Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Tuktamysheva at the Team Tutberidze show in 2024
Full name	Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva
Native name	Елизавета Серге́евна Туктамышева (Russian)
Other names	The Empress; Liza (nickname)
Born	(1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 27) Glazov, Udmurtia, Russia
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Alexei Mishin Tatiana Prokofieva
Skating club	Olympic School Zvezdni Led
Medal record Women's figure skating Representing  Russia and FSR Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 1 1 0 European Championships 1 0 1 Grand Prix Final 1 0 1 World Team Trophy 1 1 1 Winter Youth Olympics 1 0 0 World Junior Championships 0 1 0 Junior Grand Prix Final 0 1 0 Total 4 4 2 Figure skating: Women's singles Representing  Russia, FSR World Championships 2015 Shanghai Women's singles 2021 Stockholm Women's singles European Championships 2015 Stockholm Women's singles 2013 Zagreb Women's singles Grand Prix Final 2014–15 Barcelona Women's singles 2018–19 Vancouver Women's singles World Team Trophy 2021 Osaka Team 2015 Tokyo Team 2019 Fukuoka Team Winter Youth Olympics 2012 Innsbruck Women's singles World Junior Championships 2011 Gangneung Women's singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2010–11 Beijing Women's singles

Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva (/ˌtʊktəˈmɪʃəvə/ TUUK-tə-MISH-ə-və;^[14] Russian: Елизавета Серге́евна Туктамышева, IPA: [jɪlʲɪzɐˈvʲetə tʊktɐˈmɨʂɨvə]; born 17 December 1996) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2015 World champion, the 2021 World silver medalist, the 2015 European champion and the 2013 European bronze medalist. She is a 16-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, including gold at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final and bronze at the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final. On national level she is a 8-time medalist in the Russian Championships and the 2013 Russian national champion, as well as 4-time medalist in the Russian Cup Finals. On the junior level, she is the 2012 Youth Olympic champion, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, and 2010–11 JGP Final silver medalist.

At the 2015 World Championships, she landed a triple axel in competition for the first time, making her the sixth woman, and second Russian woman to do so, and she became the first female skater to land four triple jumps in a short program (triple Axel, triple Lutz, and a triple toe-triple toe combination).^[15] At the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final, she landed the maximum eight triple jumps cleanly in the free skate allowed under the Zayak rule, becoming the third woman to do so after Japanese Rika Kihira and American Mirai Nagasu. She, therefore, also became the first woman to land the maximum twelve triple jumps in one international competition, albeit with the triple Axel in her short program deemed under-rotated.^[16] In the final event of the 2018–19 season, the 2019 World Team Trophy, she successfully landed all twelve jumps cleanly, becoming the first woman to accomplish this feat in an official international competition.^[17] Her personal best short program score is currently the fifth highest score, and her personal best free skate score is currently the tenth highest in women's singles. She is also one of only four women to achieve a Grand Slam, when winning all major competitions in the 2014-15 season.

Tuktamysheva's career is notable for its consistency and longevity, especially in contrast with the young ages and high turnover of elite Russian women's skaters in her era. Throughout 16 different seasons, she competed in 70 international events and 15 Russian Nationals, and never finished off the top 10. Additionally, she has maintained a triple axel for 8 years, landing it first in 2015, and still incorporating it in competitions in 2023.