Tiffany Zahorski

Tiffany Anastasia Zahorski (Russian: Тиффани Анастасия Загорски; born 16 August 1994) is a retired British-Russian ice dancer.

Her father, Bohdan Zahorski, trained and subsequently coached at Queens Ice Skating rink in central London until he died on 15 January 2010.

[citation needed] Her paternal grandfather, Jerzy Dominik Zahorski, was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1917[2] and was exiled to England in the wake of World War II, in which he served as an RAF pilot.

[3] His sister, Elżbieta Maria Zahorska, was taken prisoner in the battle for Warsaw in 1939, escaped and was recaptured when tearing down German propaganda posters.

[4] [5] As she faced the firing squad her last defiant words were "Poland has not yet perished" - which she said in German "Noch ist Polen nicht verloren".

[citation needed] In late 2012, Zahorski played the role of Vanessa, an ice skater in a French comedy detective film Je fais le mort directed by Jean-Paul Salome, which was released on 11 December 2013.

She was taught by her father, Bohdan, in both London and Cardiff until the age of ten, when she moved to Sheffield to train with Jimmy Young.

In April 2008, Zahorski became the French Novice Solo Dance champion and as a result found her first partner Paul Fieret.

In the 2016–17 season, Zahorski/Guerreiro won the bronze medal at the 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial after placing third in both segments and earning a new personal best total score of 165.64 points.

A few weeks later they won their third Challenger Series medal of the season, the silver at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup with a personal best score of 173.02 points.

[19] In mid-May 2017 Zahorski/Guerreiro changed coaches to Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva[20] Zahorski/Guerreiro started their season by winning the silver medal at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star.

Zahorski suffered from a recurrence of a knee injury over the summer that limited the duo's training time leading up to the new season.

"[23] In early November Zahorski/Guerreiro competed at their second Grand Prix event of the season, the 2018 NHK Trophy, where they won the silver medal with a personal best score of 183.05 points.

[24] The team had major problems in the free dance, with Guerreiro's boot laces coming undone early on, and Zahorski making errors on both her twizzles and the one-foot step sequence.

[25] Zahorski tore the meniscus in her knee late in the summer, causing the team to lose significant training time.

[37] With the Grand Prix assigned based primarily on geographic location, Zahorski/Guerreiro competed at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, coming second in the short program.

[39] Two-time defending national champions Sinitsina/Katsalapov sat out the 2021 Russian Championships, making Zahorski/Guerreiro the presumptive silver medalists behind Stepanova/Bukin.

[50] Returning to competition for the 2022 Russian Championships, Zahorski/Guerreiro were fourth in the rhythm dance, 4.60 points behind the newcomers Davis/Smolkin, a result which attracted audible boos from audience members in Saint Petersburg.

However, they struggled through the free dance, with Zahorski immediately going to the medical room upon leaving the ice, and dropped to eighth position overall.

Zahorski and Guerreiro at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup
Zahorski and Guerreiro at the 2018 European Championships