Tiffany Zahorski

Tiffany Anastasia Zahorski
Tiffany Zahorski & Alexis Miart Ostrava JGP.jpg
Zahorski in 2010
Personal information
Full name Tiffany Anastasia Zahorski
Country represented Russia (since 2015)
Former country(ies) represented France (until 2014)
Born (1994-08-16) 16 August 1994
London, England
Residence Moscow, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Partner Jonathan Guerreiro
Former partner Alexis Miart, Paul Fieret
Coach Alexander Zhulin
Former coach Romain Haguenauer
Muriel Zazoui
Olivier Schoenfelder
Jimmy Young
Bohdan Zahorski
Choreographer Alexander Zhulin
Former choreographer Romain Haguenauer
Skating club Moskvich
Former skating club Lyon CSGL
Training locations Moscow
Former training locations Lyon, London, Cardiff, Sheffield
Began skating 1996
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 128.16
2011 Junior Worlds
Short dance 52.69
2010 JGP Ostrava
Free dance 79.20
2011 Junior Worlds

Tiffany Anastasia Zahorski (born 16 August 1994) is an ice dancer who competes with Jonathan Guerreiro for Russia. With former partner Alexis Miart, she placed fourth at the 2011 World Junior Championships representing France.

Personal life

Zahorski was born on 16 August 1994 in London, England.[1] She is an only child. Her father, Bohdan Zahorski, trained and subsequently coached at Queens Ice Skating rink in central London until he died on 15 January 2010. One of his early coaches was Gladys Hogg M.B.E. Her paternal great grandfather, Eugeniusz Zahorski, was a renowned Polish chess player and activist who lived in exile in Moscow, Russia.[2] Her paternal grandfather, Jerzy Dominik Zahorski, was born in Moscow, Russia in 1917[3] and was exiled to England in the wake of World War II, in which he served as an RAF pilot.[4] His sister, Elizabeth Maria Zahorska, was sentenced to death and shot by the Germans during the 1939 Warsaw uprising for defacing German propaganda posters in a deliberate act of defiance.[5] [6] As she faced the firing squad her last defiant words were "Poland has not yet perished". She was posthumously awarded the Polish "Cross of Valour".

In late 2012, Zahorski played the role of Vanessa, an ice skater in a French comedy detective film Je fais le mort directed by Jean-Paul Salome, which was released on December 11, 2013.

Zahorski became a French citizen on 19 June 2013[7] and a Russian citizen in April 2016.[8][9] She speaks English, French, and Russian.

Career

Early career

Zahorski began skating in 1996 at the age of two. She was taught by her father, Bohdan, in both London and Cardiff until the age of ten, when she moved to Sheffield to train with Jimmy Young. Under Young's tutelage, she became the British Novice Solo Dance Champion in 2005, the British Primary Solo Dance Silver medallist in 2006 and the Lake Placid Novice Solo Dance Bronze medallist in 2007. In September 2007, aged just 13, she relocated with her mother to France to train with Muriel Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer.

In April 2008, Zahorski became the French Novice Solo Dance champion and as a result found her first partner Paul Fieret. After only one competition together, the 2008 French Masters, Fieret retired due to injury.

Partnership with Miart

Zahorski was partnered with Alexis Miart by Zazoui in March 2009. They placed 4th at the 2011 World Junior Championships, with a second-place finish in the free dance. They elected to compete in the senior ranks the following season.[10] In early July 2011, Miart sustained a fracture to the right malleolus.[11] Zahorski trained alone for two and a half months while he recuperated.[10] They consequently missed the 2011 fall season, but returned to competition in time for the 2012 French Nationals.[12] After winning the bronze medal there, they were named to the French team to the 2012 European Championships.[13] In the preliminary round at Europeans, an aborted lift and both skaters falling on another lift cost them almost twenty points and qualification to the short dance.[14]

Zahorski/Miart received an assignment to the 2012 Trophée Eric Bompard but withdrew.[15] On 9 November 2012, it was confirmed that their partnership had ended and that Zahorski was searching for a new partner.[16][17]

Partnership with Guerreiro

Zahorski moved to Moscow in June 2014 to partner Jonathan Guerreiro, coached by Alexander Zhulin.[18] In July 2014, the Russian Federation asked the French Skating Federation (FFSG) to release her to skate for Russia.[18] They placed fifth at the 2015 Russian Championships.

The FFSG released Zahorski in October 2015, three years and nine months after her last competition for France, allowing Zahorski/Guerreiro to appear for Russia internationally.[19] The two made their international debut at the 2015 Santa Claus Cup, winning the gold medal. They finished fifth at the 2016 Russian Championships.

Programs

With Guerreiro

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–16
[20]
    2014–15
    • Paso doble

    With Miart

    Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
    2011–12[1]
    2010–11[21]
    Original dance
    2009–10[22]
    • Folk dance: Flamenco medley

    Competitive highlights

    GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    With Guerreiro for Russia

    International[23]
    Event 2014–15 2015–16
    Santa Claus Cup 1st
    National[24]
    Russian Champ 5th 5th

    With Miart for France

    International[25]
    Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
    Europeans 9th PR
    GP Bompard WD WD
    Nebelhorn Trophy WD
    Trophy of Lyon 2nd J. 1st
    International: Junior[25]
    Junior Worlds 4th
    JGP Belarus 10th
    JGP Czech Rep. 2nd
    JGP Romania 4th
    NRW Trophy 5th J. 1st J.
    National[25]
    French Champ. 4th J. 3rd J. 3rd
    Masters 4th J. 3rd J.
    Spanish Champ. 3rd J. G
    A: Alternate; G: Guest; J: Junior level
    PR: Preliminary round; WD: Withdrew

    References

    1. 1 2 "Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012.
    2. ↑ pl:Kategoria:Polscy zesłańcy w Imperium Rosyjskim
    3. ↑ http://www.genealogia.okiem.pl/zahorski.htm
    4. ↑ http://listakrzystka.pl/?p=328120
    5. ↑ http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/elzbieta_zahorska_bohaterka_walczacej_stolicy_193944_166764.html
    6. ↑ https://forumemjot.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/powstanie-warszawskie-1944-20-sierpnia-70-rocznica-smierci-tadeusza-zawadzkiego-zoska-bohaterowie-szarych-szeregow/
    7. ↑ "Tiffany Zahorski". International Figure Skating Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016.
    8. ↑ "Фигуристка Тиффани Загорски объявила, что получила российский паспорт" [Figure skater Tiffany Zahorski has a Russian passport]. rsport.ru (in Russian). 28 April 2016.
    9. ↑ "Figure skater Tiffany Zahorski says she got Russian passport". Russian News Agency TASS. 29 April 2016.
    10. 1 2 "Meeting Tiffany Zahorski and Alexis Miart". Annecy Infosports / Alpes Infosports. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012.
    11. ↑ Peret, Paul (10 October 2011). "Daisuke Takahashi: French Twizzles". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
    12. ↑ Backman, Daphne (19 December 2011). "Around the World of Ice Dance Blog #1". ice-dance.com.
    13. ↑ "Joubert et Amodio chefs de file" [Joubert and Amodio lead French team]. L'Équipe (in French). 22 December 2011.
    14. ↑ "Zahorski-Miart à la trappe" [Zahorski-Miart out]. L'Équipe (in French). 23 January 2012.
    15. ↑ "ISU GP Trophee Bompard 2012: Ice Dance Entries". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
    16. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (9 November 2012). "Ice Dancers T. Zahorski/A. Miart (FRA) split". Twitter.
    17. ↑ "Zahorski & Miart part ways". ice-dance.com. 12 November 2012.
    18. 1 2 Flade, Tatjana (2 August 2015). "Zahorski and Guerreiro hope for international debut this season". Golden Skate.
    19. ↑ "Французской фигуристке Тиффани Загорски разрешили выступать за Россию - Жулин" [French figure skater permitted to skate for Russia, according to Zhulin] (in Russian). rsport.ru. 17 October 2015.
    20. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (5 June 2015). "Inside Russia: Skaters Prepare for New Season". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
    21. ↑ "Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
    22. ↑ "Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 November 2009.
    23. ↑ "Competition Results: Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO". International Skating Union.
    24. ↑ "Тиффани Загорски" [Tiffany Zahorski]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
    25. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

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