Former coach | Evgeni Rukavicin, Galina Zmievskaya, Viktor Petrenko, Oleg Makarov |
| Former choreographer | Olga Glinka, Ilia Averbukh, Nina Petrenko, Larisa Selezneva |
| Skating club | St. Petersburg Figure Skating Academy |
| Began skating | 2001 |
| Retired | 2013 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 171.91 2010 Winter Olympics |
| Short program | 62.06 2010 World |
| Free skate | 112.69 2010 Winter Olympics |
Ksenia Olegovna Makarova (Russian: Ксения Олеговна Макарова, born 20 December 1992) is a retired Russian, later an American, figure skater. She is the 2010 Skate Canada International silver medalist, 2009 Cup of Nice champion, and 2010 Russian national champion. She represented Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 10th.
Makarova was born on 20 December 1992 in Saint Petersburg. She is the daughter of retired pair skaters Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov, the 1984 Olympic bronze medalists. She has a brother, Alexei, who is nine years younger. Her family immigrated to the United States when she was 8 years old.
Makarova was an honors student at Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, New York. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen on 16 August 2013.
Makarova did not care for skating when she first stepped onto the ice at age 6 but a couple years later, after her family had moved to the U.S., she tried skating again and began to like it.
She began competing in the United States in the 2003–04 season at the intermediate level, where she placed 7th at her regional championship. The following season, again competing as an intermediate, she won the pewter medal at her regional championship and went on to place 15th at the U.S. Junior Championships. In the 2005–2006 season, competing for the final time as an Intermediate, she won her regional championship, but had to withdraw from the U.S. Junior Championships. She moved up to the novice level in the 2006–07 season. She won her regional championship and placed 2nd at her sectional event to qualify for the 2007 U.S. Championships, where she placed 7th. While competing for the United States, she represented the Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club, and she continued to represent that club in the United States while advancing in the U.S. Figure Skating testing structure.
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