Kristin Fraser | |
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![]() Fraser and Lukanin at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Azerbaijan |
Former country(ies) represented | United States |
Born | Palo Alto, California | February 29, 1980
Residence | West Orange, New Jersey |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Partner | Igor Lukanin |
Former partner | Peter Kongkasem (USA) Jonathan Nichols (USA) |
Coach | Nikolai Morozov |
Former coach | Alexander Zhulin Genrikh Sretenski |
Choreographer | Nikolai Morozov |
Skating club | Central Army Sport Club, Baku |
Retired | 2010 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 173.95 2008 Worlds |
Comp. dance | 33.02 2008 Europeans |
Original dance | 56.35 2008 Worlds |
Free dance | 87.26 2005 Worlds |
Kristin Fraser (born February 29, 1980) is an American former competitive ice dancer who competed for Azerbaijan with Igor Lukanin. They teamed up in 2000 and became four-time Azerbaijani national champions. They represented Azerbaijan at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. Fraser and Lukanin were married on December 31, 2010 in Montclair, New Jersey.
Fraser previously competed for the United States. She skated with Peter Kongkasem for four years until 1996 when he took a break from skating due to health issues [1] and Jonathan Nichols.
Event | 1996 |
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U.S. Championships | 13th J. |
J. = Junior level |
Event | 2000 |
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U.S. Championships | 8th |
Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 17th | 19th | |||||||
World Championships | 19th | 15th | 13th | 16th | 13th | 14th | 16th | 11th | 18th |
European Championships | 16th | 14th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 9th | |
Azerbaijani Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||
Trophée Eric Bompard | 7th | 6th | 6th | ||||||
NHK Trophy | 5th | ||||||||
Skate America | 6th | 5th | |||||||
Cup of Russia | 7th | ||||||||
Cup of China | 5th | 4th | |||||||
Skate Canada International | 7th | 7th | 4th | ||||||
Karl Schäfer Memorial | 2nd | ||||||||
Golden Spin of Zagreb | 2nd | 5th | 1st | ||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 5th | 4th | 4th |
(with Lukanin)
Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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2008–2009 [2] | St. Louis Blues | Ocean Heart by Amici Forever (based on Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian) |
2007–2008 | Russian gypsy dance | Time to Say Goodbye by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli |
2002–2003 [3] |
| Fiesta de Boi Bumba Orchestra Mundurucania |
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