30 Facts About Elizabet Tursynbaeva

Elizabet Tursynbaeva is a Kazakh retired figure skater.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva is the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 CS Ice Star champion, the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy silver medalist, the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, the 2019 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and a three-time Kazakhstani national champion.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva was born on 14 February 2000 in Moscow, Russia.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva is the daughter of Padishakhan Sultanalieva and Baitak Tursynbaev.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva's brother, Timur Tursynbaev, who is two years older than her, is a two-time Kazakhstan national figure skating champion.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva is a professional violinist and can play the piano.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva started skating at the age of five after following her brother, Timur, into figure skating.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva was briefly coached by Elena Buianova and Svetlana Sokolovskaya from 2011 to 2012, before switching to Eteri Tutberidze.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva won the novice bronze medal at the 2011 NRW Trophy.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva's 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.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva placed fifth at her second JGP event, in Tallinn, Estonia, and eleventh at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva ended her season with gold at the 2014 Triglav Trophy in Slovenia.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva then won the junior ladies' titles at the International Cup of Nice, Merano Cup, and NRW Trophy.

For most of this season, Elizabet Tursynbaeva experienced visa problems, which meant that she spent only part of the season training in Toronto under Orser and instead trained mainly at a shopping mall ice rink in Moscow with her mother.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva began her season by winning silver at the 2015 US Classic, her first ISU Challenger Series event, and gold at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva then won silver medals at the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy and 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In February 2016, Elizabet Tursynbaeva won the individual bronze medal, behind Russians Polina Tsurskaya and Maria Sotskova, at the Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva won the bronze medal at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva appeared as a torch-bearer for the 2017 Winter Universiade but was too young to compete.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva would go on to finish ninth at the 2017 World Championships, scoring personal bests in the free skate and combined total scores.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva won the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International and then placed eighth at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva went on to win the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva scored a personal best, placing fifth, at the 2017 Internationaux de France.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva went on to place twelfth at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and eleventh at the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva placed third in the free skate, which included an attempted quad Salchow that she fully rotated but fell on, and won the silver medal overall.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva placed fourth after the short program and first in the free skate.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva was able to deliver the rest of her program without any mistakes, winning the silver medal.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva then placed fourth in the free skate, where she successfully landed the quad Salchow, becoming the first woman to ever land a quadruple jump at the World Championships and the first senior female skater to ever land a quadruple jump in competition.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva finished in second place overall, becoming the second Kazakh skater to medal at the World Championships and the first to do so in ladies' singles.

Elizabet Tursynbaeva suffered from recurring injury issues that compelled her to withdraw from the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy.