Ekaterina Viktorovna Pushkash (russian: Екатерина Викторовна Пушкаш, born 27 May 1992) is a Russian

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With partner

Jonathan Guerreiro Jonathan Franciscovich Guerreiro (russian: link=no, Джонатан Францискович Гурейро; born 3 April 1991) is an Australian-Russian ice dancer. Representing Russia with Tiffany Zahorski, he is the 2018 NHK Trophy silver ...

, she is the 2011 World Junior silver medalist and 2011 Russian Junior silver medalist.

Early career

Ekaterina Pushkash originally trained in ballroom dancing and took up ice dancing because of her cousin. She teamed up with her maternal first cousin,

Dmitri Kiselev Dmitri Sergeyevich Kiselev (russian: Дмитрий Серге́евич Киселёв, born 10 August 1989) is a Russian ice dancer. Competing with Ekaterina Pushkash for Russia, he placed 6th at the 2009 World Junior Championships. He late ...

, in 2000. They moved from

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

for training in 2002. Pushkash/Kiselev won silver medals at the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in

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and at the 2009 Russian Junior Championships. They finished sixth at the 2009 World Junior Championships and parted ways at the end of the season.

Partnership with Guerreiro

Junior career

Coaches Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin suggested she skate with

. She was reluctant at first, not wishing to cause family problems, but eventually agreed. She and

began skating together in May 2009. 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 Natalya Vladimirovna Linichuk (; born 6 February 1956) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With partner and husband Gennadi Karponosov, she is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World cham ...

and Gennadi Karponossov, which required them to move to

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in the United States. 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. Guerreiro fractured his left foot in training in June 2011, causing them to miss a few weeks of training. They competed at two Grand Prix events, 2011 Skate Canada and 2011 Cup of Russia. At the end of the season, they changed coaches to Nikolai Morozov in Moscow. Prior to the 2013–14 season, Pushkash and Guerreiro began training with

Anjelika Krylova Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova (russian: Анжелика Алексеевна Крылова; born 4 July 1973) is a Russian retired Ice dancing, ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, ...

and

Pasquale Camerlengo Pasquale Camerlengo (born 14 April 1966) is an Italian former competitive ice dancer who is now a coach and choreographer. With Stefania Calegari, he won gold medals at Skate America, Skate Canada, and the International de Paris, and placed fift ...

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Personal life

Pushkash and

are first cousins – their mothers are sisters. Her father is a former competitive marathon runner.

Programs

With Guerreiro

With Kiselev

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by

Alexander Tsfasman Alexander Naumovich Tsfasman (russian: Александр Наумович Цфасман; born December 14, 1906 - died February 20, 1971) was a Soviet Jazz pianist, composer, conductor, arranger, publisher and activist. He was an important figu ...

* Ragtime:

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, *

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by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
performed by Opera Babes , - ! 2007–2008 , * African dance , * Carmen
by Georges Bizet , - ! 2006–2007 , , * 7:40

Competitive highlights

With Guerreiro

With Kiselev

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pushkash, Ekaterina Russian female ice dancers 1992 births Living people World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod