Elizaveta Nugumanova
# Elizaveta Nugumanova

Elizaveta Igorevna Nugumanova (Russian: Елизавета Игоревна Нугуманова; born 25 August 2002) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup bronze medalist and has won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

## Personal life

Elizaveta Nugumanova was born on 25 August 2002 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

## Career

### Early career

Nugumanova competed in the 2015 Russian Junior Championships where she finished fifth. The following season she competed in the Denkova-Staviski Cup, claiming the advanced novice gold medal. That same season she finished fourth at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships, behind Alisa Fedichkina.

### Junior career

**2016–2017 season**

Nugumanova made her debut in the Junior Grand Prix for the 2016-17 season. Her first event was the JGP Russia where she won the bronze medal. She won the silver medal in her second event at the JGP Estonia, earning personal best scores in the short and free skate with a total of 188.43 points. As the first substitute for the JGP Final, Nugumanova was called up when Polina Tsurskaya decided to withdraw. At the JGP Final she placed fifth. Nugumanova ended her season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships.

Following the season, Nugumanova left her long-time coaches, Tatiana Mishina and Alexei Mishin, to train with Angelina Turenko.

**2017–2018 season**

Nugumanova would place eleventh for the second consecutive year at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships.

### Senior career

**2018–2019 season**

Competing at the 2019 Russian Championships, Nugumanova's first senior nationals competition, she placed seventeenth.

Nugumanova would part ways with Angelina Turenko following that season to begin training under Evgeni Rukavicin.

**2019–2020 season**

Making her senior international debut, Nugumanova win the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup behind Ekaterina Kurakova and Bradie Tennell. She then went on to finish fourteenth at the 2020 Russian Championships.

**2020–2021 season**

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the 2020–21 Grand Prix structure. The competitors at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup consisted only of skaters from Russia, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons. Nugumanova was thus chosen as one of the Russian skaters to participate at the event, where she finished fifth of the eleven skaters.

Nugumanova would then compete at the 2021 Russian Championships a couple of months later, finishing in sixth-place.

**2021–2022 Season and Injury**

During the 2021–22 figure skating season, Nugumanova struggled with numerous health problems, including a nagging back injury that kept her out of competitions for the whole season.

In the spring of 2022, she would switch coaches from Evgeni Rukavicin to Elena Sokolova. Following this split, Nugumanova alleged that Rukavicin and his staff had constantly bullied her about her weight throughout her time training under him. She also stated that Rukavicin would threaten her into submission by saying that he would "use his connections" to end her figure skating career. Moreover, Nugumanova claimed that Valentin Molotov, one of her choreographers that worked alongside Rukavicin, had once threatened to kill her.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2021–2022 | Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II | Part of Your World (from The Little Mermaid) by Alan Menken | Exhibit by Leningrad Buttons by The Pussycat Dolls |
| 2020–2021 | Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II | Dusk Till Dawn by Zayn feat. Sia | Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez |
| 2019–2020 | Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag (from Chicago) performed by Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones | Pas de Deux (from The Nutcracker) by Pyotr Illich Tchaikovsky | |
| 2018–2019 | Smile performed by Barbra Streisand | Pas de Deux (from The Nutcracker) by Pyotr Illich Tchaikovsky | |
| 2017–2018 | La La Land Planetarium by Justin Hurwitz Another Day of Sun performed by La La Land cast | Arabia by Hanine El Alam | |
| 2016–2017 | Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva | Swan Lake by Pyotr Illich Tchaikovsky choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva | |
| 2015–2016 | Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva Na Katere by Eugen Doga Gramofon by Eugen Doga choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva | Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota | True Colors by Nyssina Swerissen |
| 2014–2015 | Swallows by Dmitry Malikov | Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota | Swallows by Dmitry Malikov Once Upon a December (from Anastasia) by David Newman vocals by Deana Carter |
| 2013–2014 | Swallows by Dmitry Malikov | Once Upon a December (from Anastasia) by David Newman | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International :

| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GP Rostelecom Cup | | | | | | | 5th |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | | | | | 3rd | |
| International: Junior ||||||||
| JGP Final | | | 5th | | | | |
| JGP Estonia | | | 2nd | | | | |
| JGP Russia | | | 3rd | | | | |
| Tallinn Trophy | | | 2nd | | | | |
| Triglav Trophy | | | 1st | | | | |
| International: Advanced novice ||||||||
| Denkova-Staviski | | 1st | | | | | |
| National ||||||||
| Russian Champ. | | | WD | | 17th | 14th | 6th |
| Russian Jr. Champ. | 5th | 4th | 11th | 11th | | | |
| Russian Cup, Kazan | | | | | | | 5th |
| Russian Cup, Sochi | | | | | | | 5th |
| Levels: J = Junior TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew ||||||||

## Detailed results

### Senior level

2020–21 season :

| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 February – 2 March 2021 | 2021 Russian Cup Final domestic competition | 9 65.58 | 10 116.41 | 10 181.99 |
| 23–27 December 2020 | 2020 Russian Championships | 6 73.26 | 9 131.37 | 6 204.63 |
| 20–22 November 2020 | 2020 Rostelecom Cup | 5 68.47 | 6 123.05 | 5 191.52 |
| 8–12 November 2020 | 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage, Kazan domestic competition | 5 64.39 | 8 125.66 | 5 190.05 |
| 23–27 October 2020 | 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 3rd Stage, Sochi domestic competition | 6 64.97 | 6 114.68 | 5 179.65 |
| 2019–20 season |||||
| 24–29 December 2019 | 2020 Russian Championships | 13 60.01 | 14 114.65 | 14 174.66 |
| 14–17 November 2019 | 2019 CS Warsaw Cup | 3 64.37 | 4 121.65 | 3 186.02 |
| 2018–19 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 19–23 December 2018 | 2019 Russian Championships | 15 60.63 | 18 111.60 | 17 172.23 |

### Junior level

2017–18 season :

| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23–26 January 2018 | 2018 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 11 66.41 | 9 125.24 | 11 191.65 |
| 2016–17 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 5–9 April 2017 | 2017 Triglav Trophy | Junior | 1 65.86 | 1 121.12 | 1 186.98 |
| 1–5 February 2017 | 2017 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 13 55.72 | 7 123.11 | 11 178.83 |
| 8–11 December 2016 | 2016−17 JGP Final | Junior | 4 58.34 | 5 111.74 | 5 170.08 |
| 20–27 November 2016 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy | Junior | 2 65.30 | 2 122.92 | 2 188.22 |
| 28 September – 2 October 2016 | 2016 JGP Estonia | Junior | 3 62.41 | 2 126.02 | 2 188.43 |
| 14–18 September 2016 | 2016 JGP Russia | Junior | 4 57.30 | 1 115.83 | 3 173.13 |
| 2015–16 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 21–23 January 2016 | 2016 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 4 65.24 | 4 120.12 | 4 185.36 |
| 20–25 October 2015 | 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup | Novice | 1 49.94 | 1 80.85 | 1 130.79 |
| 2014–15 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 4–7 February 2015 | 2015 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 5 62.23 | 6 116.22 | 5 178.45 |
