Ksenia Konkina

Ksenia Alexeevna Konkina (Russian: Ксения Алексеевна Конкина; born 5 July 2001) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner, Pavel Drozd, she is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy and 2019 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist.

Ksenia Konkina
Personal information
Native nameКсения Алексеевна Конкина
Full nameKsenia Alexeevna Konkina
Country represented Russia
Born (2001-07-05) 5 July 2001
Krasnogorsk, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
PartnerPavel Drozd
Former partnerGeorgy Reviya, Grigory Yakushev, Alexander Vakhnov
CoachAlexander Zhulin
Former coachSvetlana Liapina, Alexei Gorshkov, Liudmila Gorshkova, Maxim Bolotin
Former choreographerElena Borisova, Jonathan Guerreiro, Natalia Yanovskaia, Elena Maslennikova
Skating clubSport School No. 85
Former skating clubHockey and Figure Skating Center Odintsovo
Training locationsMoscow
Former training locationsOdintsovo
Began skating2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total176.38
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Short dance70.21
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Free dance106.17
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ice dance

Personal life

Ksenia Alexeevna Konkina was born on 5 July 2001 in Krasnogorsk, Russia.

Career

Early career

Konkina began skating in 2005. Early in her career, she competed with Georgy Reviya. Konkina/Reviya placed fourth at 2015 JGP United States and won two junior international medals, at the 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International and 2015 Tallinn Trophy.[1]

2016–2017 season

Konkina teamed up with Grigory Yakushev in 2016 and won silver at the 2016 Tallinn Trophy.[2] They placed fifth at the 2017 Russian Championships.

2017–2018 season

Konkina/Yakushev were assigned to their first Junior Grand Prix events. They won silver at 2017 JGP Austria and bronze at 2017 JGP Croatia. Konkina/Yakushev placed sixth at the 2018 Russian Championships.

2018–2019 season

Konkina teamed up with Alexander Vakhnov ahead of the season and moved to train with him under Svetlana Liapina in Moscow.[3] They won bronze in their only international competition, 2018 JGP Canada, together.[4]

Pavel Drozd announced that he was teaming up with Konkina in November 2018.[5] She moved to Alexander Zhulin's group to train with him.[5] Konkina/Drozd made their international debut at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup, where they won the bronze medal.

2019–2020 season

Konkina/Drozd opened their season by winning the gold medal at 2019 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany. They then won silver at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy behind Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States. Konkina/Drozd again won silver at 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, behind France's Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac.

2020–2021 season

Konkina/Drozd were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, but withdrew.

Programs

With Drozd
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2020–2021
[6]

With Vakhnov
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2018–2019
[4]
  • Tango: Asi se baila el Tango
    performed by Veronica Verdier
  • Tango: Tanguera
    performed by Sexteto Mayor

With Yakushev
Season Short dance Free dance
2017–2018
[2]
  • Samba: Cuéntame
    performed by Caribbean Kings Band
  • Cha cha: Lick It
  • Samba

With Reviya
Season Short dance Free dance
2015–2016
[1]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Drozd
International[7]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21
GP Rostelecom CupWD
CS Asian Open Trophy2nd
CS Warsaw Cup2nd
Ice Mall Cup3rd
NRW Trophy1st
National[7]
Russian Champ.8thWD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Vakhnov
International: Junior[4]
Event 2018–19
JGP Canada3rd

With Yakushev
International: Junior[2]
Event 2016–17 2017–18
JGP Austria2nd
JGP Croatia3rd
Tallinn Trophy2nd
National[8]
Russian Junior Champ.5th6th

With Reviya
International: Junior[1]
Event 2015–16
JGP United States4th
Lake Placid IDI3rd
Tallinn Trophy2nd
National[8]
Russian Junior Champ.WD

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Drozd
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 9
69.04		 8
107.17		 8
176.21
14–17 November 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 1
71.81		 2
106.62		 2
178.43
30 October – 3 November 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy 2
70.21		 3
106.17		 2
176.38
10–11 August 2019 NRW Trophy 1
66.81		 1
99.98		 1
166.79
2018–19 season
Date Event RD FD Total
20–23 February 2019 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup 3
70.77		 3
101.47		 3
172.24

With Vakhnov
2018–19 season
Date Event RD FD Total
12–15 September 2018 2018 JGP Canada 2
60.34		 3
87.58		 3
147.92

With Yakushev
2017–18 season
Date Event SD FD Total
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships 6
60.83		 5
85.63		 6
146.46
27–30 September 2017 2017 JGP Croatia 2
60.16		 3
83.61		 3
143.77
31 August – 2 September 2017 2017 JGP Austria 3
54.63		 2
85.17		 2
139.80
2016–17 season
1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships 5
58.84		 5
84.79		 5
143.63
19–25 November 2016 2016 Tallinn Trophy 2
57.64		 2
86.40		 2
144.04

With Reviya
2015–16 season
Date Event SD FD Total
17–22 November 2015 2015 Tallinn Trophy 1
57.11		 3
75.90		 2
133.01
31 August – 2 September 2015 2016 JGP United States 5
52.95		 4
76.06		 4
129.01
30–31 July 2015 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International 3
128.80

References
  1. "Ksenia KONKINA / Georgy REVIYA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  2. "Ksenia KONKINA / Grigory YAKUSHEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  3. "Щербакова и Тараканова вошли в предварительный состав участников этапа юниорского Гран-при в Канаде" [Shcherbakova and Tarakanova entered the preliminary composition of the participants of the Junior Grand Prix in Canada] (in Russian). Sports.ru. August 15, 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018.
  4. "Ksenia KONKINA / Alexander VAKHNOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019.
  5. Samokhvalov, Anatoly (November 5, 2018). "Российский фигурист Павел Дрозд образовал танцевальную пару с Ксенией Конкиной" [Russian figure skater Pavel Drozd formed a dance couple with Ksenia Konkina] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018.
  6. "Ksenia KONKINA / Pavel DROZD: 2020/2021". International Skating Union.
  7. "Ksenia KONKINA / Pavel DROZD: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
  8. "Ксения Алексеевна Конкина" [Ksenia Konkina]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 November 2019.
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