Ekaterina Borisova


Ekaterina Sergeyevna Borisova, is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Dmitry Sopot, she is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2016 World Junior bronze medalist, and 2015 Junior Grand Prix Final champion.

Career

Borisova began learning to skate in 2003. She competed as a single skater before teaming up with Sergei Lisiev, in 2012. She skated two seasons with Lisiev.

Partnership with Sopot

Borisova teamed up with Dmitry Sopot in the summer of 2014. The two qualified for the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished in 8th place.
Borisova/Sopot made their international debut competing in the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix series. They took the bronze medal at their first assignment, the JGP in Latvia, before winning gold at the JGP in Poland. These results qualified them for the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona. In Spain, they outscored the Czech Republic's Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař by 9.53 points for the gold medal.
In January 2016, Borisova/Sopot were awarded the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, having finished third to Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev and Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov. In February, they represented Russia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, they won the gold by a margin of 2.53 points over Dušková/Bidař. On March 17–21, competing at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Borisova/Sopot placed fourth in the short and third in the free, taking the bronze medal overall behind Czech pair skaters Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař and teammates Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev who took the gold and silver medals respectively.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2016–2017

performed by Bel Suono

by the Scorpions
2015–2016

  • Ninja
by Maxime Rodriguez

by Maurice Jarre


by Beyoncé

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Sopot

With Lisiev

Detailed results

With Sopot