Ekaterina Viktorovna Pushkash (, born 27 May 1992) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Jonathan Guerreiro, she is the 2011 World Junior silver medalist and 2011 Russian Junior silver medalist.
Early career Ekaterina Pushkash originally trained in ballroom dancing and took up ice dancing because of her cousin. She teamed up with her maternal first cousin, Dmitri Kiselev, in 2000. They moved from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow for training in 2002. Pushkash/Kiselev won silver medals at the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Gomel, Belarus and at the 2009 Russian Junior Championships. They finished sixth at the 2009 World Junior Championships and parted ways at the end of the season.
Partnership with Guerreiro
Junior career Coaches Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin suggested she skate with Jonathan Guerreiro. She was reluctant at first, not wishing to cause family problems, but eventually agreed.
She and Jonathan Guerreiro began skating together in May 2009. They finished 5th at the 2009–2010 Junior Grand Prix Final and won the bronze medal at the 2010 Russian Junior Championships. At the end of the season, they switched coaches to Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponossov, which required them to move to Aston, Pennsylvania in the United States.
During the 2010–2011 season, they finished 4th at the JGP Final. At the 2011 Russian Junior Championships, they won the silver medal and were assigned to the World Junior Championships where they won the silver medal.
Senior career Pushkash and Guerreiro moved up to the senior level for the 2011–2012 season. Guerreiro fractured his left foot in training in June 2011, causing them to miss a few weeks of training. They competed at two Grand Prix events, 2011 Skate Canada and 2011 Cup of Russia. At the end of the season, they changed coaches to Nikolai Morozov in Moscow.
Prior to the 2013–14 season, Pushkash and Guerreiro began training with Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Personal life Pushkash and Dmitri Kiselev are first cousins – their mothers are sisters. Her father is a former competitive marathon runner.
Programs
With Guerreiro Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2013–2014 Show Me How You Burlesque by Christina Aguilera Somewhere in Time by John Barry performed by Maksim Mrvica 2012–2013 Quidam: Marelle Zydeko Tristan & Iseult by Maxime Rodriguez 2011–2012 Samba: Conga by Gloria Estefan Rhumba: La Vuelta by Gizelle D'Cole Samba: Mujer Latina by Thalía Capriccio Rhapsody by Niccolò Paganini 2010–2011 Waltz: Algo pequeñito by Daniel Diges Scorchio by Tonči Huljić Bust Your Windows by Jazmine Sullivan Original dance 2009–2010 Russian folk: Barynya Un Giorno Per Noi (from Romeo and Juliet) by Nino Rota performed by Jonathan Ansell, Hayley Westenra
With Kiselev Season Original dance Free dance 2008–2009 Charleston: Unlucky Date () by Alexander Tsfasman Ragtime: Tiger Rag Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov performed by Opera Babes 2007–2008 African dance Carmen by Georges Bizet 2006–2007 7:40
Competitive highlights
With Guerreiro
Results International Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 GP Bompard 7th GP Rostelecom 7th GP Skate Canada 6th Bavarian Open 2nd 5th Crystal Skate 2nd Ice Star 3rd Ondrej Nepela 2nd 9th Toruń Cup 1st International: Junior Junior Worlds 2nd JGP Final 5th 4th JGP Czech Rep. 1st JGP Germany 1st JGP Japan 2nd JGP Turkey 2nd NRW Trophy 1st J. National Russian Champ. 4th 6th 8th Russian Jr. Champ. 3rd 2nd GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
With Kiselev Results International: Junior Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 Junior Worlds 6th JGP Final 5th JGP Belarus 2nd JGP Bulgaria 4th JGP Estonia 6th JGP Great Britain 4th JGP Taipei 7th National Russian Jr. Champ. 9th 6th 5th 2nd JGP = Junior Grand Prix
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