‘If you can survive in figure skating you can do anything’

Stefania Yakovleva discusses the difficulty of figure skating

‘To succeed, you have to put in a lot of effort and never give up’

A fantastic athlete and dedicated person, Stefania Yakovleva serves as an inspiration to young people wishing to pursue figure skating. She was born in Russia, and her family moved to Cyprus when she was ten years old. Despite her talent, she struggled greatly because Cyprus lacked an ice rink for training. She then moved to Dubai, where she now resides full-time.