| Lesia Valadzenkava | |
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 Valadzenkava and Vakunov in 2011 | |
| Other names | Belarusian: Lesia Valadzenkava [1] Russian: Lesia Volodenkova [2] |
| Born | 1 May 1991 Minsk, Belarus |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Partner | Vitali Vakunov |
| Coach | Tatiana Bieliaeva |
| Skating club | RCOP Raybichi |
| Began skating | 1996 |
Lesia Valadzenkava or Volodenkova (born 1 May 1991) is a Belarusian ice dancer. With partner Vitali Vakunov, she is a two-time Belarusian national champion. [3]
(with Vakunov)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2012–2013 [2] |
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| 2011–2012 [1] |
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| 2010–2011 [4] |
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| Original dance | ||
| 2009–2010 [5] | Belarus folk:
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| 2008–2009 [6] |
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(with Vakunov)
| Results [3] | |||||||
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| International | |||||||
| Event | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 |
| Worlds | 17th PR | 38th | |||||
| Europeans | 26th | 13th PR | 16th PR | ||||
| Coupe de Nice | 12th | ||||||
| Ice Star | 3rd | ||||||
| Pavel Roman | 13th J. | 5th | |||||
| Universiade | 10th | ||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 26th | 29th | |||||
| JGP Belarus | 10th | ||||||
| JGP Croatia | 16th | ||||||
| JGP Estonia | 13th | ||||||
| JGP Italy | 13th | ||||||
| JGP Norway | 14th | ||||||
| JGP Poland | 11th | ||||||
| NRW Trophy | 6th J. | ||||||
| National | |||||||
| Belarusian | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | |||
| J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; PR = Preliminary round | |||||||
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