Fedor Andreev is a skater with dual citizenship: Russian and Canadian. He played for both countries. In single skating he represented Canada. He played for Russia in a duet with Yana Khokhlova in ice dancing. He ended his sports career in 2011 due to a knee injury.
Biography and career start
Andreev Fedor Vladimirovich was born in Moscow on March 2, 1982 in the family of the famous figure skater and honored coach of the Soviet Union Marina Zueva. He moved to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, in 1991 with his mother and stepfather Alexei Chetverukhin, who became his figure skating trainers.
He became the champion of Canada among juniors in 1999. The following season, several times was the winner of the junior grand prix. At the adult championship of Canada in the 2002-2003 season, Fedor won bronze. He also took 3rd place in the Nebelhorn Trophy tournament.
His candidacy was considered for the transition to pair skating. Jennifer Kirk put him in a partner, but the duet did not work out.
In 2005, learning a jump in 4 turns, Fedor Andreev received a back injury and decided to end his skater career. I tried myself in car racing, moonlighting as a model.
Return to sport
Fedor Andreev returned to the ice in the 2007-2008 season. He trained under the direction of Richard Callaghan. The 2008 Canadian Championship, he finished eighth, 2009 - the ninth.
In the same season, the young man decided to represent Azerbaijan at the World Championships in 2009, but the idea was not implemented due to the delay in processing the necessary documents.
Fedor Andreev for some time helped mom train duets. In 2010, Yana Khokhlova arrived in the group that Marina Zueva led together with Igor Shpilband to watch. Her partner, Sergei Novitsky, European Champion 2009, ended his career, having received a serious injury. Trainers paired her first with the Lithuanian Stagnunas, and then with Fedor.
The skaters' programs recorded on video were sent to Russia. The coaching council, which included Alla Shekhovtsova, Tatyana Tarasova, Alexander Gorshkov and Oleg Ovsyannikov, chose Yan Fedor Andreev as a partner.
The Andreev / Khokhlova pair officially exists since May 28, 2010. They trained with the coaching tandem Shpilband / Zueva in Canton at The Arctic Figure Skating Club and represented Russia.
At their first international tournament “The Golden Horse of Zagreb”, which was held at the end of 2010, the couple took fifth place. At the Russian championship, they became the fourth and could not get into the national team to participate in the world and European championships.
For the remainder of the season, they took part in category B tournaments and won prizes there. At the international tournaments Mont Blanc Trophy and Bavarian Open won 2 silver.
In the summer of 2011, Fedor fell unsuccessfully in training and seriously injured his knee. He had an operation. Already in September, it became clear that he could not continue his career in sports.
