Valeria Zenkova | |
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Zenkova and Sinitsin in 2012
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Personal information | |
Full name | Valeria Maximovna Zenkova |
Country represented | Russia |
Born |
Moscow |
7 April 1995
Residence | Moscow |
Partner | Valerie Sinitsin |
Former partner | Ruslan Zhiganshin |
Coach | Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov |
Former coach | Ksenia Rumiantseva, Elena Tchaikovskaia |
Choreographer | Alexander Zhulin, Sergei Petukhov |
Skating club | Vorobievy Gory |
Training locations | Moscow |
Began skating | 1999 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 134.63 2012 JGP Croatia |
Short dance | 55.82 2013 Junior Worlds |
Free dance | 80.21 2012 JGP Croatia |
Valeria Maximovna Zenkova (Russian: Валерия Максимовна Зенкова; born 7 April 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Valerie Sinitsin, she won five ISU Junior Grand Prix medals, including one gold, and placed fourth at the 2013 World Junior Championships. They are the 2013 Russian junior champions.
Zenkova and Sinitsin won the bronze medal at the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico City and placed 10th at the 2008 Russian Junior Championships. In mid-2011, they changed coaches from Ksenia Rumiantseva and Elena Tchaikovskaia to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov. They won silver and bronze medals during the 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix season. They then competed at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships and won the bronze medal.
In the 2012–2013 Junior Grand Prix season, Zenkova / Sinitsin won the silver medal in Courchevel, France, and then won their first JGP title in Zagreb, Croatia. They qualified for their first JGP Final in Sochi, Russia and finished 5th. They won the 2013 Russian junior title. They finished 4th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.