Childhood
Ksenia was born on February 7, 1992 in St. Petersburg. Since childhood, she was an active and talented child - the girl’s parents noticed Ksyusha’s craving for drawing and singing. However, at 2.5 years old, Stolbova watched a figure skating competition on TV and declared that she would definitely become an athlete.
Ksenia Stolbova's height is 158 cm
“She fell ill with this sport. There was nothing they could do!” recalled the girl’s mother. Her father and grandmother did not want Ksyusha to connect her life with figure skating, but the girl stood her ground, and at the age of 6 she first came to the skating rink. Subsequently, the girl had to receive school knowledge and do homework in the breaks between training sessions.
First steps in sports
The future champion was born in 1992, on February 7. This event took place in the city of St. Petersburg. Stolbova grew up in a friendly family, where much attention was paid to the upbringing and development of creative inclinations. Since childhood, the girl showed various talents; she sang and drew well. Parents tried their best to develop these abilities. Once, at 2.5 years old, having seen a figure skating competition on TV, the child asked for nothing more than skates. Her parents tried in every possible way to dissuade her from playing sports, directing her energy in a calmer direction. But already at this age, the purposeful character of Ksenia Stolbova manifested itself. At the age of six, her mother took her to the skating rink. In St. Petersburg there is an excellent figure skating school that has trained many stars. They immediately recognized Ksyusha’s athletic inclinations and assertive character. At the age of 14 she switched to pair skating, where she began skating with Arthur Minchuk. This couple existed for two years.
Sports career
In high school, the girl, who had previously been involved in singles skating, switched to pair skating on her own initiative. Arthur Minchuk became her partner. Three years later, coach Lyudmila Georgievna Velikova paired Ksenia with Fedor Klimov, with whom the girl subsequently made the main achievements in her career.
Ksenia Stolbova and Fyodor Klimov
The path of the young figure skater with Klimov can be called successful: selection to the final of the Junior Grand Prix in the first joint season, victory at the Russian Junior Championships, bronze at the World Junior Championships in the Netherlands, 2nd place in the Junior Grand Prix of the 2010\2011 season Beijing. Soon the couple was included in the national team for the Junior World Championships in South Korea, where they won silver.
In January 2012, Ksenia and Fedor won bronze at the European Championships, which took place in Great Britain. They were allowed to participate in such a large-scale adult competition by the removal of domestic figure skaters Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov for medical reasons.
Together with her partner, Ksenia Stolbova won many awards
In 2013, Stolbova and Klimov were offered to move from St. Petersburg to Moscow. The coach recalls that Ksenia, an adventurer by nature, immediately agreed to the move, while Fedor, calmer and more homely, did not really want to go, but could not help but support his partner.
In 2014, Stolbov and Klimov were able to fulfill the main dream of every figure skater - to take part in the Winter Olympic Games, which were held in Sochi. The couple earned 10 points for their team, becoming first in the free program, and the entire Russian team deservedly received gold. In the same month, Ksenia received the title of “Honored Master of Sports of Russia” and the Order of Friendship.
Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov at the Olympics in Sochi After the Olympics, the famous couple continued to conquer the sports Olympus - they were expected to win at both stages of the Grand Prix and a second victory at the Russian Championship in December. In the 2015-2016 season, Ksenia and Fedor were the first couple in history who managed to jump the “3-3-2” cascade. At the Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, the figure skaters’ dance was rated at 154.6 points, which was the second result in the history of the new ISU judging system - the guys lost only 0.06 points to the world record of the pair Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov.
After successful performances, Fedor was injured, and the couple had to take a break for 4 months. Soon after a good, but not victorious, performance at the World Championships in Boston in the spring of 2020, Ksenia also suffered an injury. The skaters were able to return to the ice only towards the end of the year, but the return was triumphant: at the Russian Championship in Chelyabinsk the couple received a gold medal. Also, Evgeniy Medvedev and Mikhail Kolyada (in single skating) took away gold medals from the competition.
This was followed by a not very successful performance at the European Championships in Ostrava (January 2020), finishing in the top five pairs at the World Championships in Helsinki (March-April 2020), bronze medals at the Finnish Trophy, as well as silver at the Grand Prix series. at (October 2020) at home and Japanese stages (November 2017).
Personal life of Ksenia Stolbova
For a long time, fans were sure that Fedor and Ksenia were a couple not only on the ice, but the skaters assured that their relationship was only working and friendly.
Ksenia Stolbova and her ex-boyfriend Dmitry Solovyov
During the preparation for the Olympics in Sochi, Stolbova was noticed together with figure skaters Dmitry Solovyov. According to rumors, Ksenia broke up the family - Dmitry was married to former figure skater Ekaterina Lobanova, who gave birth to a son to Solovyov in 2010. However, the couple soon broke up - the skater became interested in Russian curler Anna Sidorova. Whether Stolbova’s heart is now occupied or not is unknown.
Ksenia Stolbova: athlete and beauty
The main achievement of the couple Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov was the Olympic medals in Sochi 2014 - gold in the team and silver in individual competitions.
But then something went wrong, and not so long ago it became known that Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov broke up and went their separate ways.
The Stolbova/Klimov pair ceased to exist in the spring of 2018, shortly after the IOC did not issue Ksenia an invitation to the Games in Pyeongchang without explanation.
There are several versions of why the couple broke up. According to one, even before the 2018 Olympics, Stolbova announced her desire to end her career after the Games, according to another, Klimov wanted to end his career, and the third version is that they both wanted to take a break after the Olympic cycle and decide what to do next. There was also a rumor that Stolbova did not want to end her career, but wanted a new partner, plus there were mutual claims and grievances in the couple. Some also hinted at intrigues between rivals and the federation, which escalated amid a series of setbacks and injuries after a successful 2014 season.
Already after the fact, Stolbova voiced her grievances against the coaches and the betrayal of her partner, but Klimov did not comment with a single word on the breakup of the couple, and in the spring he officially ended his career as a skater and left to try himself in the coaching field.
Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, Sergey Bobylev/TASS
In the fall, Nina Moser assessed the prospects of her student in this way: “I gave Fedya Klimov the opportunity to work with one couple and realized that he would be a brilliant coach. When I saw what he did in a month and a half, I was simply stunned. He is such a smart person who has absorbed such things, thought through them himself and developed them himself. I even suggested that he do scientific work for the future. It’s very interesting to discuss and talk with him.”
Ksenia Stolbova and Andrei Novoselov - are they a new couple?
Unlike Klimov, Stolbova continued skating and in September 2018 introduced her new partner, Andrei Novoselov, with whom she had already started training in Novogorsk in the summer.
Novoselov was born in Perm, and since 2014 he has played for France. From 2006 to 2020, Novoselov changed five partners, Ksenia is his sixth attempt to break into the figure skating elite. Andrey is three years older than Ksenia and 30 cm taller (his height is 187 cm, Stolbova’s height is 157 cm).
Stolbova and Novoselov have known each other since they were juniors, when they trained together in Nina Moser’s group. Who approached whom and offered a partnership is not known for certain, but the decision was a godsend for both: Stolbova received a new partner and a prospect for further performances, and Novoselov received a partner with whom he and Lola Esbrat could aim for much more than their 10th place at the championship Europe 2018 and 25th place at the World Championship 2018.
Ksenia Stolbova: skate at the European Championships.
Is Ksenia Stolbova married?
There is no official information about the figure skater’s marriage.
For a long time, fans were sure that Fedor and Ksenia were a couple not only on the ice, but the skaters assured that their relationship was purely working.
There are athletes who air their dirty laundry for everyone to see, but this is not Ksenia Stolbova. The figure skater’s personal life has never been the subject of discussion in the tabloid press, and so far only two serious romances between Ksenia and her colleagues are known.
During preparations for the home Olympics, Stolbova had a whirlwind romance with Dmitry Solovyov. For the sake of Ksenia, Solovyov even broke up with his wife and ice dancing partner Ekaterina Lobanova. Many experts noted that it was this love that allowed Ksenia to “bloom” and give the best performances of her life in Sochi 2014. Things were heading towards the wedding, but Solovyov decided to exchange one ice queen for another, having become carried away by curling player Anna Sidorova. This couple is still together.
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After the end of her relationship with Solovyov, Ksenia dated for two years with figure skater Ivan Regini (Russian Ivan Bariev, who, after starting to compete for Italy, took his stepfather’s last name). At the end of 2020, the couple broke up, but maintained a warm relationship.
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After that, there were rumors (only rumors!) that the guy with whom Ksenia Stolbova was dating was coach and choreographer Nikolai Morozov. The rumors are not surprising, since Morozov worked with the Stolbov/Klimov couple for several years and is widely known for having affairs with his students.
Using his “Don Juan” list, you can shoot a real series. Thus, Morozov never hid his relationships with Elena Grushina, Olga Orlova, Elena Gedevanishvili, Miki Ando and Elena Ilinykh.
Officially, Morozov was married four times. Morozov’s first wife was then Belarusian figure skater Tatyana Navka, then French figure skater Caroline Duarin, then Canadian figure skater Shay-Lynn Bourne, and in the spring of 2020 Morozov married 18-year-old Russian figure skater Vasilisa Davankova, daughter of Alexander Davankov, one of the founders.
Now insiders are saying that Ksenia Stolbova and her new partner Andrei Novoselov have such strong feelings for each other that it is impossible to hide it from outsiders. As Ksenia herself admits: “It’s probably like in any relationship: you immediately feel whether you are comfortable with the person or not. By the look, by the touch, by the manner of speech, by the care. And I immediately realized that I wasn’t looking for anyone else. It’s clear that you’ll have to readjust some things and acquire new habits, but it’s fun.”
Was she just talking about working at the skating rink? You can tell fortunes, but so far the only time-tested and confirmed life partner of Ksenia Stolbova is the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dan, who accompanies her on all her trips.
Is it too late for Ksenia to change her partner at 26?
Stolbova has an excellent example before her eyes: Alena Savchenko, a two-time bronze medalist at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics in 2020, replaced Robin Szolkowy with Bruno Massot, and with him won gold at the 2018 Olympics at the age of 34. At the 2022 Olympics, Ksenia will be only 30; she still has a lot of time ahead to aim for European and world titles, as well as the Olympic championship in individual competitions.
Who trains the Stolbov/Novoselov pairing?
Not yet known. Perhaps this is Nikolai Morozov.
Ksenia Stolbova herself, when asked about the couple’s coach, answers that this is a big secret.
But it is known that Tatyana Tarasova warmly supports the new couple: “I saw them in training. What I saw shocked me. They ride uniquely. A person with such talent as Ksyusha should not disappear, and he should be supported by the country. Stolbova and Novoselov are amazingly suited to each other, they do very difficult elements, and, most importantly, they skate like no one else. I want everything to work out for them, and for no bastard to interfere in the process of restoring justice to Ksyusha. I think that in the current environment, a couple that will be able to compete for the highest honors at the Olympic Games will be supported by the federation."
Does Ksenia Stolbova have an Instagram account?
Ksenia had an Instagram account, but activity there was minimal: since May 2020, the athlete has made only five posts. Soon this page became unavailable. Ksenia also has a VKontakte page.
Ksenia Stolbova now
At the European Championships in Moscow on January 15-21, 2020, the skaters won silver medals and began preparing for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. However, a few days after the Championship, information appeared that the IOC did not allow Stolbova to participate in the Olympics without explanation, as well as figure skater Ivan Bukin, although both athletes were clean. Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov at the 2020 European Championship It soon became known that Ksenia and Fedor decided to retire. Figure skater Maxim Trankov emphasized that this idea appeared among the athletes even before the IOC’s refusal. The last competitive performance of Stolbova and Klimov will take place at the World Championships in Milan, in March 2020.
