Tiffany Zahorski

Zahorski in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Tiffany Anastasia Zahorski
Other names	Tiffani Zagorski
Born	(1994-08-16)16 August 1994 (age 31) London, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia (since 2015)
Partner	Jonathan Guerreiro
Skating club	Moskvich
Began skating	1996
Retired	July 17, 2023

Tiffany Anastasia Zahorski (Russian:Тиффани Анастасия Загорски; born 16 August 1994) is a retired British-Russianice dancer. Competing withJonathan Guerreiro for Russia, she is the2018 NHK Trophy silver medalist, the2018 Skate America bronze medalist, and a three-timeRussian national medalist (2021 silver; 2018, 2020 bronze).

With former partnerAlexis Miart, she placed fourth at the2011 World Junior Championships representing France.

Zahorski was born on 16 August 1994 inLondon, England.^[1] She is an only child. Her father, Bohdan Zahorski, trained and subsequently coached at Queens Ice Skating rink in central London until he died on 15 January 2010. One of his early coaches was Gladys Hogg M.B.E.^{[citation needed]}

Her paternal grandfather, Jerzy Dominik Zahorski, was born inMoscow, Russia, in 1917^[2] and was exiled to England in the wake of World War II, in which he served as anRAF pilot.^[3] His sister, Elżbieta Maria Zahorska, was taken prisoner in the battle for Warsaw in 1939, escaped and was recaptured when tearing down German propaganda posters. She was sentenced to death and shot by the Germans - in the Germans' first official execution - for her deliberate act of defiance.^[4][5] As she faced the firing squad her last defiant words were "Poland has not yet perished" - which she said in German "Noch ist Polen nicht verloren". She was posthumously awarded the Polish "Cross of Valour".^{[citation needed]}

In late 2012, Zahorski played the role of Vanessa, an ice skater in a French comedy detective filmJe fais le mort directed byJean-Paul Salome, which was released on 11 December 2013.

Zahorski became a French citizen on 19 June 2013^[6] and a Russian citizen in April 2016.^[7][8] She speaks English, French, and Russian.

Zahorski began skating in 1996 at the age of two. She was taught by her father, Bohdan, in bothLondon andCardiff until the age of ten, when she moved toSheffield to train with Jimmy Young. Under Young's tutelage, she became the British Novice Solo Dance Champion in 2005, the British Primary Solo Dance Silver medallist in 2006 and the Lake Placid Novice Solo Dance Bronze medallist in 2007. In September 2007, aged just 13, she relocated with her mother to France to train withMuriel Zazoui andRomain Haguenauer.

In April 2008, Zahorski became the French Novice Solo Dance champion and as a result found her first partner Paul Fieret. After only one competition together, the 2008 French Masters, Fieret retired due to injury.

Zahorski was partnered withAlexis Miart by Zazoui in March 2009. They placed fourth at the2011 World Junior Championships, with a second-place finish in the free dance. They elected to compete in the senior ranks the following season.^[9] In early July 2011, Miart sustained a fracture to the rightmalleolus.^[10] Zahorski trained alone for two and a half months while he recuperated.^[9] They consequently missed the 2011 fall season, but returned to competition in time for the2012 French Nationals.^[11] After winning the bronze medal there, they were named to the French team to the2012 European Championships.^[12] In the preliminary round at Europeans, an aborted lift and both skaters falling on another lift cost them almost twenty points and qualification to the short dance.^[13]

Zahorski/Miart received an assignment to the2012 Trophée Eric Bompard but withdrew.^[14] On 9 November 2012, it was confirmed that their partnership had ended and that Zahorski was searching for a new partner.^[15][16]

In June 2014 Zahorski began training with her partnerJonathan Guerreiro, coached byAlexander Zhulin.^[17] In July 2014, the Russian Federation asked the French Skating Federation (FFSG) to release her to skate for Russia.^[17] They placed fifth at the2015 Russian Championships.

The FFSG released Zahorski in October 2015, three years and nine months after her last competition for France, allowing Zahorski/Guerreiro to appear for Russia internationally.^[18] The two made their international debut at the 2015Santa Claus Cup, winning the gold medal. They finished fifth at the2016 Russian Championships.

In the 2016–17 season, Zahorski/Guerreiro won the bronze medal at the2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial after placing third in both segments and earning a new personal best total score of 165.64 points. They received another bronze medal in their next event, the2016 CS Finlandia Trophy. They then made theirGrand Prix series debut at the2016 Rostelecom Cup where they placed fifth. A few weeks later they won their third Challenger Series medal of the season, the silver at the2016 CS Warsaw Cup with a personal best score of 173.02 points.

For the third consecutive year, they finished fifth at theRussian Championships. Zahorski competed in the free dance after developing a fever.^[19]

In mid-May 2017 Zahorski/Guerreiro changed coaches toElena Kustarova andSvetlana Alexeeva^[20]

Zahorski/Guerreiro started their season by winning the silver medal at the2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star. Competing on theGrand Prix series, they placed fourth at the2017 Cup of China and sixth at the2017 Skate America.

In December 2017 they won the bronze medal at the2018 Russian Championships. A month later they placed 6th at the2018 European Championships after placing eighth in the short dance and sixth in the free dance.

it was announced by the Russian Figure Skating Federation on 23 January 2018 that Ivan Bukin was not invited to the2018 Winter Olympics.^[21] Because of this, Zahorski/Guerreiro were sent instead. Zahorski/Guerreiro placed thirteenth at the2018 Winter Olympics. Later they placed eighth at the2018 World Championships with a personal best score of 180.42 points.

Zahorski suffered from a recurrence of a knee injury over the summer that limited the duo's training time leading up to the new season.^[22] Zahorski/Guerreiro started their season at the2018 Skate America. They ranked third in the rhythm dance and fourth in the free dance, placing third overall. The bronze medal was their firstGrand Prix medal. Guerreiro said: "We haven't had this many free dance run-throughs under our belts, so we just kind of prayed and hoped for the best. Overall, it's a good start."^[23] In early November Zahorski/Guerreiro competed at their secondGrand Prix event of the season, the2018 NHK Trophy, where they won the silver medal with a personal best score of 183.05 points.

With one Grand Prix silver medal and one bronze medal they qualified for the2018–19 Grand Prix Final, where they finished fifth.

At the2019 Russian Championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro placed third in the rhythm dance, several points behind the top two teams but more than three points ahead of fourth-place finishersSofia Evdokimova /Egor Bazin.^[24] The team had major problems in the free dance, with Guerreiro's boot laces coming undone early on, and Zahorski making errors on both her twizzles and the one-foot step sequence. Consequently, they dropped to seventh place in the free dance and overall, and were not named to the Russian team to theEuropean Championships.^[25]

Zahorski tore themeniscus in her knee late in the summer, causing the team to lose significant training time.^[26]

Zahorski/Guerreiro debuted their programs at the Russian test skates, citing their "Survivor" free dance as having been chosen to differentiate themselves from the prevailing lyrical style of skating.^[27] They did not compete aChallenger event, and made their return to theGrand Prix at2019 Skate America, where they placed fifth.^[28][29] They were fifth as well at the2019 Internationaux de France.^[30]

Competing at the2020 Russian Championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro placed third in the rhythm dance.^[31] Third in the free dance as well, they returned to the national podium as bronze medalists. Zahorski said "before this competition, we actually got in training. We had a good two and a half weeks of training, so hopefully, going into Europeans, we'll add more and it will be much better."^[32] At the2020 European Championships, they placed fourth in the fifth in the rhythm dance, but dropped to sixth place after the free dance.^[33][34] They had been assigned to compete at theWorld Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[35]

Zahorski contracted a mild case ofCOVID-19 in the off-season, but the team nevertheless debuted at the senior test skates.^[36] They competed in the third stage of the Cup of Russia series inSochi, beatingKhudaiberdieva/Bazin for gold by 4.02 points.^[37]

With theGrand Prix assigned based primarily on geographic location, Zahorski/Guerreiro competed at the2020 Rostelecom Cup, coming second in the short program.^[38] They were second in the free dance as well, taking the silver medal.^[39]

Two-time defending national championsSinitsina/Katsalapov sat out the2021 Russian Championships, making Zahorski/Guerreiro the presumptive silver medalists behindStepanova/Bukin. They indeed placed second in both programs, taking another silver medal. While the2021 European Championships had already been cancelled due to the pandemic, and assignments for the2021 World Championships other than the national champions were withheld pending later domestic results.^[40][41]

Following the national championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro participated in the2021 Channel One Trophy, a televised team competition held in lieu of the cancelledEuropean Championships. They were selected for the Red Machine team captained byAlina Zagitova.^[42] They placed second in both their segments of the competition, while their team finished in first overall.^[43][44] They did not participate in the Russian Cup Final.^[45] They placed tenth at the World Championships.^[46][47]

The team's preparations for the new season were hindered by Guerreiro contracting COVID-19 over the summer. As a result of this, their new free dance was not ready for debut by the Russian test skates, and they performed their rhythm dance twice.^[48] They subsequently withdrew from their firstGrand Prix assignment, the2021 Skate America.^[49] On 14 October, Guerreiro and Zahorski's coach Svetlana Alekseeva toldTASS that Zahorski was in an infectious diseases hospital.^[50]

Returning to competition for the2022 Russian Championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro were fourth in the rhythm dance, 4.60 points behind the newcomersDavis/Smolkin, a result which attracted audible boos from audience members inSaint Petersburg. However, they struggled through the free dance, with Zahorski immediately going to the medical room upon leaving the ice, and dropped to eighth position overall. Guerreiro said afterward "we wanted to fight for a spot on the Olympic team and we knew it would be a hard competition. Tiffany skated well in the rhythm dance, but today it was just physically not possible."^[51]

In the fall of 2022, Guerreiro announced that he and Zahorski would take indefinite time off from competing to allow Zahorski to recover from her longstanding illness.^[52]

Zahorski/Guerreiro officially announced their retirement on July 17, 2023.^[53]

GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only atISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

With Guerreiro

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