Background
Oleksandra Nazarova was born on 30 November 1996 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Oleksandra Nazarova was born on 30 November 1996 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
With partner Maksym Nikitin, she is the 2015 World Junior bronze medalist and 2012 Youth Olympic silver medalist. In 2013, she moved to Moscow, Russia. In 2014, she began taking correspondence courses at the Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture.
Nazarova was a single skater in her early years.
Around 2004, Halyna Churilova encouraged her and Maksym Nikitin, also a single skater from Kharkiv, to form an ice dancing partnership. Churilova coached the team in their hometown.
Seasons: 2010-2011 to 2013-2014
Nazarova/Nikitin debuted on the International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix series in 2010. They placed 11th in Graz, Austria and 7th in Sheffield, England.
In 2011-2012, Nazarova/Nikitin made no appearances on the JGP series but were sent to the Youth Olympics in January 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria.
In 2012-2013, the duo placed 5th in both of their JGP events and were assigned to their first World Junior Championships. At the latter competition, held in late February and early March 2013 in Milan, Italy, Nazarova/Nikitin placed 12th in the short dance, 9th in the free dance, and 11th overall. After the event, Churilova advised them to join Russian coach Alexander Zhulin.
They relocated to Moscow to train with Zhulin and Oleg Volkov.
They placed fifth at the Final, held in December 2013 in Fukuoka, Japan. In March 2014, they finished fifth at the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, having ranked seventh in the short dance and fourth in the free dance.
2014-2015 season: Senior debut
Nazarova/Nikitin continued training in Moscow in the 2014-2015 season. At the Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, France, they ranked fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance.
The duo finished fourth overall, 0.54 shy of third place.
After winning the Ukrainian senior national title, they were named in Ukraine"s team to the European Championships, held in late January 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ranked 12th in the short dance and 11th in the free dance, the two finished 11th overall. In early March, Nazarova/Nikitin competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
They were awarded the bronze medal after placing fifth in the short dance, second in the free dance, and third overall behind Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov of Russia and Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter of the United States.
lieutenant was Ukraine"s first podium finish at the event since 2000. 2015-2016 season
Making their Grand Prix debut, Nazarova/Nikitin finished 7th at the 2015 Skate America.
They withdrew from the Ukrainian Championships due to Nazarova"s knee injury. (with Nikitin).