Lubov Bakirova

Lubov Raifovna Bakirova (Russian: Любовь Раифовна Бакирова; born 11 January 1993) is a former Russian competitive pair skater. In 2009, she teamed up with Mikalai Kamianchuk to represent Belarus.^[1] Appearing at six ISU Championships, they achieved their best result, 10th, at the 2011 Europeans in Bern and the 2012 Europeans in Sheffield. They competed together until the end of the 2011−12 season.

Lubov Bakirova
Bakirova and Kamianchuk at the 2011 European Championships
Full name	Lubov Raifovna Bakirova
Native name	Любовь Раифовна Бакирова
Born	(1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 32) Perm, Russia
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Belarus
Began skating	2000
Retired	2012

Programs

(with Kamianchuk)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–2012 [1]	Ziganotchka (Russian Gypsy music) by Paul Mauriat	The Barber of Siberia by Eduard Artemyev
2009–2011 [2][3]	Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) by Alexander Borodin	Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kamianchuk for Belarus

International[4]
Event	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
World Champ.	19th	19th	21st
European Champ.	17th	10th	10th
Nebelhorn Trophy		8th
NRW Trophy		7th	2nd
Warsaw Cup			2nd
National[4]
Belarusian Champ.	1st	1st	1st

With Patlasov for Russia

International[5]
Event	2005–06	2006–07
JGP Czech Republic		4th
JGP Hungary		6th
National[6]
Russian Championships		9th
Russian Junior Championships	13th