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Fedor Sokolov

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Country represented
  
Israel

Coach
  
Nikolai Velikov

Partner
  
Ekaterina Sokolova


Height
  
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Name
  
Fedor Sokolov

Full name
  
Fedor Borisovich Sokolov

Born
  
14 December 1984 (age 39) (
1984-12-14
)
Moscow

Former country(ies) represented
  
Russia

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Fedor Borisovich Sokolov (Hebrew: פיודור סוקולוב‎‎, Russian: Фёдор Борисович Соколов, born 14 December 1984) is a former pair skater. He competed internationally for Israel with pairs partner and wife Ekaterina Sokolova. They are two-time Israeli national champions.

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Personal life

Fedor Sokolov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union and was raised in Russia. Sokolova and Sokolov were married in March 2008 in Moscow.

Career

Sokolov and Sokolova began skating together in 2003. They originally represented Russia. They decided to represent Azerbaijan internationally in the 2006-2007 season but withdrew from the 2007 European Championships due to a problem with paperwork regarding their country change. They never successfully represented Azerbaijan in ISU competition.

They decided to compete for Israel in 2007. They won the 2008 Israeli national pairs title and placed 12th at the 2008 European Championships. The pair made their Grand Prix debut at the 2008 Cup of Russia, where they placed 8th. At the 2008-2009 Israeli Championships, they won the Israeli national title for the second time.

They withdrew from the 2009 European Championships mid-competition due to injury.

Competitive highlights

(with Sokolova for Israel)

  • WD = Withdrawn
  • (with Sokolova for Azerbaijan)

  • WD = Withdrawn
  • References

    Fedor Sokolov Wikipedia