Oleksii (Alexei) Shumskyi (Ukrainian: Олексій Шумський; born 3 October 1990) is a competitive ice dancer. Competing for Ukraine with Anastasia Galyeta, he won four medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed as high as 8th at the World Junior Championships. With Lolita Yermak, he is the 2014 International Cup of Nice bronze medalist. In 2015, he began competing for Georgia with Tatiana Kozmava.
| Oleksii Shumskyi | |
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 Kozmava and Shumsky in 2017 | |
| Native name | Олексій Шумський |
| Other names | Alexei Shumski |
| Born | 3 October 1990 Odessa, Ukrainian SSR |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Partner | Tatiana Kozmava |
| Coach | Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat, Yuri Chesnichenko |
| Began skating | 1997 |
Career
editEarly career
editShumskyi debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2004 with Ksenia Ponomareva. In 2005, he teamed up with Anastasia Vykhodtseva. They competed in four seasons of the JGP series, winning two bronze medals, before parting ways in autumn 2008.
Partnership with Galyeta
editShumskyi teamed up with Anastasia Galyeta in November 2008.[1] After becoming the Ukrainian junior silver medalists, they were assigned to the 2009 World Junior Championships, where they finished 23rd. They placed eighth the following year at the 2010 World Junior Championships. In their third season, Galyeta/Shumskyi won silver and bronze medals on the JGP series, qualified for the JGP Final, where they finished seventh, and placed 13th at the 2011 World Junior Championships. During their last season together, 2011–12, they won two silver medals on the JGP series and placed 5th at the JGP Final but were later disqualified due to Galyeta's positive doping sample.
In February 2012, it was reported that Galyeta and Shumskyi had parted ways.[2]
Later partnerships
editShumskyi skated with Anastasia Kabanova in the 2012–13 season, placing fourth on the senior level at the Ukrainian Championships.
Shumskyi began competing with Lolita Yermak in the 2013–14 season, taking the bronze medal at the Ukrainian Championships in December 2013. In 2014–15, the two won bronze at the International Cup of Nice and silver at the Ukrainian Championships. Their last competition together was the 2015 Winter Universiade, where they placed 9th.
Switch to Georgia
editShumskyi began competing with Tatiana Kozmava for Georgia in the 2015–16 season.
Programs
editWith Kozmava
edit| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2016–2017 [3] |
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With Yermak
edit| Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2014–2015 |
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| 2013–2014 |
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With Galyeta
edit| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2011–2012 [1] |
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| 2010–2011 [4] |
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| 2009–2010 [5] |
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| 2008–2009 [6] |
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With Vykhodtseva
edit| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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| 2008–2009 [7] |
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Competitive highlights
editCS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Kozmava for Georgia
edit| International[8] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
| World Champ. | 32nd | |
| European Championships | 27th | |
| Bavarian Open | 10th | |
| Ice Star | 7th | |
| Santa Claus Cup | 4th | |
With Yermak for Ukraine
edit| International[9] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
| CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 7th | |
| Cup of Nice | 3rd | |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 8th | |
| Ukrainian Open | 8th | |
| Winter Universiade | 9th | |
| National[9] | ||
| Ukrainian Championships | 3rd | 2nd |
With Kabanova for Ukraine
edit| National | |
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| Event | 2012–13 |
| Ukrainian Championships | 4th |
With Galyeta for Ukraine
edit| International[10] | ||||
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| Event | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
| Junior Worlds | 23rd | 8th | 13th | |
| JGP Final | 7th | |||
| JGP Czech Republic | 3rd | |||
| JGP Hungary | 7th | |||
| JGP Poland | 2nd | |||
| JGP Romania | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| Pavel Roman Memorial | 2nd J | |||
| National[10] | ||||
| Ukrainian Champ. | 2nd J | 1st J | ||
| J = Junior level; DQ = Disqualified | ||||
With Vykhodtseva for Ukraine
edit| International[11] | ||||
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| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 |
| JGP Austria | 4th | |||
| JGP Bulgaria | 3rd | |||
| JGP Canada | 9th | |||
| JGP Croatia | 9th | |||
| JGP France | 7th | |||
| JGP Netherlands | 8th | |||
| JGP Spain | 3rd | |||
| Grand Prize SNP | 1st J | |||
| National[11] | ||||
| Ukrainian Champ. | 5th | |||
| J = Junior level | ||||
With Ponomareva for Ukraine
edit| International[12] | |
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| Event | 2004–05 |
| JGP Romania | 11th |
| JGP Ukraine | 11th |
References
edit- ^ a b "Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012.
- ^ Savchik, Anna (6 February 2012). Без дон Кихота, зато с пантерой. Фигурное катание. Чемпионат Украины [No Don Quixote, instead a Panther. Figure skating. Ukrainian Championships]. sport-express.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Tatiana KOZMAVA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Anastasia VYKHODTSEVA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Competition Results: Tatiana KOZMAVA / Alexei SHUMSKI". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Lolita YERMAK / Alexei SHUMSKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Anastasia VYKHODTSEVA / Alexei SHUMSKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
- ^ "Ksenia PONOMAREVA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013.
External links
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Media related to Alexei Shumski at Wikimedia Commons