Elizaveta Shanaeva Explained

Elizaveta Tamerlanovna Shanaeva (Russian: Елизавета Тамерлановна Шанаева, born 30 May 2003) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Devid Naryzhnyy, she is the 2020 World Junior bronze medalist and the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. She has also won three medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold medals at 2019 France and 2019 Russia.

Personal life

Elizaveta Tamerlanovna Shanaeva was born on 30 May 2003 in Alania, Russia.

Career

Early years

Shanaeva began learning to skate in 2005. She skated with Sergei Semko before teaming up with Devid Naryzhnyy during the 2016–2017 season. They are coached by Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin.

Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy placed first at the 2017 Moscow Championship.

2018–2019 season

Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2018–2019 season. They won silver medals at 2018 JGP event in Bratislava, Slovakia and placed 4th at 2018 JGP event in Yerevan, Armenia.

In November 2018, they won the junior gold medal at the 2018 Grand Prix of Bratislava. They placed fourth at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships.

2019–2020 season

Returning to the Junior Grand Prix, Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy won their first JGP gold medal in September at the 2019 JGP France in Courchevel. Three weeks later, they won a second gold medal at the 2019 JGP Russia in Chelyabinsk. With these results, they qualified for the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino. Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy placed third in the rhythm dance there, with her describing them as "quite happy" with their performance. They were also third in the free dance, despite Naryzhnyy missing a twizzle level, and won the bronze medal.

After winning the junior national title at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships, Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy were assigned to compete at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. First in the free dance, they won a small gold medal for the segment, becoming the only team to score above 70 points in the junior rhythm dance that season. Third in the free dance, they dropped to third place overall and won the bronze medal. Shanaeva said, "we got a lot of energy to show our maximum next season and to be ready to beat everyone."

2020–2021 season

After junior Russian test skates in August, both became ill with COVID-19, first Shanaeva and then Naryzhnyy. This caused them to miss the first half of the season, competing only in December, on the fifth stage of the domestic Cup of Russia series, but having to withdraw after the rhythm dance due to Naryzhnyy getting food poisoned.

At the beginning of February, they competed on the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in Krasnoyarsk, placing third in the rhythm dance, second in the free dance and second overall. They claimed to be happy with their performances after such a difficult period, defining their result as a "silver medal with a golden shine."

They were scheduled to participate in the Russian Cup Final in Moscow but withdrew for medical reasons. On the 17 and 18 of April, they performed in Team Tutberidze’s show Champions on Ice in Krasnodar and Sochi.

2021–2022 season

Moving to the international senior level, Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy won the bronze medal at the Budapest Trophy. They went on to make their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Skate Canada International, where they finished in ninth place. 

In December, Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy competed on the 2022 Russian Championship in Saint Petersburg, placing eighth in the rhythm dance and fifth in the free dance and finishing fifth overall.

Programs

With Naryzhnyy

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2021–2022	Capim Legendary Freak (Remix)	Amaluna	Umbrella Umbrella
2020–2021	Bonnie and Clyde	Amaluna	Umbrella Umbrella
2019–2020	Bonnie and Clyde	River	Come Together Come Together
2018–2019	Tango D’Amor María de Buenos Aires	Samson and Delilah
	Short dance
2017–2018	Dirás Que Estoy Loco Pum Pum	Come Together Come Together
2016–2017	It Feels So Right	Scheherazade

Competitive highlights

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

With Drozd

National
Event	22–23	23–24
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th
Golden Sate		bgcolor=silver	2nd
Idel	bgcolor=silver	2nd
Krasnoyarye		bgcolor=silver	2nd
Volga Pirouette	bgcolor=silver	2nd

With Naryzhnyy

International
Event	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
align=left							9th
align=left							bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left							4th
align=left							bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
International: Junior
align=left					bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left					bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left				bgcolor=	4th
align=left					bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left					bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left				bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left		9th
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left				bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left	GP Bratislava			bgcolor=gold	1st
National
align=left							5th
align=left			12th	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left	Russian Youth, Elder	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Semko

International: Advanced novice
Event	2014–15	2015–16
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st
National
align=left	Moscow Youth Champ., Elder		8th

Detailed results

Small medals awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU personal bests highlighted in bold.

With Naryzhnyy

Senior results

2021–22 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
21–26 December 2021	2022 Russian Championships	align=center	8 74.83	align=center	5 112.36	align=center	5 187.19
7–11 December 2021	2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	align=center	3 70.59	align=center	2 107.24	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	3 177.83
17–20 November 2021	2021 CS Warsaw Cup	align=center	4 73.55	align=center	4 110.88	align=center	4 184.43
29–31 October 2021	2021 Skate Canada International	align=center	9 68.53	align=center	10 92.13	align=center	9 160.66
14–17 October 2021	2021 Budapest Trophy	align=center	3 69.55	align=center	3 105.35	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	3 174.90

Junior results

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2020–21 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
1–5 February 2021	2021 Russian Junior Championships	align=center	3 73.75	align=center	2 110.44	align=center bgcolor=silver	2 184.19
2019–20 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
2–8 March 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 70.03	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	3 105.14	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	3 175.17
4–8 February 2020	2020 Russian Junior Championships	align=center	2 71.24	align=center	1 110.85	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 182.09
5–8 December 2019	2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final	align=center	3 66.21	align=center	3 98.01	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	3 164.22
11–14 September 2019	2019 JGP Russia	align=center	1 67.70	align=center	1 103.37	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 171.07
21–24 August 2019	2019 JGP France	align=center	2 63.76	align=center	1 100.14	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 163.90
2018–19 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
31 January – 4 February 2019	2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships	align=center	5 64.20	align=center	4 102.89	align=center	4 167.09
12–14 December 2018	2018 Grand Prix of Bratislava	1 63.58	1 96.45	1 160.03
6–11 November 2018	2018 Volvo Open Cup	2 63.77	2 95.67	2 159.44
10–13 October 2018	2018 JGP Armenia	5 55.81	3 92.33	4 148.14
22–25 September 2018	2018 JGP Slovakia	2 60.30	2 91.91	2 152.21
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
23–26 January 2018	2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships	align=center	14 51.77	align=center	12 75.16	align=center	12 126.93
4–10 December 2017	2017 Santa Claus Cup	2 53.72	1 76.61	1 130.33
2016–17 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
18–20 November 2016	2016 Ice Star	align=center	10 50.31	align=center	9 72.30	align=center	9 122.61