PAIRS
Date of birth: 20.11.1981 Yuko KAWAGUCHI
RUS
Place of birth: Aichi
Height: 157 cm
Home town: St. Petersburg
Profession: student
Hobbies: reading, puzzles, cooking
Start sk. / Club: 1986 / Yubileini
Former Partners Alexander Markuntsov, Devin Patrick
Date of birth: 11.10.1984 Alexander SMIRNOV
RUS
Place of birth: Tver
Height: 183 cm
Home town: St. Petersburg
Profession: student
Hobbies: movies, reading, sport games
Start sk. / Club: 1988 / Yubileini
Former Partners Alexandra Danilova, Ekaterina Vasilieva
Coach: Tamara Moskvina
Choreographer: Tatiana Druchinina, Peter Tchernyshev
Former Coach: Nikolai Velikov
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2007/2008
Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saens
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2007/2008
Love Story (soundtrack) by Francis Lai
Personal Best Total Score191.3323.03.2008 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program71.4218.03.2008 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating119.9119.03.2008 World Championships 2008
 
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Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
15.(1)
 
8.(1)
2.(1)
1.J(1)
 
13.(1)
 
9.(1)
 
1.S(1)
 
14.(1)
 
7.(1)
 
1.S(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.S(3)
 
 
 
 
6.(2)
15.S(3) / 6.S(2)
 
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1.S
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionYearPlace
Coupe International Nice 2006 Nice 2006 1.
Cup of Russia - Bosco Sport 2006 Moscow 2006 3.
Coupe de Nice 2007 Nice 2007 1.
(1): Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander MARKUNTSOV (JPN), (2): Ekaterina VASILIEVA / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS) , (3): Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Devin PATRICK (USA)
Kawaguchi and Smirnov teamed up in spring 2006. They missed Russian Nationals and the 2007 European Champioships after she broke her ankle in a fall in practice in December. Kawaguchi competed internationally in singles for Japan before switching to pair skating. With former partner Alexander Markuntsov, she became the first pair skater from Japan to medal at an ISU Championship (silver at 2001 Junior Worlds). After her partnership with Markuntsov dissolved in 2003, she has been skating with different partners and competed with Devin Patrick at the U.S. Championships. Kawaguchi has been living and training in Russia since 2003.The couple has been practising the quadruple throw Salchow and attempts in competition.
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