Ksenia Caesar
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| Born | Ksenia Genrikhovna Caesar 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 1942 (aged 52–53) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Nikolai Panin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ksenia Genrikhovna Caesar (Russian: Ксения Генриховна Цезар; 1889 – February 1942) was a Russian and Soviet figure skater.
She was a five-time champion of Russia in ladies' single skating (in 1911, 1912, 1914, 1914, and 1915) and the 1939 champion of the USSR. She was a graduate of the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health and taught there, and she also coached figure skating. During World War II, she worked as an army medic.
Her coach was Nikolai Panin. They were both caught in the Siege of Leningrad, where Caesar died in 1942. She is buried in Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.