Ekaterina Ryabova (figure skater)

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexeyevna and the family name is Ryabova.
Ekaterina Ryabova
Maria Butyrskaia
Skating clubBaku, Neftchi
Began skating2006
RetiredSeptember 6, 2022

Ekaterina Alexeyevna Ryabova (

figure skater who represented Azerbaijan in women's singles. She is the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge silver medalist, 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.

Ryabova placed eighth at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. She is currently the 13th highest-ranked ladies figure skater in the world by the International Skating Union.

Personal life

Ryabova was born on 27 March 2003 in Moscow, Russia.[1] Her younger sister Anna is also a skater. Ryabova became engaged to French ice dancer Geoffrey Brissaud on 23 April 2022.[2] She announced the end of their relationship in June 2023.

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.[3]

Ryabova made her debut for Russia in 2014 at the advanced novice level.[4] She made no junior international appearances for Russia.[5]

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 sixth overall after placing seventh in both segments. She had the same final result at her second assignment, 2018 JGP Slovenia.[5]

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 eighth at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy and sixth at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[5]

In January 2019, Ryabova was named to Azerbaijan's team for the 2019 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Ranked seventh in the short program, she qualified to the free skate. She placed thirteenth in the free skate and finished twelfth overall.[5]

In March 2019, at the 2019 World Championships, Ryabova placed seventeenth in the short program and qualified to the free skate. She placed thirteenth in the free skate and thirteenth overall.[5]

2019–2020 season

Ryabova at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Ryabova opened her first full senior season in September 2019 at the

Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, she placed fifth there.[6]

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.[5]

Ryabova finished the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[7] She was also assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships, but these were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

2020–2021 season

With the pandemic continuing to limit international events, Ryabova competed at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, placing ninth.[9] In December, she left coaches Evgeni Plushenko and Alexander Volkov, citing being "no longer satisfied with the training conditions." She returned to her previous coaches, her parents, Alexei Ryabov and Ekaterina Bandurina.[10][11]

Ryabova competed at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, placing twelfth to qualify for a berth for Azerbaijan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[12][13]

2021–2022 season

Ryabova began the Olympic season at the

Grand Prix, Ryabova finished in seventh place at her first event, the 2021 Internationaux de France.[14] She went on to place tenth at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup.[15] Ryabova closed out the year by winning the Santa Claus Cup.[5]

At the 2022 European Championships, Ryabova finished in sixth place.[16] Competing in the women's event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ryabova was sixteenth in the short program.[17] Fifteenth in the free skate, she rose to fifteenth overall.[18]

Days after the Olympics concluded,

invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian skaters from competing at the 2022 World Championships. However, Ryabova was still allowed to compete since she represented Azerbaijan. Ryabova placed ninth in the short program.[19] Eleventh in the free skate, she remained ninth overall.[20]

Retirement

Ryabova announced her retirement from competitive figure skating on Instagram on 6 September 2022.[21]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
[22]
  • You are my gentleness
    by Nargiz
2020–2021
[23]
2019–2020
[24]
2018–2019
[1]
  • Puttin' on the Ritz

    performed by Miss Kookie
2017–2018

Competitive highlights

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

For Azerbaijan

International[5]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Olympics
 14th
Worlds 13th C 12th 9th
Europeans 12th 6th 5th
GP
France
 7th
GP NHK Trophy WD
GP Rostelecom Cup 5th 9th 10th
GP Skate Canada WD
CS Denis Ten Mem. 2nd
CS Golden Spin 6th 5th
CS Ice Star 3rd
CS
Ondrej Nepela
 5th
CS Tallinn Trophy 8th
Budapest Trophy 4th
Denis Ten Memorial 5th
Ice Star 1st
Santa Claus Cup 1st
Volvo Open Cup 2nd WD
International: Junior[5]
Youth Olympics
 8th
Junior Worlds 13th 10th
JGP Lithuania 6th
JGP Slovenia 6th
National[5]
Azerbaijani Champ. 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests highlighted in bold.

2021–22 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships Senior 9
65.52 		11
122.98 		9
188.50
February 15–17, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics Senior 15
61.82 		14
118.15 		14
179.97
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships Senior 7
65.47 		6
131.28 		6
196.75
December 6–12, 2021 2021 Santa Claus Cup Senior 1
66.00 		1
121.49 		1
187.49
November 26–28, 2021 2021 Rostelecom Cup Senior 8
58.87 		10
116.37 		10
175.24
November 19–21, 2021 2021 Internationaux de France Senior 7
63.34 		8
123.31 		7
186.65
October 28–31, 2021 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Senior 3
63.77 		2
115.73 		2
179.50
October 14–17, 2021 2021 Budapest Trophy Senior 4
64.32 		4
120.61 		4
184.93
2020–21 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
22–28 March 2021 2021 World Championships Senior 13
64.11 		10
125.35 		12
189.46
20–22 November 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup Senior 8
58.58 		9
109.27 		9
167.85
2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
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

  1. ^ a b c "Ekaterina RYABOVA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Shifting Sands: Off-Season News Briefs". International Figure Skating Magazine. April 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Екатерина Алексеевна Рябова" [Ekaterina Alexeyevna Ryabova]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
  4. ^ "Ekaterina RYABOVA". RinkResults.com. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Competition Results: Ekaterina RYABOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019.
  6. ^ Slater, Paula (November 16, 2019). "Trusova dominates ladies in Moscow for second consecutive Grand Prix gold". Golden Skate.
  7. ^ Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Kamila Valieva captures Junior World gold in season debut". Golden Skate.
  8. ^ Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  9. ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2020". International Skating Union.
  10. ^ Ryabova, Ekaterina (December 12, 2020). ""Новые-старые тренеры 😅 Всё бывает в нашей жизни 😉🙃 @ryabov_team ❤⛸ #фигурноекатание#figureskating#ryabov_team"" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  11. ^ "Рябова: "С Плющенко расстались без конфликтов. Меня перестали устраивать тренировочные условия" - 13 декабря 2020 - Sport24". sport24.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-13.
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  13. ^ "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. April 1, 2021.
  14. ^ Slater, Paula (November 20, 2021). "Shcherbakova wins fourth Grand Prix gold in France". Golden Skate.
  15. ^ Slater, Paula (November 28, 2021). "Valieva takes Rostelecom Cup gold with record score". Golden Skate.
  16. ^ Slater, Paula (January 15, 2022). "Valieva leads Russian sweep in European debut". Golden Skate.
  17. ^ Penny, Brandon (February 15, 2022). "As it happened: ROC, U.S. skaters star in women's short program". NBC Sports.
  18. ^ Penny, Brandon (February 17, 2022). "Re-live every moment of the historic Olympic women's free skate". NBC Sports.
  19. ^ Slater, Paula (March 23, 2022). "Sakamoto tops Olympic score at Worlds". Golden Skate.
  20. ^ Slater, Paula (March 25, 2022). "Japan's Kaori Sakamoto skates to World title". Golden Skate.
  21. ^ Ryabova, Ekaterina [@_rina.r] (September 6, 2022). "Я завершила свою спортивную карьеру" [I completed my career in sports.] (in Russian) – via Instagram.
  22. ^ "Ekaterina RYABOVA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  23. ^ "Ekaterina RYABOVA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020.
  24. ^ "Ekaterina RYABOVA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020.

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