101 Facts About Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

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Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva is a Russian figure skater.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's career is notable for its consistency and longevity, especially in contrast with the young ages and high turnover of elite Russian women's skaters in her era.

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Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva was born on 17 December 1996 in Glazov, Udmurtia, Russia.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's mother teaches algebra and geometry and was her daughter's class teacher from the 5th to 9th grade.

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In July 2020, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva received her diploma from the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health in Saint Petersburg.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva started skating at the age of four after meeting girls interested in the sport at a summer camp.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was called a figure skating prodigy by the Russian media because at the age of 12, she performed difficult jumps, such as the triple Axel in practice, but she did not attempt the triple Axel in competition until 2015.

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Mishin was criticized for allowing Elizaveta Tuktamysheva to participate in the senior Russian Championships at only 11 years old.

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In 2009, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won the silver medal at the Russian Championships after placing fourth in the short program and first in the free skating.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva placed second with a margin of 0.67 points behind champion Adelina Sotnikova, who is half a year older than Tuktamysheva.

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At the 2010 Russian Championships, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was tenth after the short program but earned 124.57 points in the free skate and was able to win a bronze medal.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won her Junior Grand Prix events in Germany and Romania and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won the Russian Junior Championships by placing first in both programs.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva settled with her family in Saint Petersburg in the summer of 2011.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was assigned to two Grand Prix events, the 2011 Skate Canada International and 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva debuted on the senior Grand Prix circuit at Skate Canada International, where she won the gold medal with a combined personal best score of 177.38 points, becoming the youngest champion in the event since Tracey Wainman in 1981.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva then won gold at 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard to qualify for her first senior Grand Prix Final.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva is the first ladies' skater to win her senior debut event and to win both events in her senior Grand Prix debut.

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At the 2012 Russian Championships, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was seventh in the short program and fourth in the free skate and finished sixth overall.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva then competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and won the gold medal.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva withdrew from the 2012 World Junior Championships in order to prepare for the following season, including working on the triple Axel.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was assigned to 2012 Skate Canada International and the 2012 Trophee Eric Bompard, entering both events as the defending champion.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva did compete in Skate Canada International, placing sixth in the short program and third in the free skate.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva finished fourth overall with a total score of 168.00, just 0.04 less than bronze medalist Kanako Murakami.

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At the 2012 Trophee Eric Bompard, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was third in the short program and second in the free skate.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva obtained a personal best free skating score, 121.36 points, and won the silver medal ahead of teammate Yulia Lipnitskaya.

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At the 2013 European Championships, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva placed fourth in the short program, first in the long program, and won the bronze medal overall.

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At the 2013 World Championships, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was fourteenth in the short program after falling from a sit spin and singling her double Axel.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva placed eighth in the long program and finished tenth overall in her Worlds debut.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva came in tenth after placing ninth in both segments.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva began her season by winning her first ISU Challenger Series event, the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy, where she outscored teammate Alena Leonova by almost six points and American Gracie Gold by over ten points.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva then won another CS title at the 2014 Finlandia Trophy, defeating American Samantha Cesario by more than 30 points.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva started her Grand Prix season at the 2014 Skate America; she placed first in the short and second in the free skate, taking the silver medal behind Elena Radionova.

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At the 2015 Russian Championships, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva placed second in both programs, finishing with the silver behind Radionova.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva subsequently won the 2015 European Championship by a slim margin of 0.86, finishing second in the short program and first in the free skate, posting personal bests in both segments.

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At the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won the short program with a new personal best of 77.62, the third highest short program score under the ISU Judging System.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva performed the triple Axel for the first time in major competition, becoming the sixth woman to complete the jump and the fourth to do so at the World Championships.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva completed a triple toe-triple toe combination and a triple Lutz, making her the first woman to land four triples in the short program.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva went on to win the free skate with a score of 132.74, for a total of 210.36.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva decisively won the event, earning 16.76 points over silver medalist Satoko Miyahara, becoming the third Russian woman to win the World Championships.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva placed second in the short program, 0.33 points behind Gracie Gold, earning 11 points.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva then won the free program with a score of 134.21, winning 12 points, which greatly aided Team Russia in winning the silver medal.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva began her season by placing third in the individual competition of the Japan Open before winning the gold medal at the 2015 International Cup of Nice.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was named as an alternate for the 2016 European Championships.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was invited to the 2016 Team Challenge Cup but withdrew due to an ankle injury.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva began her season competing at the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where she won the silver medal after placing first in the short and second in the free skate.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva then competed at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy, where she placed fourth.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva started her season by competing in two Challenger events.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva started her season in September at the 2018 Lombardia Trophy, where she won the gold medal by a margin of over 21 points over the silver medalist, her training mate Sofia Samodurova, after placing first in both the short program and the free skate.

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At the 2018 Finlandia Trophy, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva again won gold after placing first in both segments.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva attempted the triple Axel in her free skate and her short program for the first time in competition.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva competed at her first Grand Prix assignment, 2018 Skate Canada International, at the end of October.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won the competition by a narrow margin of just 0.26 points over silver medalist Mako Yamashita after a costly fall on her triple Axel in the free skate opened the door for the rest of the field.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva placed first in the short program with a new season's best of 74.22, landing her triple Axel cleanly for the first time this season, and third in free skate behind Yamashita and Russian teammate Evgenia Medvedeva.

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In early November, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva competed at her second Grand Prix assignment, 2018 NHK Trophy, where she won the bronze medal behind Japanese skaters Rika Kihira and Satoko Miyahara.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva scored personal bests in both the free skate and overall, with 219.02 points.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva ranked first in the short program but dropped to third in the free skate.

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At the Final, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva returned to the podium with a bronze medal, landing all of her elements cleanly except for the triple Axel in her short program, which was judged underrotated.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva expressed satisfaction with having successfully increased her program difficulty in press conferences at the event.

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On 12 December 2018, the week before the 2019 Russian Championships, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was forced to withdraw from the competition after being hospitalized with pneumonia.

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In February 2019, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva competed at the Russian Cup Final, going head-to-head with countrywomen Evgenia Medvedeva and Stanislava Konstantinova to earn a spot on the Russian 2019 World Figure Skating Championships team.

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On 26 March 2019, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was named to the Russian team for the 2019 World Team Trophy alongside training mate Sofia Samodurova.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva finished first overall in the ladies event and earned a bronze medal for Team Russia's collective efforts.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva began training a quad toe loop with the hope of incorporating it into competition at some point in the season.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva initially had a short program from Canadian choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne to Florence + the Machine's "Drumming Song", but decided to change the music while aiming to retain much of the original choreography before the beginning of the season, instead using Astor Piazzolla's tango "Oblivion".

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva began her season at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy where she placed first in the short program and second in the free skate to earn a second-place finish overall behind Russian teammate Anna Shcherbakova.

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At this event, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva landed three triple Axels for the first time in one competition, incorporating one in her short program and two in her free skate.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva subsequently returned to the "Drumming Song" music for the short program for her next competition, 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, where she placed second behind Alena Kostornaia.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva rose to the bronze medal position after the free skate.

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At the 2019 Cup of China, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva fell on the triple Axel in her short program and performed only a double toe loop as the second part of her combination, placing fourth in that segment.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva revived her previous season's free program for the free skate, placing second in that segment and taking a second bronze medal overall.

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On 27 November 2019, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva posted an Instagram video of herself landing a quad toe loop.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva attempted the quad toe loop in competition for the first time but under-rotated and fell on it, in addition to other jump errors that had her place ninth in that segment but remained in fourth overall.

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The oldest ladies' skater in the field, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was named first alternate for the European and World Championships behind a trio of first-year seniors.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva controversially placed third in the short program behind Daria Usacheva and Anna Shcherbakova despite executing a clean triple axel and in light of a mistake from Shcherbakova on her combination.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva remained third in the free program after an imperfect skate to earn the bronze medal overall.

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In preparation for the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva restored her quadruple toe-loop, which she last performed unsuccessfully at the 2020 Russian Championships.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva posted a new video of herself performing the jump on her Instagram account on 17 November 2020 and executed the jump in practices but did not perform it in competition.

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At the event, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva placed second in the short program behind Alena Kostornaia after executing a clean triple Axel but stepping out of the first jump in her intended combination and only performing a triple Lutz-double toe loop as a result.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva stepped out of her triple Axel in the short program but cleanly executed her other jumps, placing fifth in that segment.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was tenth in the free after making errors on both triple Axels and doubling a planned triple loop, finishing in seventh overall.

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In February of 2021, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva competed at the 2021 Channel One Trophy, a domestic made-for-television team competition which split the Russian national team in half to compete against one another in two teams led by captains Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva respectively.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was chosen to represent Medvedeva's team, alongside Alexandra Trusova and Maiia Khromykh, in the ladies event.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva debuted a new short program to Billie Eilish and Khalid's "Lovely" and placed sixth of six in the short after popping a planned triple Axel into a single.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva next competed at the Russian Cup Final, which was widely assumed to be a contest between her and Kostornaia for the third berth on the Russian ladies' delegation for the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva placed third in the short program despite turning out of her triple Axel attempt, seven points ahead of Kostornaia, who popped the second half of her combination to a double.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was considered a serious contender for the podium alongside her fellow Russian skaters and Japan's Rika Kihira.

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At the World Championships, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva cleanly performed her short program to place third in the segment, behind Anna Shcherbakova and Rika Kihira.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva took the silver medal between countrywomen Shcherbakova with the gold and Trusova with the bronze.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's placement, combined with Shcherbakova's, qualified three berths for Russian ladies at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was named, alongside Shcherbakova, to compete for Russia in the ladies' segment at the 2021 World Team Trophy.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva competed as part of the Russian team for the 2021 World Team Trophy with a second place performance of the short program on the opening day within one point behind Russian teammate Anna Shcherbakova.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva finished in third place following the free skate with her combined scores.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva debuted her new programs for the Olympic season at the Russian test skate event in September and officially opened her competitive season in October at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy.

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At Finlandia, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva cleanly skated her short program to score a new personal best and win the segment ahead of Russian teammates Alena Kostornaia and Kamila Valieva.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva said afterward that she was not training a quad at that time, focusing on delivering her triple jump content cleanly.

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At the 2022 Russian Championships in December, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva fell on the triple Axel in her short program for the first time all season and doubled the triple toe loop in her intended jump combination, leaving her initially in seventh place.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva climbed to sixth in the free program with a clean skate but ultimately finished seventh overall and fourth of the skaters age-eligible to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the season's remaining ISU Championship events.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was named as the first alternate to the Russian women's team for the 2022 Winter Olympics on 20 January, missing Olympic qualification for the third time in her career.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was assigned to compete in the fourth and sixth events in this six-part series and claimed the title at both.

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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva is known for her consistency, particularly with jumps like the triple Axel.