Russian ice dancer
Ekaterina Rubleva
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Rubleva and Shefer in 2008.
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Full name
| Ekaterina Borisovna Rubleva
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Born
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1985-10-10
)
10 October 1985
(age 38)
Odesa
,
Ukrainian SSR
,
Soviet Union
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Height
| 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
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Country
| Russia
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Partner
| Ivan Shefer
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Skating club
| Vorobievye Gory
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Began skating
| 1990
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Retired
| 2010
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Ekaterina Borisovna Rubleva
(
Russian
:
Екатерина Борисовна Рублёва
,
Ukrainian
:
Катерина Борис?вна Рубльова
;
[1]
born 10 October 1985) is a Russian former competitive
ice dancer
. With partner
Ivan Shefer
, she is the 2009
Cup of Russia
bronze medalist, the 2004
Bofrost Cup
bronze medalist, and a four-time
Russian national medalist
(2008, 2009 silver; 2007, 2010 bronze).
Personal life
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Born in
Odesa
,
Ukrainian SSR
,
Soviet Union
, Ekaterina Rubleva grew up in
Moscow
and competed internationally for Russia for her entire career. She is the daughter of ice dancers Svetlana Bakina and Boris Rublev who represented the Soviet Union.
[2]
[3]
She is currently coaching
2019?20 ISU Junior Grand Prix
medalist
Sofya Tyutyunina
/
Alexander Shustitskiy
at Moscow.
[4]
Career
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Rubleva began skating because her parents did not have a babysitter so they brought her along to the rink.
[5]
She teamed up with
Ivan Shefer
in 1994.
[2]
Rubleva / Shefer began competing internationally in the 2001?2002 season and debuted on the
ISU Junior Grand Prix
. They placed 5th and 4th at their
2001?2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix
events in Sweden and the Czech Republic. At the
Russian Championships
, they placed 8th on the senior level and 6th on the junior level.
In the 2002?2003 season, Rubleva / Shefer won the silver medal at the
2002?2003 ISU Junior Grand Prix
event in China and placed 4th at the event in Germany to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed 8th. In the 2003?2004 season, they won silver medals at both their events on the
2003?2004 ISU Junior Grand Prix
circuit to qualify for the Final. They placed 7th at the Junior Grand Prix Final. They placed 5th on the senior level at the
2004 Russian Championships
and then won the bronze medal on the junior level. They were sent to the
2004 Junior Worlds
, where they placed 6th.
Rubleva / Shefer moved up to the senior level internationally in the 2004?2005 season. They placed 4th at the
2004 Nebelhorn Trophy
and won the bronze medal at the
2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice
. They placed 5th at the
2005 Russian Championships
. They competed at the
2005 Winter Universiade
, where they placed 5th.
In the 2005?2006 season, they made their
Grand Prix
debut, placing 9th at the
2005 Skate America
. They placed 6th at the
2006 Russian Championships
. They changed coaches in spring 2006, moving from
Elena Kustarova
to
Alexander Svinin
and
Irina Zhuk
.
[3]
In 2006?2007, Rubleva / Shefer withdrew from the
2006 Cup of Russia
before the start of the event. They won the bronze medal at the
2007 Russian Championships
and were sent to the
2007 European Championships
, where they placed 12th in their debut.
In the 2007?2008 season, Rubleva / Shefer placed 8th at the
2007 Skate America
and 7th at the
2007 Cup of Russia
. They won the silver medal at the
2008 Russian Championships
and were assigned to the
2008 European Championships
, where they placed 13th. They then competed at the
2008 Worlds
, where they placed 15th.
In 2008?2009, Rubleva / Shefer placed 6th at the
2008 Skate America
and then 7th at the
2008 Trophee Eric Bompard
. They won their second consecutive national silver medal at the
2009 Russian Championships
and were assigned to the
2009 European Championships
. At Europeans, Rubleva suffered a wardrobe malfunction during the compulsory dance when a strap on her dress broke and briefly exposed her right breast.
[6]
They placed 8th in their third consecutive appearance at the event. Rubleva / Shefer then competed at the
2009 Winter Universiade
, where they won the silver medal, 39 years after Rubleva's parents had won their Winter Universiade silver medal.
In 2009?2010, they won a
Grand Prix
medal, bronze at the
Cup of Russia
. They finished 13th in their second appearance at the
World Championships
. Rubleva / Shefer retired from competitive skating in August 2010.
[7]
Rubleva began coaching at the Sokolniki rink in Moscow.
[8]
Programs
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(with Shefer)
Season
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Original dance
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Free dance
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Exhibition
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2009?2010
[2]
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- Valenki
(Russian folk dance)
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- Padonne-moi ce caprice d'enfant
by Mireille Mathieu
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2008?2009
[9]
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- St. Louis Blues
- Sing, Sing, Sing
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2007?2008
[10]
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- Hopak
(Ukrainian folk dance)
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2006?2007
[11]
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- Aria of the Black Swan
(
Swan Lake
- modern arrangement)
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2005?2006
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2003?2004
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2002?2003
[14]
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Competitive highlights
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(with Shefer)
References
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External links
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