Ekaterina Pushkash

Ekaterina Pushkash

Pushkash & Guerreiro in 2009.
Personal information
Full name Ekaterina Viktorovna Pushkash
Country represented  Russia
Born May 27, 1992 (1992-05-27) (age 19)
Nizhny Novgorod
Residence Aston, Pennsylvania
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Partner Jonathan Guerreiro
Former partner Dmitri Kiselev
Coach Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponosov
Former coach Irina Zhuk
Alexander Svinin
Liudmila Baranova
Choreographer Natalia Linichuk
Former choreographer Irina Zhuk
Alexander Svinin
Igor Pivorovich
Skating club Nizhny Novgorod SC
Current training locations Aston
Former training locations Moscow
Began skating 1997
World standing 15 (As of 17 June 2011 (2011 -06-17))[1]
Season's bests 19 (2010–2011)[2]
23 (2009–2010)[3]
32 (2008–2009)[4]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 136.80
2010 JGP Czech Skate
Short dance: 57.88
2010 JGP Czech Skate
Free dance 78.92
2010 JGP Czech Skate

Ekaterina Viktorovna Pushkash (Russian: Екатерина Викторовна Пушкаш, born May 27, 1992) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Jonathan Guerreiro, she is the 2011 World Junior silver medalist and 2011 Russian Junior silver medalist.

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Early career

Ekaterina Pushkash originally trained in ballroom dancing and took up ice dancing because of her cousin.[5] She and her maternal first cousin Dmitri Kiselev started skating together in 2000 and moved from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow for training in 2002.[6] They won silver medals at the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Gomel, Belarus and at the 2009 Russian Junior Championships. They finished sixth at Junior Worlds.

Partnership with Guerreiro

Junior career

Coaches Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin suggested she skate with Jonathan Guerreiro. She was reluctant at first, not wishing to cause family problems, but eventually agreed.[5]

She and Jonathan Guerreiro began skating together in May 2009.[5] They finished 5th at the 2009–2010 Junior Grand Prix Final and won the bronze medal at the 2010 Russian Junior Championships. At the end of the season, they switched coaches to Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponossov, which required them to move to Aston, Pennsylvania in the United States.[5]

During the 2010-2011 season, they finished 4th at the JGP Final. At the 2011 Russian Junior Championships, they won the silver medal and were assigned to the World Junior Championships where they won the silver medal.

Senior career

Pushkash and Guerreiro moved up to the senior level for the 2011–2012 season. They are assigned to compete at 2011 Skate Canada and 2011 Cup of Russia as their Grand Prix events. Guerreiro fractured his left foot in training in June 2011, causing them to miss a few weeks of training.[7]

Personal life

Her mother is the sister of Dmitri Kiselev's mother.[6] Her father is a former competitive marathon runner.[6]

Programs

With Guerreiro

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2011–2012 Capriccio Rhapsody
by Niccolo Paganini
2010–2011 Algo pequeñito
by Daniel Diges		 Scorchio
by Tonči Huljić		 Bust Your Windows
by Jazmine Sullivan
Original dance
2009–2010 Barynya Un Giorno Per Noi
(from Romeo and Juliet)
by Nino Rota
performed by Jonathan Ansell, Hayley Westenra

With Kiselev

Season Original dance Free dance Exhibition
2008–2009
  • Charleston: Unlucky Date
    (Неудачное свидание)
    by Alexander Tsfasman
  • Ragtime: Tiger Rag
 Sheherazade
by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
performed by Opera Babes

Competitive highlights

With Guerreiro

Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
World Junior Championships 2nd
Russian Championships 4th
Russian Junior Championships 3rd 2nd
Skate Canada 6th
Cup of Russia 7th
Junior Grand Prix Final 5th 4th
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Japan 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Turkey 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 1st
NRW Trophy 1st J.
J. = Junior level

With Kiselev

Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
World Junior Championships 6th
Russian Junior Championships 9th 6th 5th 2nd
Junior Grand Prix Final 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Belarus 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Great Britain 4th
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 4th
Junior Grand Prix, Estonia 6th
Junior Grand Prix, Taipei 7th

References

  1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 17, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsdance.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  2. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. April 30, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  3. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. March 26, 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  4. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. April 18, 2009. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2008-09/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 20, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c d Flade, Tatiana (April 14, 2011). "New kids on the block". Golden Skate. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/041411.shtml. Retrieved April 16, 2011. 
  6. ^ a b c Ekaterina Pushkash & Dmitri Kiselev at the International Skating Union
  7. ^ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (September 6, 2011). "Ekaterina Pushkash and Jonathan Guerreiro Gear Up for New Season". IFS Magazine. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/609-ekaterina-pushkash-and-jonathan-guerreiro-gear-up-for-new-season. Retrieved September 6, 2011. 

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