Zhan Viacheslavovich Bush (russian: Жан Вячеславович Буш born 1 April 1993) is a Russian

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. He is the 2013

Cup of Nice The International Cup of Nice (french: Coupe Internationale de Nice) is an annual international figure skating competition usually held in October or November in Nice, France. It was continuously held from 1995 to 2017 (except 2005) for 22 years. T ...

bronze medalist, a four-time medalist on the

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

series, and 2011 Russian national senior bronze medalist. He placed 5th at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Bush was formerly known by the surname ''Devinski'' (russian: Девинский), but switched to his mother's maiden name, ''Bush'', with the consent of his whole family. His first name has sometimes been

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as ''Jean'' or ''Jan''. He was born in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

, but his family moved to Israel soon after and returned to Russia seven years later. He spoke only

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as a child, and learned Russian when the family returned. His parents enrolled him in figure skating to improve his health.

Career

Bush began skating at age 8 in Chelyabinsk. He was coached by Larisa Yakovleva from 2004 until 2010. He competed as Devinski until the end of the 2007–08 season. Bush finished 17th at the 2010 Russian Nationals. In spring 2010, he moved to

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

to be coached by 1994 Olympic champion

Alexei Urmanov Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (; born 17 November 1973) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995–96 Champions Series Final ...

. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 Russian Nationals. In the 2011–12 season, Bush began appearing in senior international events, competing at the

Finlandia Trophy The Finlandia Trophy is a senior-level international figure skating competition. Since 1995, it is held annually in Finland in Greater Helsinki region, including Helsinki, Vantaa, and Espoo. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014 ...

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. The competit ...

, and Coupe de Nice. He then competed at the 2012 Russian Championships, and finished 4th with an overall score of 223.30 points. Bush was the first alternate for the 2012 European Championships in

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, England. He won the gold medal at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. Bush finished 5th at the 2012 World Junior Championships in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

, Belarus. Bush placed 10th at the 2012 World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Japan. In 2012–13, Bush finished 5th at the

2012 Finlandia Trophy The 2012 Finlandia Trophy was an international figure skating competition in the 2012–13 season. The 17th edition of the annual event was held on October 5–7, 2012 at the Barona Arena in Espoo. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's ...

. At the 2012 Cup of Nice, he was 15th in the short program but won the long and finished 6th overall. Bush made his senior Grand Prix debut at the

2012 Rostelecom Cup The 2012 Rostelecom Cup was the fourth event of six in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Ice Palace Megasport in Moscow on November 8–11. Medals we ...

. In spring 2013, Bush changed coaches to

Svetlana Sokolovskaya Svetlana Vladimirovna Sokolovskaya (russian: Светлана Владимировна Соколовская; born 10 December 1965) is a Russian figure skating coach. Personal life Sokolovskaya was born in Norilsk to a family of doctors. She ...

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 million ...

. He won the bronze medal at the 2013

Programs

Competitive highlights

References

Irina Vorotnikova (9 September 2011)
«In the Russian national figure skating skaters from Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg»
Irina Vorotnikova (21 September 2011)

Irina Vorotnikova (23 September 2011). ttp://www.ski66.ru/kms_news+stat+nums-1057.html «Alps for Jean Bush are the same family as the Ural» Irina Vorotnikova (29 September 2011)
«Not Junior Jean Bush's debut»
Andrey Simonenko (13 September 2011)

Reut Golinskii and Tatiana Geyhman (5 October 2011)

Tatiana Geyhman (5 October 2011)

Irina Vorotnikova (21 October 2011)

Tatjana Flade (23 September 2011)
"Hanyu wins Men’s short at Nebelhorn Trophy"
Irina Vorotnikova (23 October 2011)
«Heir to the Russian school of men's figure skating»
9 November – 13, 2011

13 December – 16, 2011. Open competitions in figure skating, "N. Panin Memorial 2011". http://www.sportdialog.ru/mainarticles/otkrytye-sorevnovaniya-po-figurnomu-kataniyu-na-konkakh-memorial-napanina-2011 17 December 2011

21 December 2011
«Alexei Urmanov: Perhaps Plushenko skating championship Russia will not be brilliant, but the level of his talent and skill will allow him to win»
Andrey Simonenko (25 December 2011)

Irina Vorotnikova (19 January 2012)

27 December 2011. «Chelyabinets Zhan Bush was one step away from the podium at the Russian championships in figure skating in Saransk». http://mega-u.ru/default.aspx?c_id=3&method=NewsFullText&templateName=FullText2&s_id=1173&NewsId=32434&m_id=2 Olga Ermolina (18 January 2012)

Andrey Simonenko (6 February 2012)

Michael Aralovets (7 February 2012)
"Chelyabinsk skater won the junior championship of Russia."
Olga Semeniuk (7 February 2012)

Cyril Levkin (8 February 2012)
"Zhan Bush — champion of Russia among juniors."
Irina Vorotnikova (29 February 2012)

1 March 2012. ttp://rsport.ru/figure_skating/20120301/582067137.html «Russians Zhan Bush ranked fifth after the short program at the Junior World Championship in figure skating, which takes place in Minsk» Andrey Simonenko (1 March 2012)
«Figure skater Bush said that he was too quiet at the start of the Junior World Cup»
Irina Vorotnikova (2 March 2012)

Andrey Simonenko (3 March 2012)

Irina Vorotnikova (4 March 2012)

5 March 2012

5 March 2012. Alexeу Urmanov: "Hats off to those who have coached their children". http://www.sport-express.ua/rest/figureskating/news/153399-aleksej-urmanov-snimaju-shljapu-pered-temi-kto-treniruet-svoih-detej.html Andrey Simonenko (6 March 2012)

Andrey Simonenko (6 March 2012)

Irina Vorotnikova (11 April 2012)
«As once again become a world champion figure skater from Russia? Zhan Bush is ready to help!»
4 April 2012
«Urals Cup of Figure Skating get spectacular»
Peter Maletin (4 April 2012). «The element of ultra-si. Alexei Urmanov». http://vip74.ru./sport/element-ultra-si-aleksei-urmanov Valentinа Zhalkina (6 April 2012). «In a stellar track after the maestro», video. http://www.ve-trc.ru/css_news.pl?id=55398 10 April 2012
"Star Walk" for skaters Chelyabinsk
Olga Volkova (19 April 2012)

Zhan Bush, International Master of Sport. Interview by Cyril Levkin on 12 March 2012

Oleg Alekseev (30 May 2012)
Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov and coach: "The interest in figure skating great! A confused, then?"
Young talents in professional sport. Zhan Bush: "Favorite athlete myself)". Suggestions from fans in the new 2012-2013 season. Rate Zhan Bush - 28641 (9 August 2012)

9 September 2012
Interview with Zhan Bush
2 October 2012

7 October 2012

Magazine "Moscow skater" №12(2526)/2012. Alexeу Urmanov
"We just need a talent". About the World Junior Championships in 2012. Pages 8–11
Oleg Alekseev (11 October 2012)
"Ice skaters tested" (about Petersburg athletes)
8 November 2012. Alexey Urmanov

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bush, Zhan Russian male single skaters Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Jewish Russian sportspeople Russian people of Jewish descent 1993 births Living people Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade