# Oleksii Shumskyi

Oleksii (Alexei) Shumskyi (Ukrainian: Олексій Шумський; born 3 October 1990) is a competitive ice dancer. Competing for Ukraine with Anastasia Galyeta, he won four medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed as high as 8th at the World Junior Championships. With Lolita Yermak, he is the 2014 International Cup of Nice bronze medalist. In 2015, he began competing for Georgia with Tatiana Kozmava.

## Career
### Early career

Shumskyi debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2004 with Ksenia Ponomareva. In 2005, he teamed up with Anastasia Vykhodtseva. They competed in four seasons of the JGP series, winning two bronze medals, before parting ways in autumn 2008.

### Partnership with Galyeta

Shumskyi teamed up with Anastasia Galyeta in November 2008. After becoming the Ukrainian junior silver medalists, they were assigned to the 2009 World Junior Championships, where they finished 23rd. They placed eighth the following year at the 2010 World Junior Championships. In their third season, Galyeta/Shumskyi won silver and bronze medals on the JGP series, qualified for the JGP Final, where they finished seventh, and placed 13th at the 2011 World Junior Championships. During their last season together, 2011–12, they won two silver medals on the JGP series and placed 5th at the JGP Final but were later disqualified due to Galyeta's positive doping sample.
In February 2012, it was reported that Galyeta and Shumskyi had parted ways.

### Later partnerships

Shumskyi skated with Anastasia Kabanova in the 2012–13 season, placing fourth on the senior level at the Ukrainian Championships.
Shumskyi began competing with Lolita Yermak in the 2013–14 season, taking the bronze medal at the Ukrainian Championships in December 2013. In 2014–15, the two won bronze at the International Cup of Nice and silver at the Ukrainian Championships. Their last competition together was the 2015 Winter Universiade, where they placed 9th.

### Switch to Georgia

Shumskyi began competing with Tatiana Kozmava for Georgia in the 2015–16 season.

## Programs
### With Kozmava

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| 2016–2017 | Blues: Minnie the Moocher performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Swing: King of Swing performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | The Master and Margarita by Igor Kornelyuk |

### With Yermak

| Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
| 2014–2015 | Sangre del Toro by Johannes Linstead España cañí by Pascual Marquina Narro | Primavera Porteña by Astor Piazzolla | |
| 2013–2014 | Fever by Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell performed by Elvis Presley Umbrella by Rihanna performed by The Baseballs | Primavera Porteña by Astor Piazzolla | Pulp Fiction: You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry Misirlou by Dick Dale |

### With Galyeta

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| 2011–2012 | Cha cha: Sway Salsa: Mujer Latina by Thalía | Tchaikovski Remix by Edvin Marton |
| 2010–2011 | Tango Waltz | Blues Quickstep |
| | Original dance | |
| 2009–2010 | Ukrainian folk: Hopak | Malaguena by Paul Mauriat |
| 2008–2009 | Ragtime: I Will Play Jazz by M. Mynkov | Elizabeth: The Golden Age by Craig Armstrong, A. R. Rahman |

### With Vykhodtseva

| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
| 2008–2009 | Ragtime: I Will Play Jazz by M. Mynkov | Elizabeth: The Golden Age by Craig Armstrong, A. R. Rahman |

## Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

### With Kozmava for Georgia

International :
| Event | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
| World Champ. | | 32nd |
| European Championships | | 27th |
| Bavarian Open | 10th | |
| Ice Star | | 7th |
| Santa Claus Cup | | 4th |

### With Yermak for Ukraine

International :
| Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
| CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | | 7th |
| Cup of Nice | | 3rd |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 8th | |
| Ukrainian Open | 8th | |
| Winter Universiade | | 9th |
| National |||
| Ukrainian Championships | 3rd | 2nd |

### With Kabanova for Ukraine

National :
| Event | 2012–13 |
| Ukrainian Championships | 4th |

### With Galyeta for Ukraine

International :
| Event | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
| Junior Worlds | 23rd | 8th | 13th | |
| JGP Final | | | 7th | 5th DQ |
| JGP Czech Republic | | | 3rd | |
| JGP Hungary | | 7th | | |
| JGP Poland | | | | 2nd |
| JGP Romania | | | 2nd | 2nd |
| Pavel Roman Memorial | | 2nd J | | |
| National |||||
| Ukrainian Champ. | 2nd J | 1st J | | |
| J = Junior level; DQ = Disqualified |||||

### With Vykhodtseva for Ukraine

International :
| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 |
| JGP Austria | | | 4th | |
| JGP Bulgaria | | | 3rd | |
| JGP Canada | 9th | | | |
| JGP Croatia | 9th | | | |
| JGP France | | | | 7th |
| JGP Netherlands | | 8th | | |
| JGP Spain | | | | 3rd |
| Grand Prize SNP | | | 1st J | |
| National |||||
| Ukrainian Champ. | 5th | | | |
| J = Junior level |||||

### With Ponomareva for Ukraine

International :
| Event | 2004–05 |
| JGP Romania | 11th |
| JGP Ukraine | 11th |