Julia Obertas

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Julia Obertas
Obertas in 2005.
Personal Info
Country: Flag of Russia Russia
Date of birth: June 19, 1984 (1984-06-19) (age 23)
Residence: St. Petersburg, Russia
Height: 154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Partner: Sergei Slavnov
Former Partner: Dmitri Palamarchuk (UKR), Alexei Sokolov
Coach: Ludmila Velikova
Former Coach: Tamara Moskvina
Skating Club: Yubileini Sport Club
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total: 177.10 2005 Europeans
Short Program: 63.59 2005 Europeans
Free Skate: 117.98 2005 Cup of Russia

Julia Obertas (Russian: Юлия Обертас) (born June 19, 1984 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is a Russian pair skater who previously represented her native Ukraine in international competition. She and her partner Sergei Slavnov are the 2005 European silver medalists. They teamed up in 2003. Obertas began skating at age 6 and switched to pairs when she was 11.

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[edit] Career

Prior to teamed up with Slavnov, she skated with Dmitri Palamarchuk on the junior level, representing Ukraine. They won the 1998 and 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and the 1997 and 1998 Junior Grand Prix Final. They broke up after their first senior season together after Palamarchuk caught an edge on a lift and they both fell to the ice at the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships.

After that, Obertas teamed up with Alexei Sokolov and began to represent Russia.

[edit] Competitive highlights

(with Slavnov)

Event 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007
Winter Olympic Games 8th
World Championships 7th 5th 8th
European Championships 4th 2nd 4th 4th
Russian Championships 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd
Grand Prix Final 4th 5th
NHK Trophy 6th
Trophee Eric Bompard 3rd
Cup of Russia 5th 2nd 2nd
Skate America 2nd 3rd
Skate Canada 6th
Bofrost Cup 2nd

(with Sokolov)

Event 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
World Championships 8th
European Championships 5th
Russian Championships 4th 4th 3rd
Grand Prix Final 4th
Cup of Russia 5th 3rd
Nations Cup 2nd
NHK Trophy 4th
Skate America 4th
Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd

(with Palamarchuk)

Event 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000
World Championships 11th WD
European Championships 7th 6th 6th
World Junior Championships 1st 1st 2nd
Ukrainian Championships 3rd
Ukrainian Junior Championships 4th
Trophée Lalique 7th
Skate Canada 5th
Skate Israel 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 3rd
Junior Grand Prix Final 1st 1st
Junior Grand Prix, France 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine 1st 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 2nd

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