Julia Shapiro
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Shapiro and Akolzin in 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 December 1984 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel (current) Russia (former) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.