Ekaterina ‘Katia’ Alexandrovskaya is born in Moscow in 2000. She begins skating at age 4. Picture: Supplied

2015. When Katia is 15, her father dies suddenly. During that year she travels to Ukraine to find a skating partner, but is unsuccessful. In December, Katia meets Australian skater Harley Windsor for the first time after being approached about switching nationalities to Australia. Picture: Instagram

January 2016. Cleared by Russia skating federation to change countries, Katia travels to Australia for the first time, splitting training between Sydney and Melbourne. Katia moves in with coach Galina Pachin and her family in Castle Hill. Picture: Instagram

September 2016. Katia wins her first junior grand prix meet with Windsor, in Estonia. Picture: Instagram

March 2017. The pair win the Junior world title in Taipei. One month later, Katia collapses for the first time at Macquarie Centre shopping mall in Sydney’s north west. Picture: AFP

September 2017. Katia and Harley finish third at the CS Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The next month, Katia collapses for the second time, this time at the Castle Hill shopping mall. Picture: AFP

October 2017. Katia is granted Australian citizenship in order to compete at the Olympics. Picture: AAP

December 2017. Katia and Harley win the junior Grand Prix final in Nagoya, Japan. Picture: Getty Images

February 2018. The pair compete at the PyeongChang Olympics, finishing 18th. Picture: Getty Images

March 2018. Katia and Harley compete at the world championships in Milan, finishing 16th. Picture: AP

June 2018. Katia changes coaches and she and Harley relocate to Montreal. Picture: Instagram

March 2019. The duo withdraw from the world championships after Windsor suffers a foot injury. Katia returns to Sydney later in the year to train under another new coach. Picture: Instagram

January 2020. Katia is hospitalised for two weeks, and told by doctors that she should not skate again. According to figure skating coach Andrei Khekalo, pictured left, Katia and her mother tell him that Katia is finishing figure skating. Picture: Facebook

February 2020. Harley calls Katia to break off the partnership. It is then announced on social media they are ending their partnership because of Alexandrovskaya’s health problems. Picture: Instagram

On July 17, 2020, Katia dies after falling from an apartment window in Moscow. Picture: Instagram