Elizabet Tursynbaeva Explained

Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Native Name:Элизабет Тұрсынбаева
Native Name Lang:kz
Also Known As:
  • Tursynbayeva
  • Turzynbaeva
Country: Kazakhstan
Birth Date:14 February 2000
Birth Place:Moscow, Russia
Formercoach:Eteri Tutberidze
Sergei Dudakov
Brian Orser
Tracy Wilson
Elena Buianova
Svetlana Sokolovskaya
Natalia Dubinskaya
Alexander Shubin
Formerchoreographer:Daniil Gleikhengauz
David Wilson
Tracy Wilson
Mary Angela Larmer
Sergei Komolov
Alexei Zheleznyakov
Skating Club:Sambo 70
Former Skating Club:
Currenttraininglocations:Moscow
Formertraininglocations:Toronto
Beganskating:2005
Retired:20 September 2021[1]
Worldranking:
Pbrankings:
Combined Total:224.76
Combined Date:2019 Worlds
Sp Score:75.96
Sp Date:2019 Worlds
Fs Score:148.80
Fs Date:2019 Worlds
Show-Medals:yes

Elizabet Tursynbaeva (Kazakh: Элизабет Тұрсынбаева, Elizabet Tūrsynbaeva; born 14 February 2000) is a Kazakh retired figure skater. She 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 (2015–2017). She placed 12th at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Having successfully landed a quadruple Salchow at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Tursynbaeva is the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in senior international competition.

Competing in the junior ranks, Tursynbaeva won bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and silver at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events.

Tursynbaeva placed 12th at the 2018 Winter Olympics and was the 20th highest ranked ladies' singles skater in the world by the International Skating Union following the 2019–20 figure skating season.

In September 2021, she announced her retirement due to a chronic back injury.[9]

Personal life

Elizabet Tursynbaeva was born on 14 February 2000 in Moscow, Russia. She is the daughter of Padishakhan Sultanalieva and Baitak Tursynbaev. Her family is originally from Kazakhstan. Her brother, Timur Tursynbaev, 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. She and her mother settled in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in May 2015, where she was home-schooled. In 2018 they relocated back to Moscow, Russia. Tursynbaeva speaks Russian and English.

Because of her small stature, she is known to many of her fans as "Lilbet".

Career

Early career

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

Representing Kazakhstan, Tursynbaeva made her international debut in April 2011, placing fourth in the novice ladies' category at the Rooster Cup. She won the novice bronze medal at the 2011 NRW Trophy. After finishing thirteenth at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships, she decided to continue representing Kazakhstan. She made no international appearances for Russia.

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.

2013–2014 season: Junior international debut

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

2014–2015 season

During the 2014 JGP series, Tursynbaeva 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. At the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, she placed seventh in the short program, fourth in the free skate, and fourth overall.

For most of this season, 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.

2015–2016 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. 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.

Tursynbaeva 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 fourth at the 2015 Skate America and seventh 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 fourteenth after the short to finish fifth overall (fourth in the free) at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In April, she finished twelfth at the 2016 World Championships in Boston after placing twelfth in the short and tenth in the free. Later that month, she competed at her first team event, the 2016 Team Challenge Cup in Spokane, Washington.

2016–2017 season

Tursynbaeva won the bronze medal at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International. She appeared as a torch-bearer for the 2017 Winter Universiade but was too young to compete. At the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, she received a small bronze medal for her short program and finished eighth overall. Later that month, she placed third at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Tursynbaeva would go on to finish ninth at the 2017 World Championships, scoring personal bests in the free skate and combined total scores. Her ninth-place finish qualified two spots for the ladies' singles event for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and 2018 World Championships in Milan. During the season, videos surfaced of Tursynbaeva completing fully rotated quad Salchow jumps, along with quadruple Salchows in combination with double and triple toe-loops.

2017–2018 season

Tursynbaeva won the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International and then placed eighth at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup. She went on to win the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star. She scored a personal best, placing fifth, at the 2017 Internationaux de France. At her next competition, the 2018 Four Continents Championships, she received her lowest scores of the season and finished twelfth. She went on to place twelfth at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and eleventh at the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships.

2018–2019 season: World and Four Continents silver

In June, Tursynbaeva announced that she had changed coaches from Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson back to her previous coach, Eteri Tutberidze.[10] Beginning on the Challenger series, Tursynbaeva won silver medals at both the Finlandia Trophy and the Ondrej Nepela Trophy. Assigned to two Grand Prix events, she finished fifth at the 2018 Skate Canada International and sixth at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup.

At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, she placed sixth in the short program after turning out of her double Axel. She 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. This was only the second Four Continents medal for a Kazakh skater (after Denis Ten) and the first for a lady. Speaking afterward, Tursynbaeva admitted that she did not expect to make the podium. Regarding the quad, she said, "I still have work to do on it, but it wasn’t bad for a first time in competition."

Tursynbaeva next competed in the 2019 Winter Universiade. She placed fourth after the short program and first in the free skate. Her free skate included an attempted quad Salchow that she fell on. She was able to deliver the rest of her program without any mistakes, winning the silver medal. In doing so, she became the second Kazakh skater (again after Denis Ten) to medal at a Winter Universiade and the first to medal in ladies' singles.

At the 2019 World Championships, Tursynbaeva placed third in the short program after executing a triple Salchow-triple toe loop combination in the second half of the program, which earned a bonus 10% for the element's score. She 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. She 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. In an interview, when asked about her performance and the quad, she said "I can't believe I landed it, it was good in practice this morning. I couldn't do it at the last two competitions so I was really glad to be able to do it here."

2019–2020 season: Struggles and retirement from competition

Tursynbaeva suffered from recurring injury issues that compelled her to withdraw from the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy. Although she was able to compete at the 2019 Shanghai Trophy, where she won the silver medal, she again withdrew from competition, missing her first Grand Prix assignment, 2019 Skate America. She then subsequently withdrew from the 2019 Cup of China as well, stating that she hoped to be well enough to participate in ice shows later in the year.

Following the season, Tursynvaeva announced her retirement from competition on September 20, 2021, through an Instagram post, citing difficulty in overcoming a persistent back injury.

Post-retirement

Elizabet Tursynbayeva, along with another famous Kazakh ice skater Kseniya Pankratova, went viral in 2021 for their Instagram video of their ice skating performances on a frozen lake in Kazakhstan.[11]

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2019–2020
  • Adagio (Denis Ten Tribute)
2018–2019
2017–2018
2016–2017
  • Little Secret
2015–2016
  • I Got Rhythm

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  • Send In the Clowns
  • Send in the Clowns

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  • I Got Rhythm
2014–2015
  • Becoming a Geisha
  • Send in the Clowns
2013–2014
  • Poesia Di Venzia
2012–2013
  • Dönmek
  • The Feeling Begins
  • Harem
2011–2012
  • Poesia Di Venzia

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event10–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22
align=left 12th
align=left 12th 9th 11th bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 8th 12th bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left WD
align=left 5th
align=left 8th
align=left 5th 8th 6th WD
align=left 4th WD
align=left 7th 5th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left WD
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd 7th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
International: Junior
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 11th 4th 5th WD
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 5th
align=left bgcolor=silver2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left New Year's Cup bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
International: Novice
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left Rooster Cup 4th
National
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st
Team events
bgcolor=cc9966 3rd T
6th P
WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Senior level

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

2019-20 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
3–5 October 20192019 Shanghai Trophyalign=center 2
69.24		align=center 3
116.85		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
186.09
2018–19 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
18–24 March 20192019 World Championshipsalign=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
75.96		align=center 4
148.80		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
224.76
6–9 March 20192019 Winter Universiadealign=center 4
67.57		align=center 1
147.20		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
214.22
7–10 February 20192019 Four Continents Championshipsalign=center 6
68.09		align=center bgcolor=cc99663
139.37		align=center bgcolor=silver2
207.46
16–18 November 20182018 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 4
61.73		align=center 6
118.72		align=center 6
180.45
26–28 October 20182018 Skate Canadaalign=center 6
61.19		align=center 5
124.52		align=center 5
185.71
4–7 October 20182018 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 2
70.95		align=center 1
129.79		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
200.74
19–22 September 20182018 CS Ondrej Nepelaalign=center 2
69.99		align=center 2
122.31		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
192.30
2017–18 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
19–25 March 20182018 World Championshipsalign=center 11
62.38		align=center 10
124.47		align=center 11
186.85
15–23 February 20182018 Winter Olympicsalign=center 15
58.82		align=center 13
118.30		align=center 12
177.12
22–28 January 20182018 Four Continents Championshipsalign=center 11
56.52		align=center 13
99.67		align=center 12
156.19
17–19 November 20172017 Internationaux de Francealign=center 6
62.29		align=center 3
138.69		align=center 5
200.98
26–29 October 20172017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Staralign=center 3
60.62		align=center 1
126.95		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
187.57
20–22 October 20172017 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 6
63.92		align=center 9
121.03		align=center 8
184.95
20–23 September 20172017 CS Autumn Classicalign=center 5
56.62		align=center 3
124.38		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
181.00
2016–17 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
29 March – 2 April 20172017 World Championshipsalign=center 10
65.48		align=center 8
126.51		align=center 9
191.99
23–26 February 20172017 Asian Winter Gamesalign=center 6
53.16		align=center 2
121.88		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
175.04
15–19 February 20172017 Four Continents Championshipsalign=center bgcolor=cc99663
66.87		align=center 11
109.78		align=center 8
176.65
25–27 November 20162016 NHK Trophyalign=center 9
55.66		align=center 6
119.45		align=center 8
175.11
4–6 November 20162016 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 4
64.31		align=center 5
117.01		align=center 5
181.32
29 September – 1 October 20162016 CS Autumn Classicalign=center 2
61.48		align=center 3
110.98		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
172.46
14–18 September 20162016 CS U.S. Classicalign=center 8
48.33		align=center 9
78.73		align=center 7
127.06
2015–16 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
22–23 April 20162016 Team Challenge Cupalign=center 6
65.44		align=center 6
123.61		align=center bgcolor=gold 6P/1T
28 March – 3 April 20162016 World Championshipsalign=center 12
61.63		align=center 10
121.99		align=center 12
183.62
3–5 December 20152015 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 3
56.88		align=center 2
119.45		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
176.33
17–22 November 20152015 CS Tallinn Trophyalign=center 3
57.48		align=center 2
117.39		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
174.87
30 October–1 November 20152015 Skate Canada Internationalalign=center 12
49.84		align=center 4
115.32		align=center 7
165.16
23–25 October 20152015 Skate Americaalign=center 7
59.26		align=center 4
119.30		align=center 4
178.56
12–15 October 20152015 Skate Canada Autumn Classicalign=center 2
59.23		align=center 1
120.45		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
179.72
16–20 September 20152015 CS U.S. Classicalign=center 4
59.66		align=center 2
118.25		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
177.91

Junior level

2015–16 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
14–20 March 20162016 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 14
50.11		align=center 4
120.72		align=center 5
170.83
12–21 February 20162016 Winter Youth OlympicsJunioralign=center 2
59.11		align=center 3
108.77		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
167.88
2014–15 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
2–8 March 20152015 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 7
55.95		align=center 4
117.49		align=center 4
173.44
7–10 January 20152015 Toruń CupJunioralign=center 1
50.68		align=center 1
96.82		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
147.50
26–30 November 20142014 NRW TrophyJunioralign=center 1
58.72		align=center 1
117.40		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
176.12
14–16 November 20142014 Merano CupJunioralign=center 1
51.02		align=center 1
107.57		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
158.59
15–19 October 20142014 International Cup of NiceJunioralign=center 1
46.81		align=center 1
108.21		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
155.02
1–5 October 20142014 JGP GermanyJunioralign=center 2
55.31		align=center 2
109.48		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
164.79
11–14 September 20142014 JGP JapanJunioralign=center 1
59.25		align=center 5
100.13		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
159.38
2013–14 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
2–6 April 20142014 Triglav TrophyJunioralign=center 1
48.97		align=center 1
101.71		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
150.68
28–30 March 20142014 Gardena Spring TrophyJunioralign=center 2
52.01		align=center 1
105.85		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
157.86
10–16 March 20142014 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 16
45.62		align=center 11
96.10		align=center 11
141.72
3–6 January 20142014 New Year's CupJunioralign=center 1
48.96		align=center 1
83.70		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
132.66
13–15 October 20132013 JGP EstoniaJunioralign=center 6
50.27		align=center 5
95.58		align=center 5
145.85
25–28 September 20132013 JGP BelarusJunioralign=center 1
53.22		align=center 3
97.61		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
150.83
2012–13 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
1–3 February 20132013 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 13
53.73		align=center 13
97.47		align=center 13
151.20

Notes and References

  1. CUDUOvao0F1. elizabetkz. Dear fans, I have decided to end my career as a professional athlete.. Elizabet. Tursynbaeva. Elizabet Tursynbaeva. 20 September 2021.
  2. Web site: ISU World Standings 2019/2020. Ladies . isu.org . 2020-02-19.
  3. Web site: Seasons Best Scores. www.isuresults.com. 17 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Seasons Best Scores. www.isuresults.com. 21 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Seasons Best Scores. www.isuresults.com. 17 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Seasons Best Scores. www.isuresults.com. 17 February 2018.
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  8. Web site: Seasons Best Scores. www.isuresults.com. 17 February 2018.
  9. Web site: Ученица Тутберидзе и серебряный призер чемпионата мира-2019 Элизабет Турсынбаева завершила карьеру.
  10. Web site: Eteri Tutberidze became the trainer of Elizabet Tursynbaeva . Prosports.kz.
  11. Web site: January 2021. Aidana Yergaliyeva in Tourism on 15. 2021-01-15. Famous Skaters Perform on Kazakhstan's Lakes to Popularize Internal Tourism (Video). 2021-12-14. The Astana Times. en.

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