Maria Vigalova

Maria Olegovna Vigalova (or Vygalova; Russian: Мария Олеговна Выгалова; born 29 June 1999) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Egor Zakroev, she is the 2014 World Junior bronze medalist, a two-time JGP Final medalist (2013 silver, 2012 bronze) and the 2014 Russian national senior bronze medalist.

Maria Vigalova
Vigalova and Zakroev at the 2014–15 JGP Final
Full nameMaria Olegovna Vigalova
Other namesVygalova
Born (1999-06-29) 29 June 1999
Perm, Russia
HometownPerm
Height1.48 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia
CoachNina Mozer
Skating clubVorobyovy Gory
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Pairs
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 SofiaPairs
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place2013–14 FukuokaPairs
Bronze medal – third place2012–13 SochiPairs
Bronze medal – third place2014-15 BarcelonaPairs

Personal life

Maria Olegovna Vigalova was born 29 June 1999 in Perm, Russia.[1]

Career

Vigalova's first coach was Olga Amosova-Konkova.[1] She took up pair skating in 2009 with Ivan Armeev.

Vigalova teamed up with Egor Zakroev in 2010. The two were coached by Valentina Tiukova, Valeri Tiukov, and Pavel Sliusarenko at the Figure Skating Academy in Perm. Olga Volozhinskaya visits the pair three to four times a year to work on choreography and presentation.[2]

In the 2011–12 season, Vigalova/Zakroev finished tenth in their senior Russian Championships debut and placed fourth on the junior level.

Vigalova/Zakroev debuted on the Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012–13 season. They won the bronze medal at JGP Austria and silver at JGP Germany, qualifying them for the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where they won the bronze medal.[3][4] At the Russian Championships, the pair finished ninth on the senior level and then fourth again on the junior level behind Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich.

Vigalova/Zakroev's first event of the 2013–14 season was the 2013 JGP Latvia where they won the bronze medal behind teammates Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov. They won gold for the first time at the 2013 JGP Slovakia while posting new personal best scores – 57.75 (SP), 110.35 (FS), 168.10 points (overall). Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan. At the final, Vigalova/Zakroev placed third in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the silver medal behind Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang. After the event, Zakroev underwent treatment for cysts.[2] At the Russian Championships, the pair won bronze on the senior level and silver on the junior level. They were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where they won the bronze medal after placing fourth in the short program and third in the free skate.

In preparation for the 2014–15 season, Vigalova/Zakroev spent some time training in Sochi and Novogorsk, near Moscow, as well as their regular training site in Perm.[5] Their first event of the season was at the 2014 JGP Estonia where they won the gold medal with a score of 161.83 points. Their next event at the 2014 JGP Croatia, they won another gold with a total of 167.98 points qualifying them to their third ISU JGP Final held in Barcelona, Spain where they took the bronze medal behind teammates Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin.

Programs

(with Zakroev)

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2014-2015
[6]
2013–2014
[7]
2012–2013
[8]
  • Symphony on a Battle Lost
    by Benny Richter, Marc Terenzi
2011–2012

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Zakroev

International[9]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
CS Volvo Open2nd
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds3rdWD
JGP Final3rd2nd3rd
JGP Croatia1st
JGP Austria3rd
JGP Estonia1st
JGP Germany2nd
JGP Latvia3rd
JGP Slovakia1st
Warsaw Cup1st J.
National[9]
Russian Champ.10th9th3rdWD
Russian Junior4th4th2nd1st
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References
  1. Выгалова Мария Олеговна [Maria Olegovna Vigalova] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. Ermolina, Olga (6 December 2013). Выгалова – Закроев: «Перед финалом в Сочи волновались больше» [Vigalova/Zakroev: "Before the JGP Final"]. Russian Figure Skating Federation (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 January 2014.
  3. Kondakova, Anna (9 December 2012). "Russia sweeps Junior Pairs at Figure Skating Final". GoldenSkate.
  4. Kondakova, Anna (7 December 2012). "Fedorova and Miroshkin lead Junior Pairs in Sochi". GoldenSkate.
  5. Zubakov, Alexei (10 June 2014). Егор Закроев: пока не знаем, будем выступать на взрослом уровне или нет [Egor Zakroev: I don't know yet if we will compete on the senior level or not]. team-russia2014.ru (in Russian).
  6. "Biography". ISU Results. ISU Results. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  7. "Maria VIGALOVA / Egor ZAKROEV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014.
  8. "Maria VIGALOVA / Egor ZAKROEV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013.
  9. "Competition Results: Maria VIGALOVA / Egor ZAKROEV". International Skating Union.

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