Victoria Maxiuta
| Viktoriya Maksyuta | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Native name | Вікторія Олександрівна Максюта |
| Full name | Viktoriya Oleksandrivna Maksyuta |
| Alternative names | Victoria Maxiuta/Maksiuta |
| Country represented |
Ukraine Russia |
| Born |
15 November 1981 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Former partner |
Vitali Dubina Vladislav Zhovnirski |
| Former coach |
Dmitri Shkidchenko Nina Mozer |
| Former choreographer | Oksana Maslova, Sergey Petuhov |
| Skating club | Dynamo Kiev |
| Began skating | 1984 |
| Retired | 2002 |
Viktoriya Oleksandrivna Maksyuta or Victoria Maxiuta (Ukrainian: Вікторія Олександрівна Максюта; born 15 November 1981) is a former pair skater. Competing with Vladislav Zhovnirski for Russia, she became the 1996 World Junior champion, 1997 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, 1998 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1999 Winter Universiade champion. She later represented Russia and Ukraine with Vitali Dubina.
Maxiuta began appearing internationally with Vladislav Zhovnirski in 1993, representing Russia. They were awarded gold at the 1996 World Junior Championships, held from November to December 1995 in Brisbane, Australia.
The pair's first senior international medal, gold, came at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial in September 1996. Maxiuta/Zhovnirski went on to take bronze at the 1997 World Junior Championships, held in November 1996 in Seoul, South Korea; bronze at the 1998 World Junior Championships in December 1997 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and silver at the 1997–98 Junior Series Final in March 1998 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Maxiuta/Zhovnirski began the 1998–99 season with gold medals at both of their Junior Grand Prix assignments – in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Chemnitz, Germany – before winning bronze at a senior Grand Prix event, the 1998 Skate America. In November 1998, the pair stepped onto the World Junior Championship podium for the fourth consecutive year, taking bronze in Zagreb, Croatia. In January 1999, they outscored Pang Qing / Tong Jian for gold at the Winter Universiade in Žilina, Slovakia. In March, they took bronze at the Junior Grand Prix Final in Detroit. The pair was coached by Nina Mozer.
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