Ekaterina Sergeyevna Borisova (; born 13 September 1999) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. With partner Dmitry Sopot, she was the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2016 World Junior bronze medalist, and 2015 Junior Grand Prix Final champion.

Career Borisova began learning to skate in 2003. She competed as a single skater before teaming up with Sergei Lisiev, in 2012. She skated two seasons with Lisiev.

Partnership with Sopot Borisova teamed up with Dmitry Sopot in the summer of 2014. The two qualified for the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished in 8th place.

Borisova/Sopot made their international debut competing in the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. They took the bronze medal at their first assignment, the JGP in Latvia, before winning gold at the JGP in Poland. These results qualified them for the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona. In Spain, they outscored the Czech Republic's Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař by 9.53 points for the gold medal.

In January 2016, Borisova/Sopot were awarded the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, having finished third to Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev (gold) and Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov (silver). In February, they represented Russia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, they won the gold by a margin of 2.53 points over Dušková/Bidař. On March 17–21, competing at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Borisova/Sopot placed fourth in the short and third in the free, taking the bronze medal overall behind Czech pair skaters Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař and teammates Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev who took the gold and silver medals respectively.

Programs (with Sopot)

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2016–2017 Dance of the Knights Still Loving You 2015–2016 Ninja Lawrence of Arabia Crazy in Love 2014–2015 Korobeiniki

(with Lisiev) Season Short program Free skating 2013–2014 Street Passions Primavera

Competitive highlights JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Sopot International Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Junior Worlds 3rd Youth Olympics 1st Final 1st WD Estonia 3rd Latvia 3rd Poland 1st Russia 3rd National Russian Jr. Champ. 8th 3rd 8th Team events Youth Olympics 4th T 1st P TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result Medals awarded for team result only.

With Lisiev National Event 2012–13 2013–14 Russian Junior Champ. WD 6th WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

With Sopot 2016–17 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 11 53.02 6 104.87 8 157.89 28 September – 2 October 2016 2016 JGP Estonia Junior 4 56.34 3 93.91 3 150.25 14–18 September 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 3 54.74 2 96.02 3 150.76 2015–16 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 14–20 March 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 4 58.56 3 110.44 3 169.00 12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics - Team Event Junior - 1 104.80 4 12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 1 60.80 1 107.86 1 168.66 19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 64.73 3 105.52 3 170.25 10–13 December 2015 2015−16 JGP Final Junior 1 60.29 1 111.57 1 171.86 23–27 September 2015 2015 JGP Poland Junior 2 55.40 1 103.42 1 158.82 26–30 August 2015 2015 JGP Latvia Junior 2 49.77 4 85.65 3 135.42 2014–15 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 6 50.98 11 82.71 8 133.69

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