Ekaterina Geynish

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Ekaterina Geynish
Ekaterina Geynish & Dmitrii Chigirev 2025 Worlds Free Skate 13.jpg
Geynish and Chigirev after their free skate at the 2025 World Championships
Full nameEkaterina Pavlovna Geynish
Native nameЕкатерина Павловна Гейниш
Other namesKatya
Born (2006-03-18) 18 March 2006 (age 19)
Moscow, Russia
Hometown Moscow, Russia
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (since 2024)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (2019–23)
Discipline Pair skating
Partner Dmitrii Chigirev
(since 2022)
Ilya Mironov (2021–22)
Andrey Sachkov (2019–21)
Coach Nina Mozer
Vladislav Zhovnirski
Igor Chudin
Skating clubWinter Sports Association of Uzbekistan
Began skating2010

Ekaterina Pavlovna Geynish (born 18 March 2006) is a Russian pair skater who currently competes for Uzbekistan. [1] With partner, Dmitrii Chigirev, she is the 2025 Asian Winter Games champion, the 2024 Skate Canada International silver medalist, and the 2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition bronze medalist.

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They are the first Uzbek pair team to win an ISU Grand Prix medal.

Personal life

Geynish was born on March 18, 2006 in Moscow, Russia. [2] As a child, she attended a music school. [3] In addition to figure skating, she enjoys knitting and photography. [2]

Career

Early career

Geynish began figure skating in 2010. [2] As a singles skater, she trained at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow. [4] Geynish made the decision to switch to pair skating in 2019 due to the discipline typically having more career longevity when compared to women's singles skating in Russia. [3] Following this, she began training at the Moscow Skating School "Vorobyovy Gory" to train under Nina Mozer and Vladislav Zhovnirski. Her first pair partner was Andrey Sachkov, who she skated with until 2021. [5] [6] Together, the pair won bronze on the junior level at the 2019 IceLab. [7]

Teaming up with Ilya Mironov in 2021, the pair won would win the gold medal on the junior level at the 2021 Budapest Trophy, finish eleventh at the 2022 Russian Championships, and finished fifth at the 2022 Russian Junior Championships. Their partnership dissolved following the 2021–22 figure skating season. [8]

Partnership with Chigirev

2022–23 season

Following the end of the 2021–22 figure skating season, Geynish teamed up with Dmitrii Chigirev. [9] Geynish and Chigirev only competed at the 2022 Senior Russian Cup Grand Prix stages 2 and 5, placing fifth at both events. [10]

In May 2024, it was announced that the pair had planned to begin competing for Uzbekistan and had submitted documents to the Figure Skating Federation of Russia to request a release, which was ultimately successful. [11] [9]

2024–25: Debut for Uzbekistan

Geynish and Chigirev during their short program at the 2025 World Championships Ekaterina Geynish & Dmitrii Chigirev 2025 Worlds Short Program 02.jpg
Geynish and Chigirev during their short program at the 2025 World Championships

Making their international debut for Uzbekistan in early September, Geynish and Chigirev won the bronze medal at the 2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition. Selected to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, the pair competed at 2024 Skate Canada International, placing fourth in the short program, but winning the free skate and winning the silver medal. [12] With this result, Geynish and Chigirev became the first pair team representing Uzbekistan to win a senior Grand Prix medal. [13] One week later, the team competed at the 2024 Grand Prix de France, where they placed fifth in the short program and seventh in the free skate, dropping to sixth place overall. [14]

Selected to compete at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, Geynish/Chigirev won the gold medal. [14]

At the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Geynish/Chigirev finished in eighth place after placing eighth in the short and free program segments. Going on to compete at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States the following month, Geynish/Chigirev placed eleventh in the short program and tenth in the free skate, finishing tenth overall. [14] With this placement, Geynish/Chigirev won Uzbekistan a quota for pair skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics. [15]

In an interview following the event, Geynish shared, "We are quite happy with today’s performance. The crowd was very supportive and warm, which really helped us. We felt like they truly enjoyed the moment when the music changed." Chigirev added, "We are very happy to have qualified an Olympic spot, this is every athlete’s dream. This was our goal at the beginning of the season, and while we are thrilled, we are not surprised. Looking ahead to next season, our focus will be on improving our pair elements. We want them to be solid, secure, and as flawless as possible." [16]

Honors and awards

Programs

Pair skating with Dmitrii Chigirev (for Uzbekistan)

Season Short program Free skate Ref.
2022–23 [18] [19]
2024–25
  • The Deal Between Tsubaki and Lingba
    By Kiyoshi Yoshida
    Choreo. by Ramil Mekhdiev
  • Teatro
    By Concha Buika & Jacob Sureda
    Choreo. by Ramil Mekhdiev
 [20]
2025–26 [16]

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Dmitrii Chigirev (for Uzbekistan)

Competition placements at senior level  [14]
Season 2024–25 2025–26
World Championships 10th
Four Continents Championships 8th
GP France 6th
GP Skate America TBD
GP Skate Canada 2nd
CS John Nicks Pairs 3rd
Asian Winter Games 1st

Pair skating with Ilya Mironov (for Russia)

Competition placements at junior level  [8]
Season 2021–22
Russian Championships (Senior) 11th
Russian Championships (Junior) 5th
Budapest Trophy 1st

Pair skating with Andrey Sachkov (for Russia)

Competition placements at junior level  [7]
Season 2019–20
IceLab3rd

Detailed results

Pair skating with Ekaterina Geynish (for Uzbekistan)

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [14]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS189.65 2024 Skate Canada International
Short program TSS64.62 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition
TES35.962024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition
PCS28.662024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition
Free skating TSS126.122024 Skate Canada International
TES65.772024 Skate Canada International
PCS60.352024 Skate Canada International
Results in the 2024–25 season   [14]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 3–4, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition 264.625112.343176.96
Oct 25–27, 2024 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2024 Skate Canada International 463.531126.122189.65
Nov 1-3, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 Grand Prix de France 561.387100.616161.99
Feb 19–23, 2025 Flag of South Korea.svg 2025 Four Continents Championships 861.948110.508172.44
Mar 25–30, 2025 Flag of the United States.svg 2025 World Championships 1162.3310120.6810183.01

References

  1. ↑ "Russian figure skaters intend to compete for Uzbekistan". yuz.uz. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ekaterina Geynish & Dmitrii Chigirev". International Skating Union .
  3. 1 2 "Екатерина ГЕЙНИШ и Илья МИРОНОВ: ПРАВО НА ПОБЕДЫ". Dzen. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ekaterina Geynish". All Skaters Info. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Кубок России - Ростелеком 2020-2021 гг., 2-й этап". FS Russia. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "This week there are several competitions for our team's athletes". Facebook. Moser Team. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Ekaterina Geynish / Andrei Sachkov". Skating Scores. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Ekaterina Geynish / Ilya Mironov". Skating Scores. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  9. 1 2 Milukova, Aleksandra. ""Medvedeva's boyfriend wants to escape Russia and is preparing to represent a new country as early as next season." Geinish/Chigirev plan to switch to Uzbekistan". FS Gossips. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "RUS–Ekaterina Geynish/Dmitrii Chigirev". SkatingScores.com.
  11. ↑ "Фигуристы Гейниш и Чигирев намерены выступать за Узбекистан". Tass. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  12. ↑ Slater, Paula (October 27, 2024). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps defend Skate Canada title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  13. ↑ "History made! 🇺🇿". Facebook. International Skating Union. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "UZB–Ekaterina Geynish/Dmitrii Chigirev". SkatingScores.com.
  15. ↑ "ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2026 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE" (PDF). International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Ekaterina Geynish / Dmitrii Chigirev 🇺🇿 120.68 / 183.01". Instagram. Golden Skate. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  17. ↑ "ISU Figure Skating Awards 2025: The Winners are revealed!". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  18. ↑ "Екатерина Гейниш - Дмитрий Чигирев. Короткая программа. Пары. Самара. Гран-при России 2022". YouTube. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  19. ↑ "Екатерина Гейниш - Дмитрий Чигирев. Произвольная программа. Пары. Самара. Гран-при России 2022". YouTube. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  20. ↑ "Ekaterina GEYNISH / Dmitrii CHIGIREV: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024.
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