Victoria Sinitsina

Victoria Sinitsina
Sinitsina at the Kremlin in 2022
Personal information
Native name
Виктория Александровна Синицина
Full nameVictoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina
Other namesViktoria
Born (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995
Moscow, Russia
Home townMoscow
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
PartnerNikita Katsalapov
CoachAlexander Zhulin
Petr Durnev
Skating clubOlympic School Moskvich, Moscow
Began skating1999
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dance
Representing  ROC
(with Katsalapov)
Olympic Games
2022 Beijing Ice dancing
2022 Beijing Team
Representing FSR
(with Katsalapov)
World Championships
2021 Stockholm Ice dancing
Representing  Russia
(with Katsalapov)
World Championships
2019 Saitama Ice dancing
Grand Prix Final
2018–19 Vancouver Ice dancing
World Team Trophy
2021 Osaka Team
2019 Fukuoka Team
Representing  Russia
(with Zhiganshin)
World Junior Championships
2012 Minsk Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2011–12 Quebec Ice dancing
2010–11 Beijing Ice dancing

Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina (Russian: Виктория Александровна Синицина; born 29 April 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With Nikita Katsalapov, she is the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, 2022 Olympic silver medalist, 2021 World champion, two-time European Champion (2020,2022), the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time Russian national champion (2019–2020). They have also won several medals on the Grand Prix and the Challenger Series, including winning the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

With former partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2012 World Junior champion and won bronze medals at the 2013 Winter Universiade, 2012 Rostelecom Cup, and 2014 Russian Championships.