# Ksenia Konkina

Ksenia Alexeevna Konkina (Russian: Ксения Алексеевна Конкина; born 5 July 2001) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Pavel Drozd, she is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy and 2019 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist.

## Personal life

Ksenia Alexeevna Konkina was born on 5 July 2001 in Krasnogorsk, Russia.

## Career
### Early career

Konkina began skating in 2005. Early in her career, she competed with Georgy Reviya. Konkina/Reviya placed fourth at 2015 JGP United States and won two junior international medals, at the 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International and 2015 Tallinn Trophy.

### 2016–2017 season

Konkina teamed up with Grigory Yakushev in 2016 and won silver at the 2016 Tallinn Trophy. They placed fifth at the 2017 Russian Championships.

### 2017–2018 season

Konkina/Yakushev were assigned to their first Junior Grand Prix events. They won silver at 2017 JGP Austria and bronze at 2017 JGP Croatia. Konkina/Yakushev placed sixth at the 2018 Russian Championships.

### 2018–2019 season

Konkina teamed up with Alexander Vakhnov ahead of the season and moved to train with him under Svetlana Liapina in Moscow. They won bronze in their only international competition, 2018 JGP Canada, together.
Pavel Drozd announced that he was teaming up with Konkina in November 2018. She moved to Alexander Zhulin's group to train with him. Konkina/Drozd made their international debut at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup, where they won the bronze medal.

### 2019–2020 season

Konkina/Drozd opened their season by winning the gold medal at 2019 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany. They then won silver at the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy behind Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States. Konkina/Drozd again won silver at 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, behind France's Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac.

### 2020–2021 season

Konkina/Drozd were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, but withdrew. The team split later in the season. Their coach, Alexander Zhulin, announced that Konkina had contracted an unspecified serious illness and its effect on her health prevented her from continuing her career.

## Programs
### With Drozd

| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
| 2019–2021 | Mack the Knife performed by Michael Bublé Mack and Mabel by Jerry Herman choreo. by Sergei Petukhov | My Brilliant Friend by Max Richter choreo. by Sergei Petukhov |

### With Vakhnov

| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
| 2018–2019 | Tango: Asi se baila el Tango performed by Veronica Verdier Tango: Tanguera performed by Sexteto Mayor | Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian |

### With Yakushev

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| 2017–2018 | Samba: Cuéntame performed by Caribbean Kings Band Cha cha: Lick It Samba | El Choclo by Ángel Villoldo |

### With Reviya

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| 2015–2016 | Waltz: Ein Wiener Walzer by Karl Jenkins March | Moonlight (Beethoven cover) by Viper |

## Competitive highlights

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

### With Drozd

International :
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
| GP Rostelecom Cup | | | WD |
| CS Asian Open Trophy | | 2nd | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | 2nd | |
| Ice Mall Cup | 3rd | | |
| NRW Trophy | | 1st | |
| National ||||
| Russian Champ. | | 8th | WD |

### With Vakhnov

International: Junior :
| Event | 2018–19 |
| JGP Canada | 3rd |

### With Yakushev

International: Junior :
| Event | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| JGP Austria | | 2nd |
| JGP Croatia | | 3rd |
| Tallinn Trophy | 2nd | |
| National |||
| Russian Junior Champ. | 5th | 6th |

### With Reviya

International: Junior :
| Event | 15–16 |
| JGP United States | 4th |
| Lake Placid IDI | 3rd |
| Tallinn Trophy | 2nd |

## Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

### With Drozd

2019–20 season :
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| 24–29 December 2019 | 2020 Russian Championships | 9 69.04 | 8 107.17 | 8 176.21 |
| 14–17 November 2019 | 2019 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 71.81 | 2 106.62 | 2 178.43 |
| 30 October – 3 November 2019 | 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy | 2 70.21 | 3 106.17 | 2 176.38 |
| 10–11 August 2019 | NRW Trophy | 1 66.81 | 1 99.98 | 1 166.79 |
| 2018–19 season |||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| 20–23 February 2019 | 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup | 3 70.77 | 3 101.47 | 3 172.24 |

### With Vakhnov

2018–19 season :
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| 12–15 September 2018 | 2018 JGP Canada | 2 60.34 | 3 87.58 | 3 147.92 |

### With Yakushev

2017–18 season :
| Date | Event | SD | FD | Total |
| 23–26 January 2018 | 2018 Russian Junior Championships | 6 60.83 | 5 85.63 | 6 146.46 |
| 27–30 September 2017 | 2017 JGP Croatia | 2 60.16 | 3 83.61 | 3 143.77 |
| 31 August – 2 September 2017 | 2017 JGP Austria | 3 54.63 | 2 85.17 | 2 139.80 |
| 2016–17 season |||||
| 1–5 February 2017 | 2017 Russian Junior Championships | 5 58.84 | 5 84.79 | 5 143.63 |
| 19–25 November 2016 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy | 2 57.64 | 2 86.40 | 2 144.04 |

### With Reviya

2015–16 season :
| Date | Event | SD | FD | Total |
| 17–22 November 2015 | 2015 Tallinn Trophy | 1 57.11 | 3 75.90 | 2 133.01 |
| 31 August – 2 September 2015 | 2016 JGP United States | 5 52.95 | 4 76.06 | 4 129.01 |
| 30–31 July 2015 | 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International | | | 3 128.80 |