Vitali Vakunov | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Belarus |
Born | Minsk, Belarus | 5 January 1991
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Partner | Lesia Valadzenkava |
Former partner | Maria Feoktistova |
Coach | Tatiana Bieliaeva |
Choreographer | Yuri Vidoviehenko |
Skating club | RCOP Raybichi |
Training locations | Raybichi Minsk Moscow |
Began skating | 2000 |
Vitali Vakunov (born 5 January 1991) is a Belarusian ice dancer. With partner Lesia Valadzenkava (Volodenkova), he is a four-time Belarusian national champion. [1]
(with Valadzenkava)
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2012–2013 [2] |
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2011–2012 [3] |
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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 Valadzenkava)
Results [1] | |||||||
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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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