Victoria Sinitsina

About

Professional Russian ice dancer and partner with Nikita Katsalapov. Together the two dancers became the 2016 Russian silver medalists. She previously took the gold at the 2012 World Junior Championships with her former partner Ruslan Zhiganshin.

Before Fame

Because she was often afflicted with tonsillitis as a child, her parents got her into ice skating to improve her health. By the age of ten she'd taken up ice dancing.

Trivia

Her first gold medal was won at the Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec in 2011.

Family Life

Her father, Alexander, and her mother, Tatiana, were both gymnasts.

Associated With

Both she and Danielle O'Brien rose to fame as champion ice dancers.