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Ekaterina Gordeeva was born on May 28, 1971 in Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Duchy of Moscow. Ekaterina Gordeeva is listed as a figure skater and sports commentator. That works out to 55 years old in 2026. Listed accolades include Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order "For Personal Courage" and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.
My Take
Ekaterina Gordeeva is one of those skaters who makes you forget you're watching a sport — she and Sergei Grinkov were so perfectly in sync that pairs skating almost felt like they invented it just for them. Two Olympic golds, four World Championship titles, and a chemistry on ice that no scoring system could ever fully capture. What makes Katia's story hit even harder is everything that came after: losing Sergei to a heart attack in 1994 at the peak of their second act together, and then somehow finding the courage to skate on, solo, in front of a live TV audience just months later. That 1996 tribute performance still wrecks me. She earned every one of those Soviet state honors, but the real testament to her is that she kept showing up for the sport — as a skater, as a commentator, as a reminder that grace under unimaginable pressure is its own kind of world championship.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ekaterina Gordeeva
- Name (Japanese)
- イェカチェリーナ・ゴルデーワ
- Reading
- いぇかちぇりーな・ごるでーわ
- Born
- May 28, 1971 (age 55)
- Origin
- Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Duchy of Moscow
- Occupation
- figure skater / sports commentator
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Boar
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Order "For Personal Courage"
- Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/katiaagordeeva/
- Xhttps://x.com/KatiaGordeeva
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina%20Gordeeva
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AF
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254053
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Ekaterina Gordeeva born?
Born May 28, 1971 (age 55).
Where is Ekaterina Gordeeva from?
Ekaterina Gordeeva is from Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Duchy of Moscow.
What does Ekaterina Gordeeva do?
Ekaterina Gordeeva works as figure skater, sports commentator.
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