Ekaterina Petaikina

Ekaterina Petaikina
Ekaterina Petaikina
Full name	Ekaterina Igorevna Petaikina
Born	23 February 1995 (age 29); Moscow, Russia
Height	1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Artur Dmitriev
Skating club	SDUSSHOR 37
Began skating	2000

Ekaterina Igorevna Petaikina (Russian: Екатерина Игоревна Петайкина; born 23 February 1995) is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Maxim Kurdyukov, she placed 6th at the 2012 Junior Worlds and is the 2012 Russian Junior silver medalist.

Career

Petaikina/Kurdyukov began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2009. In the 2011–12 JGP season, they finished fourth in Latvia and won bronze in Austria. Their results qualified them for the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth. Petaikina/Kurdyukov took the silver medal at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships and were sent to the 2012 World Junior Championships where they finished sixth. In May 2012, the pair ended their partnership.

Petaikina teamed up with Konstantin Bezmaternikh and skated with him for one season.

(with Kurdyukov)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–2012 ^[1]	Sarabande by George Frideric Handel (modern arrangement)	Mr. & Mrs. Smith by John Powell

National^[2]
Event	2012–13
Russian Championships	11th

^ "Ekaterina PETAIKINA / Maxim KURDYUKOV: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Екатерина Игоревна Петайкина" [Ekaterina Igorevna Petaikina] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
^ "Competition Results: Ekaterina PETAIKINA / Maxim KURDYUKOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014.