Fedor Klimov is a famous Russian figure skater. He is an Olympic champion, winner of world and continental championships. Performs together with Ksenia Stolbova.
Biography
Fedor Klimov was born in September 1990year in Leningrad. Mom of the future Olympic champion worked as a coach in the local figure skating school, so it is not surprising that from the age of four the boy began to work in this section too.
Up to the age of 16, Klimov was a loner,and successfully performing at various children's and youth competitions. In addition to victories at the stages of the Cup of Russia, I got into the national team (2007/2008 season).
In parallel with the training and competition, the young figure skater managed to study well at school, which he graduated with a silver medal.
Sports career
Since 2007, Fedor Klimov - skater,performing in pair skating. At first, Maria Chaschina was his partner, but this duet did not achieve great results. Then Klimov skated with Alexandra Malakhova. They twice became winners at the stages of the Cup of Russia.
In February 2009, the new partner KlimovKsenia Stolbova became, and this duet soon became one of the strongest in world figure skating. Already in the first joint season, they win in the junior championship of Russia and take the third place in the youth world championship.
But the couple was not going to stop atachieved In 2010, the Klimov / Stolbov duet again won the junior national championship, as well as two stages of the Grand Prix. In the youth world championship, they became second.
2011 год принес фигуристам новые титулы.Thanks to the refusal of the Smirnov / Kawaguchi pair to compete at the European Championship, Fyodor Klimov and his partner got the right to represent their country at an adult level in this tournament. The debut was more than successful - the duo won bronze medals of the continental championship. In addition, the pair became the second in the championship of Russia.
Pre-Olympic season Fedor Klimov and Ksenia Stolbova started with a new coach - Nina Moser. Preparing for the home Games was held in an enhanced mode, because a couple had high hopes for them.
Triumphal Home Olympiad
At the home Olympics in Sochi, steam FedorKlimov / Ksenia Stolbova did not disappoint the hopes of all Russian fans. They perfectly skated an arbitrary program, showing the best result among all participants. This allowed them to add 10 points to the treasury of the Russian national team, which eventually became the winner of the Olympics in team competitions. In the individual competition, the pair won silver medals.
After the Olympics, the star duo did not slow down. They invited the new director Nikolai Morozov, who helped Klimov and Stolbova to make their numbers more spectacular and technically complex.
Season skaters began very successfully. After two victories at the stages of the Grand Prix series, the couple Stolbova / Klimov became the two-time winner of the Russian championship.
Season 2015/2016 duo started with a very difficulttechnical measures by the program. Klimov and Stolbov - the first couple in the world, which performed a cascade of 3-3-2. In the final part of the Grand Prix, they were given a score of 154.6, which only slightly did not reach the world record set by the duet of figure skaters Trankov / Volosozhar.
Unfortunately, Klimov’s injury did not give the coupleperform at the European Championships. The recovery was delayed for four months, but in April 2016 at the World Championships in Boston, Ksenia Stolbova / Fyodor Klimov again hit the ice.
Personal life
If the sports career of a Russian figure skater is always in sight of journalists, then little is known about Fyodor Klimov’s personal life.
Of course, it was not without rumors about his affair with his partner, Xenia Stolbova, but the couple claims that all this is only fiction.
