Ksenia Caesar

Ksenia Genrikhovna Caesar (Russian: Ксения Генриховна Цезар; 1889 – February 1942) was a Russian and Soviet figure skater.

She was a five-time champion of Russia in ladies' single skating (in 1911, 1912, 1914, 1914, and 1915) and the 1939 champion of the USSR.^[3] She was a graduate of the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health and taught there, and she also coached figure skating. During World War II, she worked as an army medic.^[4]

Her coach was Nikolai Panin. They were both caught in the Siege of Leningrad, where Caesar died in 1942.^[4]^[5] She is buried in Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.^[4]

Competitive highlights

Event	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1939
World Championships				7th
Russian Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Soviet Championships						1st

^ Алексей Николаевич Мишин (Alexei Mishin) (2007). Фигурное катание в России: факты, события, судьбы. Severo-Vostok. ISBN 978-5-903255-07-8.
^ Дмитрий Юрьевич Шерих (1995). Книга рекордов Петербурга: всё самое-самое в истории и жизни города. Ivanov / Leshinsky. ISBN 978-5-86467-015-6.
^ "Ксения Генриховна Цезар". Fskate.ru. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "КНИГА ПАМЯТИ и СЛАВЫ профсоюзного спорта Ленинграда" [BOOK OF MEMORY and GLORY of the Leningrad trade union sports] (PDF) (in Russian). 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
^ "Чемпион из села Хреновое" [Champion from the village of Khrenovoe]. Советский Спорт. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2025.