Alexander Shustitskiy

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolaevich and the family name is Shustitskiy.
Alexander Shustitskiy
Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Full nameAlexander Nikolaevich Shustitskiy
Native nameАлександр Николаевич Шустицкий (Russian)
Other namesAleksandr/Aleksander
Shustitskii/Shustitsky
Born (2002-12-25) 25 December 2002 (age 21)
Moscow, Russia
HometownMoscow
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
PartnerAlexandra Kravchenko
CoachEkaterina Rubleva
Ivan Shefer
Skating clubSokolniki Sport School
Began skating2007
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dance
Representing  Russia
Winter Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Lausanne Ice dance
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Winter Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Lausanne Team

Alexander Nikolaevich Shustitskiy (Russian: Александр Николаевич Шустицкий; born 25 December 2002) is a Russian ice dancer. With his former partner, Sofya Tyutyunina, he is the 2020 Youth Olympic silver medalist and a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, including silver at 2019 JGP Croatia. They also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Personal life

Shustitskiy was born on 25 December 2002 in Moscow.[1]

Career

Early career

Shustitskiy began skating in 2007. He skated for two seasons with Ekaterina Isaicheva in 2011–12 and 2012–13.[2]

Shustitskiy teamed up with Sofya Tyutyunina in May 2013. At the NRW Trophy, they won basic novice gold in 2013 and silver in 2014.[3] Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy are also the 2015 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalists and the 2016 NRW Trophy silver medalists on the advanced novice level.

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy qualified to their first Russian Junior Championships in 2018, placing 14th. They did not compete internationally in 2018–19, but competed at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, placing eighth.

2019–20 season

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy received their first Junior Grand Prix assignments, their first international appearances since a fifth-place finish at the 2017 Santa Claus Cup. At their first event in Latvia, they were fourth after the rhythm dance but placed third in the free dance to move up to third overall, narrowly winning the bronze medal by 0.67 points over Canada's Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell.[4] Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy were the silver medalists at their second event, JGP Croatia, nearly 15 points behind champions Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya of Georgia, who had also placed ahead of them in Latvia.[5] Their results qualified them as first alternates to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.[5]

In January, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy represented Russia at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. They were second in both segments of the competition to win the silver medal behind teammates Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano and ahead of Americans Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen.[6] Tyutyunina/Shustiskiy said they enjoyed the atmosphere created by the large crowd, composed primarily of local children, and called it a "very special" experience for them.[7] During the team event, they were second individually behind Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama to help Team Focus (Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, Kate Wang of the United States, and Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell of the United States) win the silver medal.[8]

At the 2020 Russian Junior Championships in February, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy were sixth in the rhythm dance and fifth in the free dance to finish fifth overall. As a result of their placement, they were named second alternates for the 2020 World Junior Championships.

2020–21 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix, where Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy would have competed, was cancelled. They instead competed in several domestic competitions over the first half of the season. Tyutyunina/Shustiskiy were unable to compete at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in February after Tyutyunina fractured her leg in December.[9]

2021–22 season

With the resumption of the Junior Grand Prix, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy competed at 2021 JGP Slovakia in Košice, where they placed third in both segments to win the bronze medal.[10] They went on to win the 2021 JGP Austria, winning both segments of the competition.[11]

In May, it was announced that the duo had split.[12]

2022-23 season

In July, it was announced that he had paired with Alexandra Kravchenko.[13]

Programs

With Tyutyunina
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2021–2022
[1]
2019–2020
[14]
2018–2019
[15]
  • Tango Gosselin
    by Quadro Nuevo
    choreo. by Sergin Plishkin, Ekaterina Vinogradova

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kravchenko

National
Event 22–23
Russian Champ. 7th
GPR Idel 5th
GPR Perm Territory 3rd

With Tyutyunina

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy (left) on the podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy (center) on the team podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
International: Junior[16]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 21–22
Youth Olympics 2nd
JGP Austria 1st
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Latvia 3rd
JGP Slovakia 3rd
Santa Claus Cup 5th
National[16]
Russian Junior 14th 8th 5th 3rd
Team events[16]
Youth Olympics 2nd T
2nd P
WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

ISU Personal Bests highlighted in bold.

With Tyutyunina

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Junior results

2021–22 season
Date Event RD FD Total
18–22 January 2022 2022 Russian Junior Championships 2
72.81
TBD
TBD
6–9 October 2021 2021 JGP Austria 1
67.00 		1
95.28 		1
162.28
1–4 September 2021 2021 JGP Slovakia 3
63.10 		3
92.88 		3
155.98
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships 6
63.91 		5
102.50 		5
166.41
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team – 2
96.39 		2T/2P
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 2
62.64 		2
96.51 		2
159.15
25–28 September 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 2
64.34 		3
90.05 		2
154.39
4–7 September 2019 2019 JGP Latvia 4
60.82 		3
91.97 		3
152.79
2018–19 season
Date Event RD FD Total
31 Jan. – 4 Feb. 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships 10
59.83 		8
94.86 		8
154.69
2017–18 season
Date Event SD FD Total
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships 8
56.88 		15
67.42 		14
124.30
4–10 December 2017 2017 Santa Claus Cup 5
50.63 		6
70.83 		5
121.46

References

  1. ^ a b "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Шустицкий Александр Николаевич" [Shustitskiy Alexander Nikolaevich]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.
  3. ^
  4. ^ "Canadian ice dancers edged for bronze at ISU Junior Grand Prix". Skate Canada. 7 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b Russell, Susan D. (4 December 2019). "Juniors Shine on Grand Prix Circuit". International Figure Skating Magazine.
  6. ^ "Russia's duo of Khavronina-Chirizano wins gold in Ice Dance at 2020 Winter Youth Olympics". TASS. 13 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Russian ice dancers live up to golden expectations". Olympic News. International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2020.
  8. ^ Browne, Ken (14 January 2020). "Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games Day 6: Highlights". Olympic Channel.
  9. ^ Tyutyunina, Sofya (28 January 2021). "Дорогие друзья! Уже многие заметили, что нас с Сашей нет в списках участников на Первенство России 2021" [Dear friends! Many have already noticed that Sasha and I are not on the list of participants for the Russian Championship 2021.] (Instagram) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  10. ^ "Russia's next generation shines in Kosice at ISU Junior Grand Prix". International Skating Union. September 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 JGP Cup of Austria". International Skating Union. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  12. ^ Lotsik, Lina (May 2, 2022). "Распался танцевальный дуэт Софья Тютюнина – Александр Шустицкий" [Ice dance duo Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy broke up]. sports.ru (in Russian).
  13. ^ @_alexander_shust_ (July 13, 2022). "Движемся вместе вперёд!" [Let's move forward together!] (in Russian) – via Instagram.
  14. ^ "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019.
  16. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY". International Skating Union.