Alexander Shustitskiy

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolaevich and the family name is Shustitskiy.

Alexander Nikolaevich Shustitskiy (Russian: Александр Николаевич Шустицкий; born 25 December 2002) is a Russian ice dancer. With his former partner, Sofya Tyutyunina, he is the 2020 Youth Olympic silver medalist and a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, including silver at 2019 JGP Croatia. They also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Alexander Shustitskiy
Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Full name	Alexander Nikolaevich Shustitskiy
Native name	Александр Николаевич Шустицкий (Russian)
Other names	Aleksandr/Aleksander Shustitskii/Shustitsky
Born	(2002-12-25) 25 December 2002 (age 22) Moscow, Russia
Hometown	Moscow
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Partner	Alexandra Kravchenko
Coach	Ekaterina Rubleva Ivan Shefer
Skating club	Sokolniki Sport School
Began skating	2007
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dance Representing  Russia Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Ice dance Representing Mixed-NOCs Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Team

Personal life

Shustitskiy was born on 25 December 2002 in Moscow.^[1]

Career

Early career

Shustitskiy began skating in 2007. He skated for two seasons with Ekaterina Isaicheva in 2011–12 and 2012–13.^[2]

Shustitskiy teamed up with Sofya Tyutyunina in May 2013. At the NRW Trophy, they won basic novice gold in 2013 and silver in 2014.^[3] Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy are also the 2015 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalists and the 2016 NRW Trophy silver medalists on the advanced novice level.

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy qualified to their first Russian Junior Championships in 2018, placing 14th. They did not compete internationally in 2018–19, but competed at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, placing eighth.

2019–20 season

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy received their first Junior Grand Prix assignments, their first international appearances since a fifth-place finish at the 2017 Santa Claus Cup. At their first event in Latvia, they were fourth after the rhythm dance but placed third in the free dance to move up to third overall, narrowly winning the bronze medal by 0.67 points over Canada's Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell.^[4] Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy were the silver medalists at their second event, JGP Croatia, nearly 15 points behind champions Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya of Georgia, who had also placed ahead of them in Latvia.^[5] Their results qualified them as first alternates to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.^[5]

In January, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy represented Russia at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. They were second in both segments of the competition to win the silver medal behind teammates Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano and ahead of Americans Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen.^[6] Tyutyunina/Shustiskiy said they enjoyed the atmosphere created by the large crowd, composed primarily of local children, and called it a "very special" experience for them.^[7] During the team event, they were second individually behind Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama to help Team Focus (Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, Kate Wang of the United States, and Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell of the United States) win the silver medal.^[8]

At the 2020 Russian Junior Championships in February, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy were sixth in the rhythm dance and fifth in the free dance to finish fifth overall. As a result of their placement, they were named second alternates for the 2020 World Junior Championships.

2020–21 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix, where Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy would have competed, was cancelled. They instead competed in several domestic competitions over the first half of the season. Tyutyunina/Shustiskiy were unable to compete at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in February after Tyutyunina fractured her leg in December.^[9]

2021–22 season

With the resumption of the Junior Grand Prix, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy competed at 2021 JGP Slovakia in Košice, where they placed third in both segments to win the bronze medal.^[10] They went on to win the 2021 JGP Austria, winning both segments of the competition.^[11]

In May, it was announced that the duo had split.^[12]

2022-23 season

In July, it was announced that he had paired with Alexandra Kravchenko.^[13]

Programs

With Tyutyunina

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2021–2022 [1]	Blues: Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys Losing Your Mind (from The Get Down) by Raury & Jaden Smith choreo. by Sergei Plishkin, Ekaterina Vinogradova	Babe I'm Gonna Leave You by Anne Bredon performed by Led Zeppelin choreo. by Sergei Plishkin, Ekaterina Vinogradova
2019–2020 [14]	Foxtrot: City of Stars Quickstep: Another Day of Sun (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz choreo. by Sergin Plishkin, Ekaterina Vinogradova	Turning Page (from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1) by Sleeping at Last choreo. by Sergin Plishkin, Ekaterina Vinogradova
2018–2019 [15]	Tango Gosselin by Quadro Nuevo choreo. by Sergin Plishkin, Ekaterina Vinogradova	Time of the Season She's Not There by The Zombies choreo. by Sergin Plishkin, Ekaterina Vinogradova

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kravchenko

National
Event	22–23
Russian Champ.	7th
GPR Idel	5th
GPR Perm Territory	3rd

With Tyutyunina

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy (left) on the podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy (center) on the team podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

International: Junior[16]
Event	17–18	18–19	19–20	21–22
Youth Olympics			2nd
JGP Austria				1st
JGP Croatia			2nd
JGP Latvia			3rd
JGP Slovakia				3rd
Santa Claus Cup	5th
National[16]
Russian Junior	14th	8th	5th	3rd
Team events[16]
Youth Olympics			2nd T 2nd P
WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

ISU Personal Bests highlighted in bold.

With Tyutyunina

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Junior results

2021–22 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
18–22 January 2022	2022 Russian Junior Championships	2 72.81	TBD	TBD
6–9 October 2021	2021 JGP Austria	1 67.00	1 95.28	1 162.28
1–4 September 2021	2021 JGP Slovakia	3 63.10	3 92.88	3 155.98
2019–20 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
4–8 February 2020	2020 Russian Junior Championships	6 63.91	5 102.50	5 166.41
10–15 January 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team	–	2 96.39	2T/2P
10–15 January 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics	2 62.64	2 96.51	2 159.15
25–28 September 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	2 64.34	3 90.05	2 154.39
4–7 September 2019	2019 JGP Latvia	4 60.82	3 91.97	3 152.79
2018–19 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
31 Jan. – 4 Feb. 2019	2019 Russian Junior Championships	10 59.83	8 94.86	8 154.69
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
23–26 January 2018	2018 Russian Junior Championships	8 56.88	15 67.42	14 124.30
4–10 December 2017	2017 Santa Claus Cup	5 50.63	6 70.83	5 121.46