Elizaveta Zhuk

Elizaveta Valeriyevna Zhuk (Russian: Елизавета Валерьевна Жук; Czech: Jelizaveta Žuk; born 2 November 2003) is a Russian-born pair skater who competes for the Czech Republic. With her skating partner, Martin Bidař, she is a two-time Czech national champion (2020, 2021) and competed in the final segment at the 2021 World Championships.

In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Valeriyevna and the family name is Zhuk.
Elizaveta Zhuk
Personal information
Native nameЕлизавета Валерьевна Жук (Russian)
Full nameElizaveta Valeriyevna Zhuk
Alternative namesYelizaveta
Jelizaveta Žuk/Žuková
Country represented Czech Republic
Former country(ies) represented Russia
Born (2003-11-02) 2 November 2003
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Home townYekaterinburg
ResidenceMoscow
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
PartnerMartin Bidař
Former partnerMaxim Miroshkin[1]
Egor Britkov
Evgeniy Kostarev
CoachDmitri Savin
Petr Bidař
Vladislav Zhovnirski
Former coachNina Mozer
Alexander Tarasov
Yulia Bystrova
Filip Tarasov
ChoreographerDmitri Savin
Former choreographerLyudmila Antonova
Anton Milovanov
Alexei Kudrin
Skating clubVorobieve Gory Moscow
Former skating clubSports School "Lokomotiv"
Training locationsPrague
Moscow
Former training locationsYekaterinburg
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total157.29
2021 Worlds
Short program60.88
2021 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skate102.99
2021 Worlds

Career

Early career

Zhuk began learning to skate in 2007. Training in pairs, early partners included Maxim Miroshkin and Evgeniy Kostarev.[1] She competed with Egor Britkov for three seasons, placing fourth at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships and winning a silver medal at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb the following season.[2]

2019–2020 season

On June 26, 2019, Zhuk announced a new partnership with Czech pair skater Martin Bidař, with plans to represent his country. In their first season together they competed exclusively domestically, winning the Czech national title.[3]

2020–2021 season

With the COVID-19 pandemic limiting international opportunities, Zhuk/Bidař made their debut internationally at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, one of only four pairs on the preliminary entry list.[4] They were fifth in the short, fourth in the free, and fourth overall.[5] They subsequently competed at the 2021 World Championships, placing fifteenth and in the process qualifying a berth for a Czech pair at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[3][6]

2021–2022 season

In September, the Czech federation officially named Zhuk/Bidař to the Czech Olympic team.[7] They made their debut at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they placed ninth.[3]

Programs

With Bidař
Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[8]
2020–2021
[9]

With Britkov
Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[10]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

With Bidař for the Czech Republic
International[3]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22
OlympicsTBD
Worlds15th
CS Finlandia Trophy9th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy4th
CS Warsaw Cup12th
Autumn Talents Cup1st
Challenge Cup4th
National[3]
Czech Champ.1st1st
Four Nationals[lower-alpha 1]1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
  1. Zhuk had not yet been released from Russia to compete internationally, so Zhuk/Bidař competed in a separate, domestic-only (Czech Figure Skating Association hosted the 2020 edition) event.[lower-alpha 2] Their scores would have earned them silver if they had competed in the international segment.

With Britkov for Russia
International: Junior[2]
Event 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Golden Spin2nd
National[2]
Russian Champ.9th
Russian Junior10th4th

Detailed results

ISU Personal Best highlighted in bold.

With Bidař
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 8
60.88		 12
96.25		 12
157.13
October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
48.36		 10
93.90		 9
142.26
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
22–28 March 2021 2021 World Championships 16
54.30		 15
102.99		 15
157.29
26–28 February 2021 2021 Challenge Cup 5
54.13		 4
108.98		 4
163.11
10–12 December 2020 2021 Four Nationals Championships 1
55.83		 1
87.67		 1
143.50
23–26 September 2020 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5
51.20		 4
91.83		 4
143.03
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
13–14 December 2019 2020 Four Nationals Championships
Domestic event		 1
49.12		 1
94.47		 1
143.59

References
  1. "Жук Елизавета Валерьевна" [Zhuk Elizaveta Valeriyevna]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 May 2019.
  2. "Competition Results: Elizaveta ZHUK / Egor BRITKOV". International Skating Union.
  3. "Competition Results: Elizaveta ZHUK / Martin BIDAR". International Skating Union.
  4. "2020 NEBELHORN TROPHY". International Figure Skating. September 19, 2020.
  5. "ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2020 Results". International Skating Union.
  6. "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. April 1, 2021.
  7. Czech Figure Skating (27 September 2021). "ak ještě jednou i s grafikou!💪 Natálie Taschlerová a Filip Taschler jedou na Olympiádu! Hezky se to čte, že?😍🤩 Tak si to pojďme shrnout – čtyři kategorie, čtyři čeští zástupci.💙🇨🇿" (Instagram).
  8. "Elizaveta ZHUK / Martin BIDAR: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.
  9. "Elizaveta ZHUK / Martin BIDAR: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021.
  10. "Elizaveta ZHUK / Egor BRITKOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union.
  11. Rodovska, Marie (14 December 2019). "Krasobruslař Březina vybojoval v Ostravě čtvrtý titul" [Figure skater Březina wins fourth title in Ostrava]. Moravskoslezský deník (in Czech).
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