Yuko KAVAGUTI
Date of birth: 20.11.1981
Place of birth: Aichi JPN
Height: 157 cm
Home town: St. Petersburg
Profession: athlete
Hobbies: reading, cooking
Start skating. / Club: 1986 / Dinamo
Former Partners Alexander Markuntsov, Devin Patrick
Yuko Kavaguti, born November 20, 1981 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan is a Japanese-Russian pair skater, who has represented Japan, the USA, and Russia in international competition.
Yuko KAVAGUTI competes with Alexander Smirnov, representing Russia. They are the 2010 European champions, 2009 and 2010 World bronze medalists, and 2008-2010 Russian champions. Yuko KAVAGUTI and Alexander Smirnov have won a total of four European medals. On the Grand Prix series, they have won eight medals, including two gold medals at 2008 Skate Canada International and 2010 Cup of Russia.
As of 20 February 2011, International Skating Union (ISU) ranks Yuko KAVAGUTI and Alexander Smirnov 3rd in the world
