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Moscow

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Russia

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n ice dancer

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. With partner Victoria Sinitsina

Victoria Sinitsina

Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina is a Russian ice dancer. Competing with Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist.- Career :Sinitsina began skating at the age of four....

, he is the 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final

2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and the Junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2010–2011 season...

 silver medalist. He is the brother of Nelli Zhiganshina

Nelli Zhiganshina

Nelli Nailevna Zhiganshina is a Russian ice dancer who currently competes for Germany with Alexander Gazsi. They are two-time German national champions.- Career :...

 who competes for Germany.

Career

Zhiganshin began skating at the age of four.

Sinitsina and Zhiganshina debuted on the Junior Grand Prix circuit at the 2008 Merano Cup where they finished 6th. The following JGP season

2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...

, they finished 5th at both of their events.

They won a pair of silver medals during the 2010-2011 JGP season

2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the fourteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level...

 and qualified for the JGP Final

2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and the Junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2010–2011 season...

. At the Final, they won the short dance and placed second in the free dance to take the silver behind Ksenia Monko

Ksenia Monko

Ksenia Ivanovna Monko is a Russian ice dancer who competes with Kirill Khaliavin. They are the 2011 World Junior champions, two-time Junior Grand Prix Final champions and two-time Russian Junior champions...

 and Kirill Khaliavin

Kirill Khaliavin

Kirill Leonidovich Khaliavin is a Russian ice dancer who competes with Ksenia Monko. They are the 2011 World Junior champions, two-time Junior Grand Prix Final champions and two-time Russian Junior champions.- Career :...

. They withdrew from the 2011 Russian Junior Championships

2011 Russian Figure Skating Championships

The 2011 Russian Figure Skating Championships are the national championships of Russia for the 2010–2011 season. The winners were crowned the 2011 Russian Champions...

 due to Sinitsina's illness.

In the 2011–2012 season

2011–2012 figure skating season

The 2011–2012 figure skating season begins on July 1, 2011, and ends on June 30, 2012. During this season, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2012 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships...

, Sinitsina and Zhiganshin won gold at the Junior Grand Prix event in Poland, their first JGP title. They won another title in Austria to qualify for their second Junior Grand Prix Final

2011–2012 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2011–2012 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final will be the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and the Junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2011–2012 season...

.

Programs

(with Sinitsina)

Season	Short dance Short dance The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...	Free dance Free dance (figure skating) The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...	Exhibition
2011–2012	Manhã de Carnaval  by Elizete Cardoso Elizete Cardoso Elizeth Moreira Cardoso , was a singer and actress of great renown in Brazil....   Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha by Petty Booka Petty Booka Petty Booka is a Japanese musical group that consists of two women, Petty and Booka, who sing and play ukulele. Most of the band's early output consisted of cover versions of Hawaiian ukulele classics. The two also do many covers of well-known rock songs. Petty Booka is part of Sister Benten...	The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...   by Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
2010–2011	Algo pequeñito Algo pequeñito "Algo pequeñito" is a song performed by Daniel Diges and composed by Jesús Cañadilla with the collaboration of Luis Miguel de la Varga, Alberto Jodar and Daniel Diges himself, which represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The song, which is based on the classic waltz rhythm, was the...   by Daniel Diges Daniel Diges Daniel Diges García is a Spanish singer, pianist, composer and actor. Although officially born in Madrid, he has spent all his youth in Alcalá de Henares .-Life and career:...	Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah (opera) Samson and Delilah , Op. 47, is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire...   by Camille Saint-Saëns Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony... S'Apre Per Te Il Mio Cuore by Camille Saint-Saëns sung by Filippa Giordano Filippa Giordano Filippa Giordano is an Italian crossover singer.-Biography:Filippa was born in Palermo and she is the youngest of a whole generation of musicians. At the age of nine, she started ballet at the National Academy of Rome...

Competitive highlights

(with Sinitsina)

Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Russian Junior Championships Russian Figure Skating Championships The Russian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Russia. Skaters compete at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The first Russian national...	12th	7th	6th
Junior Grand Prix Final ISU Junior Grand Prix Final The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final is the culminating competition of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, which is a series of junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union...				2nd	TBD
Junior Grand Prix, Poland					1st
Junior Grand Prix, England 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the fourteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level...				2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Austria ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Junior figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...				2nd	1st
Junior Grand Prix, U.S. 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...			5th
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...			5th
Junior Grand Prix, Italy		6th
NRW Trophy NRW Trophy The NRW Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union....		2nd J.
J. = Junior level

External links

• Victoria Sinitsina & Ruslan Zhiganshin at Icenetwork
• Жиганшин Руслан Наильевич (Zhiganshin Ruslan Nailevich) at fskate.ru