Valeria Vorobieva is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n figure skater. She competed internationally for Russia on the junior level as a single skater

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

. In 2007, she teamed up with French skater Jérôme Blanchard

Jérôme Blanchard

Jérôme Blanchard is a French pair skater. With former partner Sabrina Lefrançois, he is the 2004 French National Champion. He also competed for one season with Maria Mukhortova.- Career :...

 to compete as a pairs team

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

 for Russia. As a single skater, Vorobieva was coached by Alexei Urmanov

Alexei Urmanov

Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov is a Russian figure skater, who currently works as a coach. He is the 1994 Olympic champion and an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation.- Career :...

. As a pair skater, she is being coached by Oleg Vasiliev. Vorobieva & Blanchard are incapable of competing internationally because the French skating federation refuses to release Blanchard.

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