Jelizaveta Žuková

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Valeriyevna and the family name is Zhuk.
Jelizaveta Žuková
Elizaveta Zhuk
Personal information
Native nameЕлизавета Валерьевна Жук (Russian)
Full nameElizaveta Valeriyevna Zhuk
Alternative namesYelizaveta
Jelizaveta Žuk/Žuková
Country represented Czech Republic
Former country(ies) represented Russia
Born (2003-11-02) 2 November 2003 (age 18)
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Home townYekaterinburg
ResidenceMoscow
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
PartnerMartin Bidař
Former partnerMaxim Miroshkin[1]
Egor Britkov
Evgeniy Kostarev
CoachDmitri Savin
Petr Bidař
Vladislav Zhovnirski
Former coachNina Mozer
Alexander Tarasov
Yulia Bystrova
Filip Tarasov
ChoreographerDmitri Savin
Former choreographerLyudmila Antonova
Anton Milovanov
Alexei Kudrin
Skating clubVorobieve Gory Moscow
Former skating clubSports School "Lokomotiv"
Training locationsPrague
Moscow
Former training locationsYekaterinburg
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total159.73
2022 Europeans
Short program60.88
2021 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skate105.33
2022 Europeans

Jelizaveta Žuková or Elizaveta Valeriyevna Zhuk (Russian: Елизавета Валерьевна Жук; born 2 November 2003) is a Russian-Czech pair skater who competes for the Czech Republic. With her skating partner, Martin Bidař, she is a two-time Czech national champion (2020–2021) and represented the Czech Republic at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Personal life[]

Elizaveta Zhuk was born 2 November 2003 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. In December 2021, she became a Czech citizen.[2] Her name changed to Jelizaveta Žuková, with a feminine suffix added to the Czech transliteration of her Russian name.

Career[]

Early career[]

Zhuk began learning to skate in 2007. Training in pairs, early partners included Maxim Miroshkin and Evgeniy Kostarev.[1] She competed with Egor Britkov for three seasons, placing fourth at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships and winning a silver medal at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb the following season.[3]

2019–2020 season[]

On June 26, 2019, Zhuk announced a new partnership with Czech pair skater Martin Bidař, with plans to represent his country. In their first season together they competed exclusively domestically, winning the Czech national title.[4]

2020–2021 season[]

With the COVID-19 pandemic limiting international opportunities, Zhuk/Bidař made their debut internationally at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, one of only four pairs on the preliminary entry list.[5] They were fifth in the short, fourth in the free, and fourth overall.[6] They subsequently competed at the 2021 World Championships, placing fifteenth and in the process qualifying a berth for a Czech pair at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[4][7]

2021–2022 season[]

In September, the Czech federation officially named Zhuk/Bidař to the Czech Olympic team.[8] They made their debut at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they placed ninth. They later competed at a second Challenger event, finishing twelfth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup.[4]

Zhuk opted to restyle her name as Jelizaveta Žuková in advance of the Olympics. Žuková/Bidař made their European Championships debut in Tallinn, finishing in twelfth place.[4]

Žuková/Bidař began the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Czech entries in the pairs' short program Olympic team event, where they placed eighth of nine, earning three points for the Czech team.[9] Team Czech Republic did not advance to the next stage of the competition, and finished eighth overall.[10] With two falls in the short program of the pairs event, they finished seventeenth and were the first team to miss qualification for the free skate.[11] Žuková sustained an ankle injury in training, as a result of which they did not compete at the 2022 World Championships.[12]

In March 2022, Žuková liked an Instagram post by Evgeni Plushenko expressing support for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The president of the Czech Figure Skating Association noted that the federation strongly disagreed with her position and distanced itself. The president explained to Žuková the unsuitability of her conduct and also asked her to apologize for her decision. Žuková subsequently apologized, stating that her decision was due to "youthful recklessness" and "misreading and misunderstanding" the post; the president deemed the apology sufficient.[13]

Programs[]

With Bidař[]

Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[14]
  • So Far
    by Olafur Arnalds & Arnor Dan
    choreo. by Benoit Richaud
2020–2021
[15]

With Britkov[]

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[16]

Competitive highlights[]

CS: Challenger Series

With Bidař for the Czech Republic[]

International[4]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 17th
Worlds 15th WD
Europeans 12th
CS Finlandia Trophy 9th
CS Golden Spin WD
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 12th
Autumn Talents Cup 1st
Challenge Cup 4th
National[4]
Czech Champ. 1st 1st WD
Four Nationals [a] 1st WD
Team events
Olympics 8th T
8th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
  1. ^ Zhuk had not yet been released from Russia to compete internationally, so Zhuk/Bidař competed in a separate, domestic-only (Czech Figure Skating Association hosted the 2020 edition) event.[17] Their scores would have earned them silver if they had competed in the international segment.

With Britkov for Russia[]

International: Junior[3]
Event 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Golden Spin 2nd
National[3]
Russian Champ. 9th
Russian Junior 10th 4th

Detailed results[]

ISU Personal Best highlighted in bold.

With Bidař
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 18–19, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics 17
54.64 		—
17
54.64
February 4–7, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event 8
56.70 		— 8T
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 15
54.40 		10
105.33 		12
159.73
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 8
60.88 		12
96.25 		12
157.13
October 27–30, 2021 2021 Autumn Talents Cup 1
46.96 		1
91.44 		1
138.40
October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
48.36 		10
93.90 		9
142.26
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 16
54.30 		15
102.99 		15
157.29
February 26–28, 2021 2021 Challenge Cup 5
54.13 		4
108.98 		4
163.11
December 10–12, 2020 2021 Four Nationals Championships 1
55.83 		1
87.67 		1
143.50
September 23–26, 2020 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5
51.20 		4
91.83 		4
143.03
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 13–14, 2019 2020 Four Nationals Championships
Domestic event 		1
49.12 		1
94.47 		1
143.59

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Жук Елизавета Валерьевна" [Zhuk Elizaveta Valeriyevna]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Krasobruslařka Žuková má české občanství a může s Bidařem na ZOH". (in Czech). 22 December 2021. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Elizaveta ZHUK / Egor BRITKOV". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Competition Results: Elizaveta ZHUK / Martin BIDAR". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "2020 NEBELHORN TROPHY". International Figure Skating. September 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2020 Results". International Skating Union.
  7. ^ "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. April 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Czech Figure Skating (27 September 2021). "ak ještě jednou i s grafikou!