Diana Davis
| Diana Davis | |
|---|---|
 Davis/Smolkin at the 2019–20 JGP Final | |
| Personal information | |
| Native name | Диана Сергеевна Дэвис |
| Full name | Diana Sergeevna Davis |
| Country represented |  Russia |
| Born | 16 January 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Home town | Moscow, Russia |
| Residence | Novi, Michigan, United States |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Partner | Gleb Smolkin |
| Former partner | Denis Pechuzhkin, Fedor Varlamov |
| Coach | Igor Shpilband |
| Former coach | Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda, Denis Samokhin, Svetlana Alekseeva, Elena Kustarova, Olga Riabinina, Eteri Tutberidze |
| Choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda |
| Skating club | Sambo-70 |
| Former skating club | Olimpiets SC, Balashikha |
| Training locations | Novi, Michigan |
| Former training locations | Moscow, Russia |
| Began skating | 2005 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 199.90 2021 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Short dance | 81.30 2021 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Free dance | 118.30 2021 CS Warsaw Cup |
Diana Sergeevna Davis (Russian: Диана Сергеевна Дэвис, born 16 January 2003) is an American-born Russian ice dancer who represents Russia. With her partner, Gleb Smolkin, she is the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup champion and the 2022 Russian national silver medalist.
On the junior level, Davis/Smolkin are the 2020 Russian junior national bronze medalists, finished in the top five at the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and competed at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Personal life[]
Davis was born on 16 January 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, but was raised in Moscow, Russia. She holds dual Russian and American citizenship. She is the only child of celebrated Russian single skating coach Eteri Tutberidze.
As a toddler, Davis was diagnosed with third degree sensorineural hearing loss caused by incorrectly prescribed antibiotics. She underwent medical treatment in Germany, but her hearing could not be fully restored. As a result of the disease, she has underdeveloped coordination and relies partially on lip-reading to communicate. However, the disability does not affect her ability to hear music.[1] On 18 December 2019, Davis announced on Instagram that she had cured her hearing loss on her own and stated that she could "hear perfectly, and maybe better than ordinary people."
Davis is close friends with 2018 Olympic champion and former teammate Alina Zagitova.[2] Her hobbies include photography, watching TV series, dance, and listening to music.[3] Together, Davis and Smolkin own a pair of Maltipoos named Truman and Shanté.
Career[]
Early years[]
Davis' mother, Eteri Tutberidze, took her to an ice rink for the first time when she was just 2 years old. Although Davis initially wanted to pursue synchronized swimming, she began training as a skater at the age of six as it was her only opportunity to spend time with her mother.[4] She was initially coached by her mother as a single skater in Moscow; however, she switched to ice dance in 2016 due to Tutberidze's concern for her safety performing jump elements given her lack of coordination.[5]
Davis teamed up with her first partner, Denis Pechuzhkin, another former Tutberidze student, during the 2016–17 season. The partnership was short lived, lasting only six months before Davis found a new partner, Fedor Varlamov. Davis/Varlamov skated together for the 2017–18 season and only competed domestically before also breaking up. During the partnership, Davis was awarded the title of the Master of Sports of the Russian Federation. In 2018, Davis teamed up with her current partner, Gleb Smolkin.
2018–19 season: Junior international debut[]
Davis/Smolkin made their junior international debut in September 2018 at the 2018 JGP Croatia. The team finished third overall at the event behind Russian teammates Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov in first and Georgian competitors Kazakova/Reviya in second, but despite their podium placement did not receive a second JGP assignment.[6]
The team competed three more times internationally during the season, finishing third in the junior event at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup and second at both the 2018 Tallinn Trophy (junior) and the 2018 Russian-Chinese Youth Winter Games. At the 2019 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships in February, they finished ninth.[6]
2019–20 season[]
In the summer before the start of the season, Davis and Smolkin relocated their training base from Moscow to Novi, Michigan to work with Igor Shpilband and Pasquale Camerlengo. The team opened their season in August at the 2019 JGP United States where they won the silver medal behind American training-mates Nguyen/Kolesnik. At their second assignment, 2019 JGP Russia, the team again finished second overall, this time behind fellow Russian competitors Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy, and with 26 qualifying points they advanced to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. The team competed just once more before the Junior Grand Prix Final, taking the junior title at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup.[7]
At the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, Davis/Smolkin entered the competition as the bottom seeded team and had a disappointing outing, finishing sixth in both segments of competition and sixth overall. However, they regrouped in the interim between the Final and the 2020 Russian Junior Championships and managed to earn the bronze medal at junior nationals, earning a spot on Russian team for the 2020 World Junior Championships. Competing at Junior Worlds, Davis/Smolkin scored personal bests in both segments of competition as well as overall, and finished in fifth.[7]
2020–21 season[]
After Davis sustained an ankle fracture in July 2020, her long-term recovery and a subsequent illness delayed Davis/Smolkin's return to full-time training.[8] They did not compete at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in January, but planned to return to Russia for the Russian Cup Final in March.[9] At the Russian Cup Final, Davis/Smolkin placed first in both the rhythm dance and the free dance to take the junior title by a margin of about 5 points over silver medalists /. They retained their Aristocats rhythm dance from the season prior, but debuted a new free dance to selections from the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge!.
2021–22 season: Senior international debut[]
Davis/Smolkin received their first senior-level Grand Prix assignment to the 2021 Skate Canada International, which was not without controversy in Russia as both they and the Morozov/Bagin, another team with political pull with the Russian Figure Skating Federation, received invitations, while other teams with higher rankings did not.[10] In order to guarantee admission to Canada during the pandemic, both were vaccinated with the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine in addition to having previously received Russia's own Sputnik V vaccine.[11] The team debuted their programs for the Olympic season at the 2021 senior Russian test skates in September.[12]
Davis/Smolkin made their senior international debut the week after test skates at the 2021 U.S. International Classic in Norwood, Massachusetts. At the event, the team won the silver medal behind American team Hubbell/Donohue.[7] Going on to the Grand Prix, they placed fifth at Skate Canada International.[13]
Following their stint on the Grand Prix circuit, Davis/Smolkin competed at back-to-back ISU Challenger Series events in November. At the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, they finished just off the podium in fourth and set new personal bests in both segments of competition, as well as overall. Davis/Smolkin then competed at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, where they won their first international title. They upgraded their three new personal bests previously set at Cup of Austria the week before to take the gold medal ahead of Japanese team Muramoto/Takahashi in second, and American team Green/Parsons in third.[7]
At their first senior Russian Championships in December, Davis/Smolkin controversially placed third in the rhythm dance ahead of longtime Russian number three team Zahorski/Guerreiro, outscoring them in the segment by over five points. In the free dance, Davis/Smolkin were able to capitalize on the withdrawal of top Russian team Sinitsina/Katsalapov due to injury and advance to second in the segment. They took the silver medal behind new national champions Stepanova/Bukin. Their placement was, again, not without controversy, with even bronze medalist Egor Bazin questioning the fairness of the scoring.[14]
Programs[]
With Smolkin[]
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2021–2022 [15] |
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| 2020–2021 |
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| 2019–2020 [3] |
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| 2018–2019 [16] |
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Competitive highlights[]
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Smolkin[]
| International[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| Europeans | TBD | |||
| GP Skate Canada | 5th | |||
| CS Cup of Austria | 4th | |||
| CS Golden Spin | WD | |||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 1st | |||
| U.S. Classic | 2nd | |||
| International: Junior [7] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 5th | |||
| JGP Final | 6th | |||
| JGP Czech Republic | 3rd | |||
| JGP Russia | 2nd | |||
| JGP United States | 2nd | |||
| Tallinn Trophy | 2nd J | |||
| Volvo Open Cup | 3rd J | 1st J | ||
| National[7] | ||||
| Russian Championships | 2nd | |||
| Russian Junior | 9th | 3rd | WD | |
| Russian Cup (Final) | 1st J | |||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: J = Junior | ||||
Detailed results[]
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
With Smolkin[]
Senior results[]
| 2021–22 season | ||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 21–26, 2021 | 2022 Russian Championships | 3 83.99 |
2 123.71 |
2 207.70 |
| November 17–20, 2021 | 2021 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 81.30 |
1 118.60 |
1 199.90 |
| November 11–14, 2021 | 2021 CS Cup of Austria | 4 73.37 |
4 111.25 |
4 184.62 |
| October 29–31, 2021 | 2021 Skate Canada International | 7 70.66 |
5 109.91 |
5 180.57 |
| September 15–18, 2021 | 2021 U.S. International Classic | 2 75.21 |
2 115.42 |
2 190.63 |
Junior results[]
| 2020–21 season | ||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 26 – Mar. 2, 2021 | 2021 Russian Cup Final domestic competition |
1 74.22 |
1 112.16 |
1 186.38 |
| 2019–2020 season | ||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 5 66.53 |
5 98.69 |
5 165.22 |
| February 4–8, 2020 | 2020 Russian Junior Championships | 3 70.91 |
3 110.06 |
3 180.97 |
| December 5–8, 2019 | 2019 Junior Grand Prix Final | 6 59.89 |
6 92.32 |
6 152.21 |
| November 5–10, 2019 | 2019 Volvo Open Cup | 1 68.00 |
1 99.17 |
1 167.17 |
| September 11–14, 2019 | 2019 JGP Russia | 2 64.79 |
3 93.45 |
2 158.24 |
| August 28–31, 2019 | 2019 JGP United States | 2 62.12 |
2 98.05 |
2 160.17 |
| 2018–2019 season | ||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| Jan. 31 – Feb. 4, 2019 | 2019 Russian Junior Championships | 9 60.31 |
9 93.78 |
9 154.09 |
| February 20–23, 2019 | 2018 Russian-Chinese Youth Winter Games | 1 61.15 |
2 94.05 |
2 155.20 |
| Nov. 25 – Dec. 2, 2018 | 2019 Tallinn Trophy | 2 62.16 |
2 89.00 |
2 151.16 |
| November 6–11, 2018 | 2018 Volvo Open Cup | 3 61.78 |
3 92.65 |
3 154.43 |
| September 26–29, 2018 | 2018 JGP Czech Republic | 3 56.55 |
3 92.07 |
3 148.62 |
References[]
- ^ "1+1 Этери ТУТБЕРИДЗЕ и Евгения МЕДВЕДЕВА" [1+1 Eteri Tutberidze and Evgenia Medvedeva] (in Russian). Match TV.
- ^ ""Папа часто приезжает": как живет дочь Тутберидзе". MSN Sport. GazetaRu.
- ^ a b "Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Диана Дэвис". 24 SMI.
- ^ "Дочь Тутберидзе рассказала, что смогла побороть свою б��лезнь". Ria News. 18 December 2019.
- ^ a b "DIANA DAVIS". Rink Results.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ "2021 Russian Junior Championships". International Figure Skating Magazine. 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Дочь Тутберидзе с партнером планируют выступить в финале Кубка России" [Tutberidze's daughter and partner plan to compete in the final of the Cup of Russia]. Sport24 (in Russian). 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Жук и Свинин поддержали фигуристов Шевченко и Еременко" [Zhuk and Svinin supported the skaters Shevchenko and Eremenko] (in Russian). RSport. 3 July 2021.
- ^ "Дочь Этери Тутберидзе привилась двумя вакцинами от коронавируса: российской и американской" [Daughter of Eteri Tutberidze took two vaccines against coronavirus: Russian and American] (in Russian). Championat. 12 September 2021.
- ^ "КОНТРОЛЬНЫЕ ПРОКАТЫ. ЧЕЛЯБИНСК. 2021" [CONTROL RENTALS. CHELYABINSK. 2021] (in Russian). fsrussa.ru. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Slater, Paula (31 October 2021). "Gilles and Poirier win second consecutive Skate Canada title". Golden Skate.
- ^ Flade, Tatjana (24 December 2021). "Stepanova and Bukin win second national title after Sinitsina and Katsalapov drop out". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
External links[]
- 2003 births
- Russian female ice dancers
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Las Vegas