19 Facts About Ksenia Makarova

Ksenia Olegovna Makarova is a retired Russian, later an American, figure skater.

Ksenia Makarova is the 2010 Skate Canada International silver medalist, 2009 Cup of Nice champion, and 2010 Russian national champion.

Ksenia Makarova represented Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 10th.

Ksenia Makarova is the daughter of retired pair skaters Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov, the 1984 Olympic bronze medalists.

Ksenia Makarova has a brother, Alexei, who is nine years younger.

Ksenia Makarova's family immigrated to the United States when she was 8 years old.

Ksenia Makarova was an honors student at Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, New York.

Ksenia Makarova became a naturalized US citizen on 16 August 2013.

Ksenia Makarova did not care for skating when she first stepped onto the ice at age 6 but a couple years later, after her family had moved to the US, she tried skating again and began to like it.

Ksenia Makarova won her regional championship and placed 2nd at her sectional event to qualify for the 2007 US Championships, where she placed 7th.

Ksenia Makarova then competed at the 2009 Coupe Internationale de Nice senior-level competition, which she won after winning both segments of the competition.

Ksenia Makarova placed 4th at the Junior Grand Prix Final after placing third in the short program and fourth in the free skating.

Second in the short program and third in the free skate at the 2010 Russian Championships, Ksenia Makarova finished first overall and qualified for the 2010 European Championships and 2010 Winter Olympics.

At the Olympics, Ksenia Makarova placed twelfth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and finished tenth overall behind teammate Alena Leonova.

At Worlds, Ksenia Makarova earned a personal best in the short program with 62.06 points.

Ksenia Makarova was eighth in the free skate and finished eighth overall.

At the 2011 Russian Championships, Ksenia Makarova placed first in the short program and sixth in the free skate, finishing fifth overall.

Ksenia Makarova placed seventh at the 2011 Cup of China and fifth at the 2011 Skate America.

Ksenia Makarova competed at the 2012 European Championships and finished sixth.