Ekaterina Ryabova (figure skater)

Ekaterina Ryabova
Ryabova at the 2019 European Championships
Full name	Ekaterina Alexeyevna Ryabova
Native name	Екатерина Алексеевна Рябова (Russian)
Born	(2003-03-27) 27 March 2003 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Azerbaijan
Coach	Evgeni Plushenko, Alexander Volkov
Skating club	FS Academy of Evgeni Plushenko, Moscow
Began skating	2006

Ekaterina Alexeyevna Ryabova (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Рябова; born 27 March 2003) is a Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater who represents Azerbaijan in ladies' singles. She is the 2019 CS Ice Star bronze medalist, the 2018 Ice Star champion, the 2019 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, and the 2019 Azerbaijani national champion.

Ryabova placed 8th at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and is currently the 15th highest ranked ladies' singles skater in world by the International Skating Union following the 2019-20 figure skating season.

Personal life

Ryabova was born on 27 March 2003 in Moscow, Russia. As of January 2019, she is a high school student.

Career

Early years

Ryabova began learning to skate in 2006 as a three-year-old. As a child, she trained under her father, Alexei Ryabov, at the Dynamo Moscow sports club. In 2015, she moved to Sambo 70 to be coached by Sergei Davydov. She changed coaches after a year, joining Alexander Volkov and Evgeni Plushenko at the Angels of Plushenko rink.

Ryabova made no junior international appearances for Russia.

2018–2019 season

Ryabova made her international debut for Azerbaijan in September 2018, at the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Kaunas, Lithuania. She finished 6th overall after placing 7th in both segments. She had the same final result at her second assignment, 2018 JGP Slovenia.

Making her senior international debut, Ryabova won gold in October at the 2018 Minsk Arena Ice Star, outscoring the silver medalist, France's Léa Serna, by about nine points. She placed 8th at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy and 6th at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January 2019, Ryabova was named to Azerbaijan's team for the 2019 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Ranked 7th in the short program, she qualified to the free skate. She placed 13th in the free skate and finished 12th overall.

In March 2019, at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Ryabova placed 17th in the short program and qualified to the free skate. She placed 13th in the free skate, and 13th overall.

2019–2020 season

Ryabova at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Ryabova opened her first full senior season in September 2019 at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial where she placed fifth overall. She was fifth as well at the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, before winning the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Ice Star and silver at the Volvo Open Cup. Making her Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, she placed fifth there.

Competing as a junior, Ryabova placed eighth at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in January 2020. She then finished sixth at the 2020 European Championships later in the month.

Ryabova finished the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She was also assigned to compete at the 2020 World Figure Skating Championships, but these were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2019–2020	El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) performed by Anna Dereszowska & Machina Del Tango	Godfather by Edvin Marton Speak Softly, Love (from The Godfather) by Nino Rota performed by Simone Egeriis	The Color of the Night (from Color of Night) performed by Lauren Christy
2018–2019	Puttin' on the Ritz performed by Miss Kookie	Admiral (soundtrack) by Trevor Morris Aurora (soundtrack)
2017–2018	Fly Away On The Wings Of The Wind (Polovtsian Dances) (from Prince Igor) performed by Natasha Morozova	The Color of the Night (from Color of Night) performed by Lauren Christy

Competitive highlights

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

For Azerbaijan

International
Event	18–19	19–20
Worlds	13th	C
Europeans	12th	6th
GP Rostelecom Cup		5th
CS Golden Spin	6th	5th
CS Ice Star		3rd
CS Ondrej Nepela		5th
CS Tallinn Trophy	8th
Denis Ten Memorial		5th
Ice Star	1st
Volvo Open Cup		2nd
International: Junior
Youth Olympics		8th
Junior Worlds	13th	10th
JGP Lithuania	6th
JGP Slovenia	6th
National
Azerbaijani Champ.	1st
TBD = Assigned; C = Event cancelled

Detailed results

2019–20 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
2–8 March 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	Junior	13 57.68	10 112.21	10 169.89
20–26 January 2020	2020 European Championships	Senior	6 62.22	6 119.27	6 181.49
10–15 January 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics	Junior	9 59.30	8 110.07	8 169.37
4–7 December 2019	2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	Senior	6 57.02	5 119.49	5 176.51
15–17 November 2019	2019 Rostelecom Cup	Senior	5 64.01	6 123.76	5 187.77
5–10 November 2019	2019 Volvo Open Cup	Senior	3 62.89	2 115.34	2 178.23
18–20 October 2019	2019 CS Ice Star	Senior	2 58.39	3 108.02	3 166.41
9–12 October 2019	2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	Senior	6 53.41	4 107.00	5 160.41
19–21 September 2019	2019 CS Nepela Memorial	Senior	6 56.40	3 121.66	5 178.06
2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
18–24 March 2019	2019 World Championships	Senior	17 57.18	13 122.70	13 179.88
4–10 March 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	Junior	12 54.28	12 100.32	13 154.60
21–27 January 2019	2019 European Championships	Senior	7 59.95	13 103.22	12 163.17
5–8 December 2018	2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	Senior	7 57.28	6 113.82	6 171.10
26–29 November 2018	2018 CS Tallinn Trophy	Senior	17 45.95	7 111.25	8 157.20
18–21 October 2018	2018 Minsk Arena Ice Star	Senior	3 55.67	1 106.86	1 162.53
3–10 October 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	Junior	6 57.91	6 109.16	6 167.07
5–8 September 2018	2018 JGP Lithuania	Junior	7 51.94	7 99.70	6 151.64

External links

• Ekaterina Ryabova at the International Skating Union