Ekaterina Ryabova (figure skater)
Ekaterina Alexeyevna Ryabova (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Рябова; born 27 March 2003) is a Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater who represents Azerbaijan in ladies' singles. She is the 2019 CS Ice Star bronze medalist, the 2018 Ice Star champion, the 2019 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, and the 2019 Azerbaijani national champion.
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Native name | Екатерина Алексеевна Рябова (Russian) |
Full name | Ekaterina Alexeyevna Ryabova |
Country represented | ![]() |
Born | Moscow, Russia | 27 March 2003
Residence | Moscow, Russia |
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Coach | Evgeni Plushenko, Alexander Volkov |
Former coach | Alexei Ryabov, Sergei Davydov |
Choreographer | Martine Dagenais |
Former choreographer | Viktoria Bondarenko |
Skating club | FS Academy of Evgeni Plushenko, Moscow |
Former skating club | Sambo 70, Dynamo Moscow |
Training locations | Moscow |
Began skating | 2006 |
World standing | 63 (2018–19) |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 187.77 2019 Rostelecom Cup |
Short program | 64.01 2019 Rostelecom Cup |
Free skate | 123.76 2019 Rostelecom Cup |
Ryabova placed 8th at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and is currently the 15th highest ranked ladies' singles skater in world by the International Skating Union following the 2019-20 figure skating season.
Personal life
Ryabova was born on 27 March 2003 in Moscow, Russia. As of January 2019, she is a high school student.[1]
Career
Early years
Ryabova began learning to skate in 2006 as a three-year-old.[1] As a child, she trained under her father, Alexei Ryabov, at the Dynamo Moscow sports club. In 2015, she moved to Sambo 70 to be coached by Sergei Davydov. She changed coaches after a year, joining Alexander Volkov and Evgeni Plushenko at the Angels of Plushenko rink.[2]
Ryabova made no junior international appearances for Russia.[3]
2018–2019 season
Ryabova made her international debut for Azerbaijan in September 2018, at the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Kaunas, Lithuania. She finished 6th overall after placing 7th in both segments. She had the same final result at her second assignment, 2018 JGP Slovenia.
Making her senior international debut, Ryabova won gold in October at the 2018 Minsk Arena Ice Star, outscoring the silver medalist, France's Léa Serna, by about nine points. She placed 8th at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy and 6th at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In January 2019, Ryabova was named to Azerbaijan's team for the 2019 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Ranked 7th in the short program, she qualified to the free skate. She placed 13th in the free skate and finished 12th overall.
In March 2019, at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Ryabova placed 17th in the short program and qualified to the free skate. She placed 13th in the free skate, and 13th overall.
2019–2020 season
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Ryabova opened her first full senior season in September 2019 at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial where she placed fifth overall. She was fifth as well at the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, before winning the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Ice Star and silver at the Volvo Open Cup. Making her Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, she placed fifth there.[4]
Competing as a junior, Ryabova placed eighth at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in January 2020. She then finished sixth at the 2020 European Championships later in the month.
Ryabova finished the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She was also assigned to compete at the 2020 World Figure Skating Championships, but these were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2019–2020 |
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2018–2019 [1] |
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2017–2018 |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
For Azerbaijan
International[3] | ||
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Event | 18–19 | 19–20 |
Worlds | 13th | C |
Europeans | 12th | 6th |
GP Rostelecom Cup | 5th | |
CS Golden Spin | 6th | 5th |
CS Ice Star | 3rd | |
CS Ondrej Nepela | 5th | |
CS Tallinn Trophy | 8th | |
Denis Ten Memorial | 5th | |
Ice Star | 1st | |
Volvo Open Cup | 2nd | |
International: Junior[3] | ||
Youth Olympics | 8th | |
Junior Worlds | 13th | 10th |
JGP Lithuania | 6th | |
JGP Slovenia | 6th | |
National[3] | ||
Azerbaijani Champ. | 1st | |
TBD = Assigned; C = Event cancelled |
Detailed results
2019–20 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
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2–8 March 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | Junior | 13 57.68 |
10 112.21 |
10 169.89 |
20–26 January 2020 | 2020 European Championships | Senior | 6 62.22 |
6 119.27 |
6 181.49 |
10–15 January 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | Junior | 9 59.30 |
8 110.07 |
8 169.37 |
4–7 December 2019 | 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | Senior | 6 57.02 |
5 119.49 |
5 176.51 |
15–17 November 2019 | 2019 Rostelecom Cup | Senior | 5 64.01 |
6 123.76 |
5 187.77 |
5–10 November 2019 | 2019 Volvo Open Cup | Senior | 3 62.89 |
2 115.34 |
2 178.23 |
18–20 October 2019 | 2019 CS Ice Star | Senior | 2 58.39 |
3 108.02 |
3 166.41 |
9–12 October 2019 | 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | Senior | 6 53.41 |
4 107.00 |
5 160.41 |
19–21 September 2019 | 2019 CS Nepela Memorial | Senior | 6 56.40 |
3 121.66 |
5 178.06 |
2018–19 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
18–24 March 2019 | 2019 World Championships | Senior | 17 57.18 |
13 122.70 |
13 179.88 |
4–10 March 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | Junior | 12 54.28 |
12 100.32 |
13 154.60 |
21–27 January 2019 | 2019 European Championships | Senior | 7 59.95 |
13 103.22 |
12 163.17 |
5–8 December 2018 | 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | Senior | 7 57.28 |
6 113.82 |
6 171.10 |
26–29 November 2018 | 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy | Senior | 17 45.95 |
7 111.25 |
8 157.20 |
18–21 October 2018 | 2018 Minsk Arena Ice Star | Senior | 3 55.67 |
1 106.86 |
1 162.53 |
3–10 October 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovenia | Junior | 6 57.91 |
6 109.16 |
6 167.07 |
5–8 September 2018 | 2018 JGP Lithuania | Junior | 7 51.94 |
7 99.70 |
6 151.64 |
References
- "Ekaterina RYABOVA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019.
- "Екатерина Алексеевна Рябова" [Ekaterina Alexeyevna Ryabova]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
- "Competition Results: Ekaterina RYABOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019.
- Slater, Paula (November 16, 2019). "Trusova dominates ladies in Moscow for second consecutive Grand Prix gold". Golden Skate.
- Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Kamila Valieva captures Junior World gold in season debut". Golden Skate.