Russian pair skater
Natalia Khabibullina
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Full name
| Natalia Alekseevna Khabibullina
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Native name
| Наталья Алексеевна Хабибуллина
(
Russian
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Other names
| Natalya
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Born
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2004-12-18
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18 December 2004
(age 19)
Izhevsk
,
Russia
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Hometown
| Moscow
, Russia
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Height
| 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
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Country
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Russia
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Partner
| Ilya Knyazhuk
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Coach
| Sergei Dobroskokov, Sergei Rosliakov
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Skating club
| Olympic Sports School No. 2, Moscow
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Began skating
| 2008
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Natalia Alekseevna Khabibullina
(
Russian
:
Наталья Алексеевна Хабибуллина
, born 18 December 2004) is a Russian
pair skater
. With her current partner,
Ilya Knyazhuk
, she is the
2021 JGP Austria
champion, the
2021 JGP Russia
silver medalist, and the
2022 Russian junior national
champion.
Personal life
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Khabibullina was born on 18 December 2004, in
Izhevsk
,
Russia
, to parents Aleksei and Marina. She has a younger brother, Mikhail.
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Career
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Early years
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Khabibullina began learning to skate in 2008 as a four-year-old in her hometown of
Izhevsk
. She shares the same first coach as
2018 Olympic
champion
Alina Zagitova
, Natalia Antipina. Khabibullina trained under Antipina as a
single skater
until the end of the
2015?16 season
, after which she relocated to
Moscow
to train under
Eteri Tutberidze
and her coaching team at Sambo-70. She skated under Tutberidze for two seasons before transitioning to pair skating with her first partner,
Ivan Balchenko
, for the
2018?19 season
.
Khabibullina/Balchenko competed together for just one season, coached by Sergei Dobroskokov in Moscow. They received one international junior assignment, the
2018 Ice Star
, where they finished second behind
Alina Pepeleva
/
Roman Pleshkov
.
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The team split at the end of the 2018?19 season, leading Khabibullina to team up with her current partner,
Ilya Knyazhuk
.
2021?22 season: International junior debut
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Khabibullina/Knyazhuk made their international junior debut in September at the
2021 JGP Russia
. They placed second in both the short program and the free skate to take the silver medal overall behind compatriots
Ekaterina Chikmareva
/
Matvei Ianchenkov
. At their second assignment, the
2021 JGP Austria
in October, the team set new personal bests in both segments of competition, as well as overall, to take the title ahead of Russian teammates
Anastasia Mukhortova
/
Dmitry Evgenyev
and Georgian pair
Karina Safina
/
Luka Berulava
. Their placements across their two events qualified them to the
2021?22 Junior Grand Prix Final
as the second-seeded team of four, but the event was later canceled due to concerns related to the discovery of the
Omicron variant
.
Khabibullina/Knyazhuk next made their debut at the senior-level
Russian Championships
in December. The team placed ninth in the short program and eighth in the free skate to finish seventh overall due to shifting ordinals. They were the highest-ranked of the teams competing internationally as juniors.
At the
2022 Russian Junior Championships
the following month, Khabibullina/Knyazhuk narrowly won the title over
Iuliia Artemeva
/
Mikhail Nazarychev
with a strong free skate performance after placing second to the rival team in the short program.
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Programs
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With Knyazhuk
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Competitive highlights
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JGP:
Junior Grand Prix
With Knyazhuk
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With Balchenko
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Detailed results
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With Knyazhuk
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- Senior results
- Junior results
References
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The 2023 Russian Cup Final was renamed as the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.