Veronika Zhilina

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Veronika Vladislavovna Zhilina (Russian: Вероника Владиславовна Жилина; born 15 May 2008) is a Russian-born Azerbaijani figure skater. Skating for Russia, she is the 2021 JGP Slovakia champion, the 2023 Russian Junior Grand Prix Final champion and the 2023 Russian Junior national silver medalist. She has performed various quadruple jumps. At the age of 10, Zhilina became the youngest skater in history to perform quad-toe loop jump during the competition. Representing native Russia, she built successful junior career, but in 2025 received Azerbaijani passport and made a decision to start representing Azerbaijan. According to Yana Rudkovskaya, the CEO of "Angely Plushenko" academy where Zhilina has been coached, the main causes of such decision were lack of financial support from Russian Figure Skating Federation, as well as long-lasting federation-imposed ban to enter Russian national competitions after being granted an Azerbaijani citizenship. Since 2026, Zhilina is a member of Azerbaijani...

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