Background
Egor Mikhailovich Zakroev was born 31 December 1993 in Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
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In the 2011-2012 season, Vigalova/Zakroev finished tenth in their senior Russian Championships debut and placed fourth on the junior level
Career
He relocated to Permanent in 2010. Zakroev started skating in Achinsk, taught by Gennadiy Petrov. In 2010, he teamed up with Maria Vigalova in Permanent
The two were coached by Valentina Tiukova, Valeri Tiukov, and Pavel Sliusarenko at Permanent"s Figure Skating Academy.
Olga Volozhinskaya visits the pair three to four times a year to work on choreography and presentation. Vigalova/Zakroev debuted on the Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012-2013 season.
At the Russian Championships, the pair finished ninth on the senior level and then fourth again on the junior level behind Kamilla Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich. Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan.
At the final, Vigalova/Zakroev placed third in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the silver medal behind Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang.
After the event, Zakroev underwent treatment for cysts. In preparation for the 2014-2015 season, Vigalova/Zakroev spent some time training in Sochi and Novogorsk, near Moscow, as well as their regular training site in Permanent (with Vigalova).
Achievements
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They won the bronze medal at JGP Austria and silver at JGP Germany, qualifying them for the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where they won the bronze medal. Vigalova/Zakroev"s first event of the 2013-2014 season was the 2013 JGP Latvia where they won the bronze medal behind teammates Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov. They won gold for the first time at the 2013 JGP Slovakia while posting new personal best scores – 57.75 (SP), 110.35 (FS), 168.10 points (overall). At the Russian Championships, the pair won bronze on the senior level and silver on the junior level They were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where they won the bronze medal after placing fourth in the short program and third in the free skate. Their first event of the season was at the 2014 JGP Estonia where they won the gold medal with a score of 161.83 points. Their next event at the 2014 JGP Croatia, they won another gold with a total of 167.98 points qualifying them to their third International Skating Union JGP Final held in Barcelona, Spain where they took the bronze medal behind teammates Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin.
