Julia Shapiro

Julia Shapiro (Hebrew: יוליה שפירו, Russian: Юлия Шапиро; born 16 December 1984) is a former pair skater who competed for Russia and Israel. Early in her career, she represented Russia with Igor Petrov, Alexei Sokolov, and Dmitri Khromin. With Sokolov, she is the 2000 World Junior bronze medalist. From 2002 to 2005, Shapiro competed with Vadim Akolzin for Israel. They achieved their best ISU Championship result, tenth, at the 2005 European Championships.

Julia Shapiro
Shapiro and Akolzin in 2004
Born	(1984-12-16) 16 December 1984 (age 40) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Israel (current)  Russia (former)
Began skating	1989
Retired	2005
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Pairs World Junior Championships 2000 Oberstdorf Pairs Junior Grand Prix Final 1999–2000 Gdańsk Pairs

Programs

(with Akolzin)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2004–2005 [1]	Luna de Paris by Raul di Blasio	Underground Tango by Goran Bregovic

Competitive highlights

With Akolzin for Israel

Results[1]
International
Event	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
World Champ.		16th	18th
European Champ.		15th	10th
GP Skate America			8th
GP Trophée Bompard			9th
Skate Israel		1st
International: Junior
World Junior Champ.		13th
JGP Poland		8th
JGP Slovenia		8th
National
Israeli Champ.	1st	1st	1st
JGP = Junior Grand Prix

With Khromin for Russia

International
Event	2000–01	2001–02
Cup of Russia	9th
International: Junior
JGP Final		5th
JGP Bulgaria		1st
JGP Germany	3rd
JGP Netherlands		2nd
JGP Poland	3rd
National
Russian Junior Champ.	6th	4th
JGP = Junior Grand Prix

With Sokolov for Russia

International
Event	1999–2000
World Junior Champ.	3rd
JGP Final	2nd
JGP Czech Republic	1st
JGP Slovenia	1st
National
Russian Junior Champ.	2nd
JGP = Junior Grand Prix