Ksenia Makarova

At a glance

Born 1992-12-20.

Known as: figure skater. Citizenship: Russia and United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life Makarova was born on 20 December 1992 in Saint Petersburg . [ 1 ] She is the daughter of retired pair skaters Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov , the 1984 Olympic bronze medalists . [ 2 ] She has a brother, Alexei, who is nine years younger. [ 3 ] Her family immigrated to the United States when she was 8 years old. [ 2 ] Makarova was an honors student at Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, New York . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She became a naturalized U.S.

Ksenia Olegovna Makarova is a retired Russian, later an American, figure skater. She is the 2010 Skate Canada International silver medalist, 2009 Cup of Nice champion, and 2010 Russian national champion. She represented Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 10th.

Path and career

Career Makarova did not care for skating when she first stepped onto the ice at age 6 but a couple years later, after her family had moved to the U.S., she tried skating again and began to like it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She began competing in the United States in the 2003–04 season at the intermediate level, where she placed 7th at her regional championship. The following season, again competing as an intermediate, she won the pewter medal at her regional championship and went on to place 15th at the U.S.

Why this date

Ksenia Makarova appears on our December 20 calendar for 1992 as a birth entry.