Yuko KAVAGUTI

(KAWAGUCHI)

Russia

 Pairs

Date of birth / Születési idő

 20 November 1981

Place of birth / Születés helye

 Aichi

Height / Magasság

 157cm

Home town  /Lakóhely

 St. Petersburg

Profession / Foglalkozás

 athlete

Hobbies / Hobbi

 reading, movies, shopping, music

Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete

 1986

Club

 Olympic School St. Petersburg

Former Partner / Régebbi partner

 Alexander Markuntsov, Devin Patrick

 Alexander SMIRNOV

Date of birth / Születési idő

 11 October 1984

Place of birth / Születés helye

 Tver

Height / Magasság

 183 cm

Home town  /Lakóhely

 St. Petersburg

Profession / Foglalkozás

 student

Hobbies / Hobbi

 movies, reading, sport games

Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete

 1988

Club

 Olympic School St. Petersburg

Former Partner / Régebbi partner

 Alexandra Danilova, Ekaterina Vasilieva

 

Coach / Edzõ

 Tamara Moskvina

Choreographer / Koreográfus

 Peter Chernyshev

Former Choreographer / Régebbi koreográfus

 Tatiana Druchinina, Ivan Kozlov, Alexander Matveev

Former coach / Régebbi edzõ

 Nikolai Velikov, Igor Moskvin

 

Music Short Program as of 2007/2008 season

Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saens

Music Free Skating  as of 2007/2008 season

Love Story (soundtrack) by Francis Lai

Music Short Program as of 2009/2010 season

The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens

Music Free Skating  as of 2009/2010 season

Valse Sentimentale by Tchaikovski / An der schönen blauen Donau by Johann Strauss

Music Short Program as of 2011/2012 season

All Alone by Joe Satriani 

Music Free Skating  as of 2011/2012 season

Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy 

Music Short Program as of 2012/2013 season

The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss 

Music Free Skating  as of 2012/2013 season

February by Leonid Levashkevich 

Music Short Program as of 2014/2015 season

Méditation from "Thaïs" by Jules Massenet 

Music Free Skating  as of 2014/2015 season

Manfred Symphony by Petr I. Tchaikovski 

Results / Eredmények

 

Olympic Games
Olimpia 

World Champs Világbajnokság

European Champs Európabajnokság

Four Continent Négy Kontinens

World Junior
Junior Világbajnokság

National Champs Nemzeti Bajnokság

2001

 

15 (1)

 

8 (1)

2 (1)

1 J (1)

2002

 

13 (1)

 

9 (1)

 

1 (1)

2003

 

14 (1)

 

7 (1)

 

1 (1)

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 1 (3)

2006

 

 

 

 

6 (2)

 15 (3) / 6 (2)

2007

 

9

 

 

 

 

2008

 

4

3

 

 

1

2009

 

3

2

 

 

1

2010

4

3

1

 

 

1

2011

 

4

2

 

 

2

2012

 

7

 

 

 

 

2013

 

6

5

 

 

2

2015

 

5

1

 

 

3

(1): Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Alexander MARKUNTSOV (JPN),
(2): Ekaterina VASILIEVA / Alexander SMIRNOV (RUS) , (3): Yuko KAWAGUCHI / Devin PATRICK (USA)

Personal Best Total Score

213,15

20.01.2010  European Championships 2010

Personal Best Score Short Program

 74,16

14.02.2010  XXI Olympic Winter Games 2010

Personal Best Score Free Skating

 140,00

26.10.2014  Skate America 2014

International Competition:

 2006

Coupe International Nice

1

 2006

Cup of Russia - Bosco Sport Moscow

3

 2007

Coupe de Nice

1

 2007

Skate Canada Quebec City

3

 2007

Cup of Russia, Moscow

3

 2008

ISU Grand Prix Final, Torino

5

 2008

Skate Canada

1

 2008

Cup of Russia, Moscow

2

 2008

ISU Grand Prix Final, Goyang

5

 2008

Coupe de Nice

1

 2008

ISU World Team Trophy Tokyo

2

 2009

ISU GP Rostelecom Cup, Moscow

2

 2009

ISU GP NHK Trophy, Nagano

2

 2009

ISU GP Final , Tokyo

5

 2010

ISU GP Cup of Russia, Moscow

1

 2011

ISU GP Cup of China, Shanghai

1

 2011

ISU GP NHK Trophy, Sapporo

1

 2011

ISU GP Rostelecom Cup, Moscow

2

 2011

ISU Grand Prix Final, Quebec City

3

 2012

Cup of China, Shanghai

2

 2012

Trophee Bompard, Paris

1

 2012

ISU Grand Prix Final, Sochi

6

 2014

Skate America , Chicago, Il

1

 2014

Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf

1

 2014

NHK Trophy, Osaka

2

 2014

ISU Grand Prix Final, Barcelona

6


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 and received Russian citizenship in February 2009. Her name spelling was changed from Kawaguchi to Kavaguti. The couple has landed the quadruple throw Salchow in competition. Kavaguti graduated from St. Petersburg University in 2007 with a degree in International Relations. Smirnov got married to Ekaterina Garus in August 2010. Their son Fedor was born in October 2014. Kavaguti/Smirnov missed the 2013/14 season as he ruptured ligaments in his knee in October 2013 and had surgery. They had missed the 2012 European Championships as he recovered from appendix surgery.

International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007 Lausanne 26.03.2015

Pictures / Képek

  World Championships 2007, Tokyo, Japan

Rank: 9.

Short Program (4.)

European Championships 2008, Zagreb, Croatia

Rank:

Free Program (3.)

Gala

World Championships 2008, Göteborg, Sweden

Rank: 4.

 Short Program (3.)

Free Skating (4.)

Gala

Skate Canada 2008

Rank: Gold

Short program

Free skating

Cup of Russia 2008

Rank:

 Short program

Free skating

Podium

  European Championships 2009, Helsinki, Finland

Rank:

 Free Program (2.)

World Championships 2009, Los Angeles, USA

Rank:

Short Free Gala

  European Championships 2010, Tallin, Estonia

Rank: Gold

Short Program (2.)

 European Championships 2015, Stockholm, Sweden

Rank:  

Free Program (1.)

 World Championships 2015, Shanghai, China

Rank: 5.

Short program (4.)

 

Free skating (6.)