Natalia Zabiiako | |
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Zabijako and Enbert in 2016.
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Personal information | |
Full name | Natalia Aleksandrovna Zabiiako |
Alternative names | Natalja Zabijako |
Country represented | Russia |
Former country(ies) represented | Estonia |
Born |
Tallinn, Estonia |
15 August 1994
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Partner | Alexander Enbert |
Former partner | Yuri Larionov, Alexandr Zaboev, Sergei Kulbach, Sergei Muhhin |
Coach | Nina Mozer, Vladislav Zhovnirski, Robin Szolkowy |
Former coach | Andrei Kriukov, Pavel Dimitrov, Stanimir Todorov |
Choreographer | Alla Kapranova, Giuseppe Arena, Igor Tchiniaev |
Former choreographer | Pavel Dimitrov, Stanimir Todorov |
Former skating club | FSC Medal Tallinn |
Training locations | Moscow |
Former training locations | Ashburn, Virginia |
Began skating | 1998 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 200.75 2017 Europeans |
Short program | 74.26 2017 Worlds |
Free skate | 128.58 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament |
Natalia Aleksandrovna Zabiiako (Russian: Наталья Александровна Забияко, born 15 August 1994) is a Russian-Estonian pair skater. Competing for Russia with Alexander Enbert, she is the 2016 Rostelecom Cup silver medalist, 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament silver medalist, and 2017 Russian national bronze medalist.
Zabijako competed for Estonia until 2014, partnered with Sergei Muhhin, Sergei Kulbach, and Alexandr Zaboev. With Zaboev, she placed tenth at the 2014 European Championships. Although they qualified a spot for Estonia in the pairs' event at the 2014 Winter Olympics, they did not compete in Sochi because Zaboev's fast-track citizenship application was declined.
Zabijako was born in Tallinn, Estonia. Her mother is an Estonian citizen, her father holds an Estonian alien's passport, and her grandparents are Russian citizens living in Novorossiysk.
From 2010 to 2014, Zabijako lived in the United States with a Russian emigrant family. In April 2014, she said she planned to move to Moscow and apply for Russian citizenship. She became a Russian citizen on 19 December 2014.
Zabijako began skating when she was four years old. At age 15, she switched from singles to pairs, partnering with Sergei Muhhin. They made their international debut at the 2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Belarus and placed 16th at the 2010 World Junior Championships.