Women
KAZ
Yekaterina Aydova
KAZ- Date of birth30 Jul 1991
- Height1700 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownKaraganda
- Place of birthKaraganda
- Start skating Club She began skating at age 10 at the Shakhter Stadium in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Dynamo: Kazakhstan
- HobbiesReading, listening to music, playing the guitar and the piano. (Athlete, 02 Nov 2014)
- LanguagesEnglish, Russian
- Other nameKate, Catrin, Cat (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023, 25 Nov 2021)
- CoachAleksey Yesin, RUS; Sergey Klevchenya, RUS
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
She and short track skater Abzal Azhgaliyev were named flag bearers for Kazakhstan at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (dynamo.kz, 28 Jan 2022)
She has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (skating.kz, 26 Oct 2021)
She has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (skating.kz, 26 Oct 2021)
"Miracles happen, but you need to work on them long and hard." (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
Dutch speed skater Jan Bos. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
She tore a muscle in her inner thigh in 2023. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
She missed the 2019/20 season as a result of a torn patellar tendon in her left knee. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023; olympic.kz, 18 Feb 2021)
She underwent surgery for a spinal disc herniation in June 2016, which took her two years to fully recover from. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023, 16 Nov 2018)
She injured her spinal cord at the beginning of the 2014/15 season. She had recovered by the start of 2015. (caravan.kz, 03 Apr 2015)
She cut her eyebrow and fell ill ahead of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, which affected her performance at the Games. (sports.kz, 19 Feb 2014)
She missed the 2019/20 season as a result of a torn patellar tendon in her left knee. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023; olympic.kz, 18 Feb 2021)
She underwent surgery for a spinal disc herniation in June 2016, which took her two years to fully recover from. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023, 16 Nov 2018)
She injured her spinal cord at the beginning of the 2014/15 season. She had recovered by the start of 2015. (caravan.kz, 03 Apr 2015)
She cut her eyebrow and fell ill ahead of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, which affected her performance at the Games. (sports.kz, 19 Feb 2014)
Competing at four editions of the Olympic Winter Games between 2010 and 2022. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has received a degree in law at the Karaganda Economic University of Kazpotrebsouz in Kazakhstan. (Athlete, 25 Nov 2021)
She has received a degree in law at the Karaganda Economic University of Kazpotrebsouz in Kazakhstan. (Athlete, 25 Nov 2021)
She trained in short track for five years and became a Master of Sport. (liter.kz, 31 Jul 2013)
She loved skating and rollerblading as a child, and after participating in short track between 2001 and 2005, she switched to long track speed skating.
Aleksey Yesin, RUS; Sergey Klevchenya, RUS