Hristina Vassileva
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Vassileva at the 2011 European Championships
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| Personal information | |
| Native name | Христина Василева-Жечева |
| Alternative names | Vassileva-Zhecheva |
| Country represented | Bulgaria |
| Born |
July 22, 1984 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Coach | Kent Johnson |
| Former coach | Teodor Yotov,Naiden Borichev, Rafael Arutyunyan, Ludmila Mladenova |
| Choreographer | Diana Ivanova, Atanas Mesechkov |
| Former choreographer | Teodor Yotov |
| Skating club | KFP Levski Sofia |
| Former skating club | IDC Denkova Staviski MTT Akademik |
| Training locations | Miami |
| Former training locations | Sofia |
| Began skating | 1988 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 132.07 2016 Sportland Trophy (ISU) |
| Short program | 49.17 2016 Sportland Trophy (ISU) |
| Free skate | 82.90 2016 Sportland Trophy (ISU) |
Hristina Vassileva-Zhecheva (Bulgarian: Христина Василева-Жечева, born July 22, 1984) is a Bulgarian figure skater. She is six time Bulgarian national champion and reached the free skate at four ISU Championships. She achieved her best result, 16th, at the 2001 European Championships.
Hristina Vassileva was born on 22 July 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is the granddaughter of Dimitar Drazhev. Since her marriage to Vyacheslav Zhechev in 2010, her surname may also appear as Vassileva-Zhecheva. Hristina is mother of two beautiful daughters Isabella (born 2012) and Sofia (born 2013). In July 2016 Hristina moved with her family to Miami, USA where she is training and coaching at Kendall Ice Arena
Vassileva was selected to represent Bulgaria at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. Ranked 9th in qualifying group B, she advanced to the short program, where she placed 15th, allowing her to compete in the final segment. She placed 20th in the free skate and 19th overall.
In the 2000–01 season, Vassileva was named in Bulgaria's team to the 2001 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. She placed 18th in the short and 15th in the free, resulting in a final placement of 16th. The 2001 World Junior Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Like a year earlier, Vassileva finished 19th overall, after placing 25th in the short program and 16th in the free. Concluding her season, she progressed past the qualifying round at the 2001 World Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but was eliminated after placing 27th in the short program.
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