Alena Dmitrievna Kanysheva (; her first name is properly pronounced Alyona as the Cyrillic ё is pronounced yo; born 15 June 2005) is a Russian retired figure skater. As a single skater, she is the 2018 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2018 JGP Armenia silver medalist, the 2018 JGP Austria silver medalist, and the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion.
Career Early career
In November 2016, Kanysheva won the gold medal at the novice level of the Tallinn Trophy ahead of You Young (South Korea).
2017–2018 season
In January 2018, Kanysheva competed in the 2018 Russian Junior Championships. She placed 8th at the competition.
2018–2019 season: JGP Final bronze medalist
In August 2018, Kanysheva debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in Linz, Austria. She was ranked 2nd in both the short program and the free skating and she won the silver medal behind Russian teammate Alena Kostornaia.
At her 2nd JGP event of the season, she won another silver medal, now in Yerevan, Armenia. She was ranked 2nd in the short program and 3rd in the free skate. Kanysheva was about 33 points behind the gold medalist, her teammate Alexandra Trusova, but beat the bronze medalist, Yuhana Yokoi, by about 3.5 points. Both Kanysheva and her teammate Anna Tarusina won two silver medals during the JGP season. However, since Kanysheva accumulated more combined total points from her two JGP events than Tarusina, Kanysheva qualified for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final by a margin of 4 points.
At the JGP Final, Kanysheva won the bronze medal after placing 3rd in both the short program and the free skate. At this event she also scored her personal best score of 198.14 points.
In early February 2019 at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, Kanysheva finished 11th.
In mid-February, Kanysheva represented Russia at the 1st Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games, winning the silver behind You Young and ahead of Ksenia Sinitsyna.2019 Children of Asia results in figure skating
2019–2020 season: Injury and retirement from single skating Kanysheva was assigned to two Junior Grand Prix events, but was eventually replaced at both assignments due to injury.
On 28 January 2020, Kanysheva announced her retirement from single skating on her Instagram account, citing a back injury that made jumping too painful to continue. She stated her plan to continue her skating career in ice dance. It was announced on 8 June 2020 that she had begun training under coach Denis Samokhin and his wife, Maria Borovikova, assisted by 2019 World Junior silver medalist Nikita Nazarov. She was partnered with Andrei Pylin, but the team briefly split for a two-month period in early 2021, during which time Pylin teamed up with Anna Kolomenskaya. Kanysheva/Pylin reunited in late April 2021, and announced that they'd left Samokhin and Borovikova's team to train with Ksenia Rumyantseva and Ekaterina Volobueva.
End of skating career Kanysheva announced her retirement from competitive skating and her transition to coaching on 8 December 2021.
Programs With Pylin Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2021–2022 Bahama Mama Sunny Daddy Cool Duo de Guy et Genèvieve I Will Wait for You 2020–2021 Singin' in the Rain 24K Magic
As a single skater Season Short Program Free skating 2019–2020 The Earth Prelude Farewell Come Back The Cottage on the Beach 2018–2019 The Show Must Go On Dreams of a Winter Journey 2017–2018 Catgroove 2016–2017 Black Swan
Competitive highlights JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Pylin International: Junior Event 2021–22 Denis Ten MC 5th Ice Star 1st
As a single skater International: Junior Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 Final 3rd Armenia 2nd Austria 2nd Croatia WD Italy WD Children of Asia ISG 2nd Golden Bear 1st International: Novice Tallinn Trophy 1st National Russian Junior Champ. 8th 11th Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior WD = Withdrew
Detailed results
ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.
2018–19 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 13–15 February 2019 2019 WCAISG Junior 2 65.62 2 134.74 2 200.36 1–4 February 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships Junior 9 67.66 13 112.72 11 180.38 6–9 December 2018 2018–19 JGP Final Junior 3 68.66 3 129.48 3 198.14 24–28 October 2018 2018 Golden Bear Junior 1 71.50 1 126.17 1 197.67 10–13 October 2018 2018 JGP Armenia Junior 2 67.75 3 119.80 2 187.55 29 Aug. – 1 Sept. 2018 2018 JGP Austria Junior 2 67.77 2 124.07 2 191.84 2017–18 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 9 67.94 8 127.18 8 195.12 2016–17 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 19–27 November 2016 2016 Tallinn Trophy Novice 1 45.34 2 88.84 1 134.18
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