| Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva | |
| Native Name: | Елизавета Хасанжоновна Худайбердиева |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Fullname: | Elizaveta Khasanzhonovna Khudaiberdieva |
| Country: |  Russia |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Mytishchi, Russia |
| Residence: | Moscow, Russia |
| Partner: | Egor Bazin |
| Formerpartner: | Andrey Filatov, Nikita Nazarov |
| Coach: | Alexander Zhulin |
| Formercoach: | Denis Samokhin, Maria Borovikova, Oleg Sudakov |
| Choreographer: | Nikolai Nikonov |
| Skating Club: | Olimpiets Balashikha Moscow |
| Currenttraininglocations: | Moscow |
| Beganskating: | 2006 |
| Dance Score: | 186.80 |
| Dance Date: | 2021 Denis Ten Memorial |
| Sd Score: | 77.08 |
| Sd Date: | 2021 Denis Ten Memorial |
| Fd Score: | 109.72 |
| Fd Date: | 2021 Denis Ten Memorial |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Elizaveta Khasanzhonovna Khudaiberdieva (Russian: Елизавета Хасанжоновна Худайбердиева, born 2 October 2002) is a Russian ice dancer. With her current skating partner, Egor Bazin, she is the 2023 Russian champion, 2022 Russian national bronze medalist.
With her former skating partner, Nikita Nazarov, she is the 2019 World Junior silver medalist and the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. She also won four gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, two with Nazarov and two with Andrei Filatov.
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva was born on 2 October 2002 in Mytishchi, Russia. Her mother is Russian and her father is Uzbek.[1]
On February 27, 2022, she married the producer of Channel One Kirill Blagov.[2]
Khudaiberdieva began learning to skate in 2006. She was a single skater until 2015–2016 season. She then switched to ice dancing and teamed up with Nikita Nazarov. They started to compete together in 2016–2017 season. They were coached by Denis Samokhin and Maria Borovikova.
Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov made their international junior debut in January 2017 at the 2017 Toruń Cup, where they won the gold medal.
They placed 8th at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships.
Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2017–2018 season. They won medals at both JGP events, first a bronze medal in late August in Brisbane, Australia and then the silver medal in October in Gdańsk, Poland.
They placed fifth at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships after placing second in the short dance and sixth in the free dance.
Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov won their first JGP gold medal in August at the 2018 JGP event in Bratislava, Slovakia, after placing first in both the rhythm dance and the free dance. They scored their personal best score of 159.62 points, and they beat the silver medalists, Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy, by about seven points. Their rhythm dance, free dance, and combined total scores at this competition were the highest scores achieved in an international junior ice dance competition at the time, subsequently surpassed by others.
At their second JGP event of the season in Ostrava, Czech Republic, they won a second gold medal. Again they were ranked first in both the rhythm dance and the free dance. With two JGP gold medals, they qualified for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final. At the Final, Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov won the bronze medal after placing third in the rhythm dance and fourth in the free dance. They were part of a Russian sweep of the ice dance podium. Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov were about 6 points behind both the gold medalists, Shevchenko/Eremenko and the silver medalists, Ushakova/Nekrasov, who were separated by only a 0.01 point. Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov won the bronze medal over Canadians Lajoie/Lagha, who placed fourth by a margin of only 0.03 points.
After winning the bronze medal at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov concluded the season at the 2019 World Junior Championships. They placed second in the rhythm dance, winning a silver small medal and unexpectedly beating their Russian teammates due to superior results on the tango pattern dance. They came fourth in the free dance but remained in second place overall, winning the silver medal. Khudaiberdieva said the result was not something they had expected, as "we were the number three Russian team, a confident number three though. For us, it was more about overcoming ourselves than anyone else. We haven’t realized yet that we are second at our first Junior Worlds." Noting that it was their final junior season, Nazarov said, "there are many teams in Russia, but if you look at the results at major events, they are not that great. But all these teams also once came up from juniors. We just have to work very hard in order to achieve something."
On May 13, 2019, it was announced that Khudaiberdieva and Nazarov had split.[3]
Khudaiberdieva teamed up with Andrei Filatov in late April 2019.[4] The team made their international junior debut in September 2019 at the 2019 JGP event in Riga, Latvia, where they won the gold medal. They placed first in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance, winning over the silver medalists, Georgian team Kazakova/Reviya, by about 0.3 points.
The pair were withdrawn from their second event, JGP Poland, due to a medical problem and were reassigned to the final Junior Grand Prix stage of the season, JGP Italy. In Egna, they again won gold and qualified for 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where they finished fourth. Khudaiberdieva/Filatov did not compete again until February 2020 at the 2020 Russian Junior Nationals, where they finished just off the podium in fourth, thus narrowly missing being named to the team for the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
In May 2020, Khudaiberdieva was listed as a member of the Russian senior national figure skating team with a new partner, two-time Winter Universiade silver medalist Egor Bazin, marking the end of her partnership with Filatov and her advancement to the senior ranks. Khudaiberdieva/Bazin were to be coached in Balashikha by a hybrid team of Khudaiberdieva's coaches, Denis Samokhin and Maria Borovikova, and Bazin's coach, Oleg Sudakov.
Khudaiberdieva/Bazin made their debut at the senior Russian test skates, where Bazin fell on a twizzle in the free dance. They made their competitive debut at the first stage of the domestic Russian Cup series, the qualifying competition series to the 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships, in Syzran in September. They placed first in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance to narrowly win the gold medal ahead of Morozov/Bagin. At their next event, the third stage held in Sochi, the team placed second in both the rhythm dance and the free dance to take second overall behind reigning national bronze medalists Zahorski/Guerreiro.
In November, Khudaiberdieva/Bazin made their international debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, where they placed fifth in the rhythm dance, just narrowly behind Morozov/Bagin. In the free dance, Khudaiberdieva/Bazin managed to overtake Morozov/Bagin by a little less than three points to place fourth in the free dance and fourth overall.
Competing at their first senior Russian Championships together (and Khudaiberdieva's first), they placed fourth in the rhythm dance despite a twizzle wobble from Bazin that earned him only a level 2 on that element. In the free dance, Khudaiberdieva stumbled on her twizzle sequence, placing them sixth in that segment and fifth overall.
Following the national championships, Khudaiberdieva/Bazin participated in the 2021 Channel One Trophy, a televised team competition held in lieu of the cancelled European Championships. They were selected for the Red Machine team captained by Alina Zagitova. They placed fifth in both their segments of the competition, while their team finished first overall.
Khudaiberdieva/Bazin began the season at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where they won the bronze medal and then took gold at the Volvo Open Cup. In their lone Grand Prix assignment, they were eighth at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup.
At the 2022 Russian Championships, Khudaiberdieva/Bazin placed sixth in the rhythm dance. In the free dance, following the withdrawal of top team Sinitsina/Katsalapov due to injury, Khudaiberdieva/Bazin moved up to the bronze medal with a third place in that segment. Bazin said afterward, "not only one couple tried to qualify for the Olympics, everyone tried. We want to at least have a chance to fight a little bit." This was widely interpreted as querying the validity of the scores for controversial silver medalists Davis/Smolkin.
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition | |
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| 2022–2023 |
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| 2021–2022 |
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| 2020–2021 |
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| 2018–2019 |
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| 2017–2018 | |||
| 2016–2017 |
(with Nazarov)
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International | ||||||||
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| Event | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | ||||
| align=left | 4th | 8th | ||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||
| align=left | WD | |||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| National | ||||||||
| align=left | 5th | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |
| align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| Quray | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| Velvet Season | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| Volga Pirouette | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| TBD = Assigned | ||||||||
| International | |||
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| Event | 2019–20 | ||
| align=left | 4th | ||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |
| National | |||
| align=left | 4th |
| International | ||||||
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| Event | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | |||
| align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||
| align=left | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| align=left | Halloween Cup | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |||
| align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| National | ||||||
| align=left | 8th | 5th | 3rd |
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
| 2021–2022 season | ||||||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | ||||
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| 21–26 December 2021 | 2022 Russian Championships | align=center | 6 77.91 | align=center | 3 117.84 | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 195.75 | |
| November 26–28, 2021 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup | align=center | 8 71.05 | align=center | 7 106.46 | align=center | 8 177.51 | |
| November 3–7, 2021 | 2021 Volvo Open Cup | align=center | 1 75.48 | align=center | 1 110.13 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 185.61 | |
| October 28–31, 2021 | 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | align=center | 2 77.08 | align=center | 3 109.72 | align=center bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3 186.80 | |
| 2020–2021 season | ||||||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | ||||
| February 5–7, 2021 | 2021 Channel One Trophy | align=center | 5 79.13 | align=center | 5 123.09 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1T/5P 202.22 | |
| December 23–27, 2020 | 2021 Russian Championships | align=center | 4 78.01 | align=center | 6 114.67 | align=center | 5 192.68 | |
| November 20–22, 2020 | 2020 Rostelecom Cup | align=center | 5 76.10 | align=center | 4 117.08 | align=center | 4 193.18 | |
| October 23–27, 2020 | 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 3rd Stage, Sochi domestic competition | align=center | 2 79.29 | align=center | 2 117.71 | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 197.00 | |
| September 18–22, 2020 | 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 1st Stage, Syzran domestic competition | align=center | 1 78.19 | align=center | 2 117.68 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 195.87 |
| 2019–2020 season | |||||||||
| Date | Event | Level | RD | FD | Total | ||||
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| February 4–8, 2020 | 2020 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | align=center | 4 66.16 | align=center | 4 105.22 | align=center | 4 171.38 | |
| December 5–8, 2019 | 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final | Junior | align=center | 4 65.07 | align=center | 4 97.96 | align=center | 4 163.03 | |
| October 2–5, 2019 | 2019 JGP Italy | Junior | align=center | 1 65.52 | align=center | 1 99.40 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 164.92 | |
| September 4–7, 2019 | 2019 JGP Latvia | Junior | align=center | 1 65.13 | align=center | 2 100.46 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 165.59 |
| 2018–2019 season | |||||||||
| Date | Event | Level | RD | FD | Total | ||||
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| March 4–10, 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | Junior | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 68.69 | align=center | 4 102.53 | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 171.22 | |
| February 1–4, 2019 | 2019 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | align=center | 3 69.89 | align=center | 3 106.96 | 3 176.85 | ||
| December 6–9, 2018 | 2018–19 JGP Final | Junior | align=center | 3 66.29 | align=center | 4 98.25 | 3 164.54 | ||
| Nov. 26 – Dec. 2, 2018 | 2018 Tallinn Trophy | Junior | align=center | 1 66.04 | align=center | 1 97.79 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 163.83 | |
| October 19–21, 2018 | 2018 Halloween Cup | Junior | align=center | 1 62.79 | align=center | 1 96.82 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 159.61 | |
| September 26–29, 2018 | 2018 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | align=center | 1 65.29 | align=center | 1 95.71 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 161.00 | |
| August 22–25, 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovakia | Junior | align=center | 1 64.39 | align=center | 1 95.23 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 159.62 | |
| 2017–2018 season | |||||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SD | FD | Total | ||||
| January 23–26, 2018 | 2018 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | align=center | 2 63.99 | align=center | 6 85.22 | align=center | 5 149.21 | |
| December 15–17, 2017 | 2017 Grand Prix of Bratislava | Junior | align=center | 1 60.87 | align=center | 1 84.47 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 145.34 | |
| November 21–26, 2017 | 2017 Tallinn Trophy | Junior | align=center | 2 61.57 | align=center | 2 84.36 | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 145.93 | |
| October 4–7, 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | Junior | align=center | 2 59.03 | align=center | 3 74.82 | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 133.85 | |
| August 23–26, 2017 | 2017 JGP Australia | Junior | align=center | 3 57.25 | align=center | 4 74.55 | 3 131.80 | ||
| 2016–2017 season | |||||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SD | FD | Total | ||||
| February 1–5, 2017 | 2017 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | align=center | 9 52.71 | align=center | 7 82.30 | align=center | 8 135.01 | |
| January 10–15, 2017 | 2017 Toruń Cup | Junior | align=center | 2 51.69 | align=center | 1 80.70 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 132.39 |
! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #78FF78;" |World Junior Record Holders