Elizabet Tursynbayeva

Elizabet Tursynbayeva
Personal information
Native name Элизабет Байтаковна Турсынбаева
Full name Elizabet Baitakovna Tursynbayeva
Alternative names Turzynbaeva
Country represented Kazakhstan
Born (2000-02-14) 14 February 2000
Moscow, Russia
Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.46 m (4 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Coach Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson
Former coach Eteri Tutberidze, Elena Buianova, Svetlana Sokolovskaya, Natalia Dubinskaya, Alexander Shubin
Choreographer David Wilson, Sergei Komolov, Mary Angela Larmer
Former choreographer Tracy Wilson, Alexei Zheleznyakov
Skating club Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club
Former skating club Sambo 70
CSKA Moscow
Moscow Sailing School
Training locations Toronto
Former training locations Moscow
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 183.62
2016 Worlds
Short program 61.63
2016 Worlds
Free skate 121.99
2016 Worlds
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Figure skating: Ladies's singles
Winter Youth Olympics
2016 Lillehammer Ladies's singles

Elizabet Tursynbayeva (born 14 February 2000) is a Kazakh figure skater. She is the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic bronze medalist and two-time Kazakhstan national champion (2015–16).

Personal life

Elizabet Tursynbayeva was born on 14 February 2000 in Moscow, Russia.[1] She is the daughter of Pashakan Sultanalieva[2] and Baitak Tursynbayev.[3] Her family is originally from Kazakhstan.[2] Her brother, Timur Tursynbayev, who is two years older than her, is a two-time Kazakhstan national figure skating champion. Tursynbaeva is a professional violinist and can also play the piano. She attended a special music school in Moscow.[4][2] She and her mother settled in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in May 2015, where she is currently home-schooled.[2][5] Tursynbaeva speaks Russian and English.[6]

Career

Tursynbayeva started skating at the age of five after following her brother, Timur, into figure skating.[4] Her figure skating idols are Kim Yuna, Mao Asada, and Carolina Kostner.[4] As a child, she was coached by Natalia Dubinskaya and Alexander Shubin. She was also briefly coached by Elena Buianova and Svetlana Sokolovskaya from 2011 to 2012, before switching to Eteri Tutberidze.[3]

Early career

Tursynbayeva made her first international appearance for Kazakhstan at the Rooster Cup in April 2011. After finishing 13th at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships, she decided to continue representing Kazakhstan.[2] Her coaching relationship with Tutberidze ended in 2013 because Russian coaches no longer had the right to work with non-Russian skaters during the 2014 Olympic season. Having difficulty finding a coach in Russia, Tursynbaeva and her mother wrote a letter to Brian Orser, whom she had always wanted as a coach, and sent him videos of her, asking if he could coach her. Orser, impressed by her talent, responded that he would love to work with her.[2]

2013–14 season: Junior international debut

Before the 2013–14 season, Tursynbayeva began training under Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson in Toronto, Canada.[7] In September 2013, she won the silver medal in her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, in Minsk, Belarus.[8] She placed 5th at her second JGP event, in Tallinn, Estonia, and 11th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She ended her season with gold at the 2014 Triglav Trophy in Slovenia.[9]

2014–15 season

During the 2014–15 JGP series, Tursynbayeva won bronze in Aichi, Japan and silver in Dresden, Germany, finishing as the second alternate for the JGP Final. She then won the junior ladies' titles at the International Cup of Nice, Merano Cup, and NRW Trophy.[10][11][12] At the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, she placed seventh in the short program, fourth in the free skate, and fourth overall.

Most of this season, Tursynbeva experienced visa problems, which meant that she spent only part of the season training in Toronto under Orser. As a result, she trained for most of the year in a shopping mall ice rink in her hometown of Moscow with her mother.[2][13]

2015–16 season: Senior international debut

Tursynbaeva became eligible to compete internationally at the senior level for the first time in the 2015-16 season. She was invited to two Grand Prix events.[14] Due to her ongoing visa problem, her first short program, Send in the Clowns, was created in Russia. Her exhibition program, I Got Rhythm, became her short program later during the season.[15]

Tursynbayeva began her season by winning silver at the 2015 U.S. Classic, her first ISU Challenger Series (CS) event, and gold at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic. Making her Grand Prix debut, she placed 4th at the 2015 Skate America and 7th at the 2015 Skate Canada International. She then won silver medals at the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy and 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In February 2016, Tursynbaeva won the individual bronze medal, behind Russians Polina Tsurskaya and Maria Sotskova, at the Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. In March, she rose from 14th after the short to finish fifth overall (4th in the free) at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In April, she finished 12th at the 2016 World Championships in Boston after placing 12th in the short and 10th in the free. Later that month, she competed at her first team event, the 2016 Team Challenge Cup in Spokane, Washington.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–16
[4][2][5][1][16]
  • Send in the Clowns
    by Stephen Sondheim
    performed by Susan Boyle
    choreo. by Sergei Komolov
  • I Got Rhythm
    by George Gershwin
    performed by Nikki Yanofsky
    choreo. by David Wilson, Mary Angela Larmer
2014–15
[17]
  • Papa, Can You Hear Me?
    (from Yentl)
    by Michel Legrand
    performed by Barbra Streisand
    choreo. by David Wilson, Mary Angela Larmer
  • Send in the Clowns
    by Stephen Sondheim
2013–14
[7]
2012–13
2011–12
  • Papirosen
  • Machrozet Yehodit
    by Amen
    choreo. by Alexei Zheleznyakov

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[18]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Worlds 12th
GP Skate America 4th
GP Skate Canada 7th
CS Golden Spin 2nd
CS Tallinn Trophy 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 2nd
Autumn Classic 1st
International: Junior, Novice[18]
Youth Olympics 3rd
Junior Worlds 11th 4th 5th
JGP Belarus 2nd
JGP Estonia 5th
JGP Germany 2nd
JGP Japan 3rd
Cup of Nice 1st J.
Gardena 1st J.
Merano Cup 1st J.
MNNT Cup 1st J.
New Year's Cup 1st J.
NRW Trophy 3rd N. 1st J.
Rooster Cup 4th N.
Triglav Trophy 1st J.
National[18]
Kazakhstani 1st 1st
Russian 13th J.
Team events
Team Challenge Cup 3rd T
(6th P)
Levels: N. = Advanced novice; J. = Junior
T: Team result; P: Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 22 - April 23, 2016 2016 Team Challenge Cup Senior 6P/1T
65.44		 6P/3T
123.61
28 March – 3 April 2016 2016 World Championships Senior 12
61.63		 10
121.99		 12
183.62
14–20 March 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 14
50.11		 4
120.72		 5
170.83
12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 2
59.11		 3
108.77		 3
167.88
3–5 December 2015 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Senior 3
56.88		 2
119.45		 2
176.33
17–22 November 2015 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 3
57.48		 2
117.39		 2
174.87
30 October–1 November 2015 2015 Skate Canada International Senior 12
49.84		 4
115.32		 7
165.16
23–25 October 2015 2015 Skate America Senior 7
59.26		 4
119.30		 4
178.56
12–15 October 2015 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic Senior 2
59.23		 1
120.45		 1
179.72
16–20 September 2015 2015 CS U.S. Classic Senior 4
59.66		 2
118.25		 2
177.91
21–25 July 2015 2015 Skate Detroit[19]
U.S. club competition		 Senior 1
128.89		 1
128.89
Senior
Group B		 1
54.49		 1
103.70		 1
158.19
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 7
55.95		 4
117.49		 4
173.44
7–10 January 2015 2015 MNNT Cup Junior 1
50.68		 1
96.82		 1
147.50
26–30 November 2014 2014 NRW Trophy Junior 1
58.72		 1
117.40		 1
176.12
14–16 November 2014 2014 Merano Cup Junior 1
51.02		 1
107.57		 1
158.59
15–19 October 2014 2014 International Cup of Nice Junior 1
46.81		 1
108.21		 1
155.02
1–5 October 2014 2014 JGP Germany Junior 2
55.31		 2
109.48		 2
164.79
11–14 September 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 1
59.25		 5
100.13		 3
159.38
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–6 April 2014 2014 Triglav Trophy Junior 1
48.97		 1
101.71		 1
150.68
28–30 March 2014 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy Junior 2
52.01		 1
105.85		 1
157.86
10–16 March 2014 2014 World Junior Championships Junior 16
45.62		 11
96.10		 11
141.72
3–6 January 2014 2014 New Year's Cup Junior 1
48.96		 1
83.70		 1
132.66
13–15 October 2013 2013 JGP Estonia Junior 6
50.27		 5
95.58		 5
145.85
25–28 September 2013 2013 JGP Belarus Junior 1
53.22		 3
97.61		 2
150.83
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
1–3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 13
53.73		 13
97.47		 13
151.20

References

  1. 1 2 "Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Flade, Tatjana (1 October 2015). "Tursynbaeva ready to impress after confident senior debut". Golden Skate.
  3. 1 2 "Турсынбаева Элизабет Байтаковна" [Elizabet Baitakovna Tursynbayeva]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Luchianov, Vladislav (17 June 2015). "Rising stars of Asia: Tursynbaeva sidesteps praise". IceNetwork.
  5. 1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (27 July 2015). "Skaters gear up for new season at Skate Detroit". IceNetwork.
  6. ↑ #USIntlClassic Ladies Free Skate Reaction - Elizabet Tursynbaeva (Youtube). U.S. Figure Skating. 19 September 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Elizabet TURZYNBAEVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Figure skating: 13-y.o. from Kazkahstan wins silver at Grand-Prix stage". Tengri News. 2 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Kassimova, Mariana (8 April 2014). "Kazakhstan young figure skater Elisabeth Tursynbayeva won Triglav Trophy 2014". bnews.kz.
  10. ↑ "19th INTERNATIONAL CUP OF NICE JUNIORS LADIES Result". Nice Baie des Anges. 21 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "17° Merano Cup Junior Ladies Result". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio. 16 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Elizabet TURSYNBAYEVA wins by a clear margin (Junior Ladies)". NRW Trophy. 29 November 2014.
  13. ↑ Yoshida, Hiro (6 March 2015). "Elizabet Tursynbaeva: Young Kazak Star On The Rise". IFS Magazine.
  14. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16- Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  15. ↑ Kirk, Jennifer; Lease, David; [The Skating Lesson] (7 April 2016). TSL's Interview with David Wilson (YouTube).
  16. ↑ "Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA". International Skating Union.
  19. ↑ "Skate Detroit 2015 IJS Results" (PDF). Detroit Skating Club. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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