# Ekaterina Geynish

Ekaterina Pavlovna Geynish (born 18 March 2006) is a Russian pair skater who currently competes for Uzbekistan. With partner, Dmitrii Chigirev, she is the 2025 Asian Winter Games champion, the 2024 Skate Canada International silver medalist, and the 2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition bronze medalist.

## Personal life

Geynish was born on March 18, 2006 in Moscow, Russia. As a child, she attended a music school. In addition to figure skating, she enjoys knitting and photography.

## Career
### Early career

Geynish began figure skating in 2010. As a singles skater, she trained at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow. Geynish made the decision to switch to pair skating in 2019 due to the discipline typically having more career longevity when compared to women's singles skating in Russia. Following this, she began training at the Moscow Skating School "Vorobyovy Gory" to train under Nina Mozer and Vladislav Zhovnirski. Her first pair partner was Andrey Sachkov, who she skated with until 2021. Together, the pair won bronze on the junior level at the 2019 IceLab.
Teaming up with Ilya Mironov in 2021, the pair won would win the gold medal on the junior level at the 2021 Budapest Trophy, finish eleventh at the 2022 Russian Championships, and finished fifth at the 2022 Russian Junior Championships. Their partnership dissolved following the 2021–22 figure skating season.

### Partnership with Chigirev
#### 2022–23 season

Following the end of the 2021–22 figure skating season, Geynish teamed up with Dmitrii Chigirev. Geynish and Chigirev only competed at the 2022 Senior Russian Cup Grand Prix stages 2 and 5, placing fifth at both events.
In May 2024, it was announced that the pair had planned to begin competing for Uzbekistan and had submitted documents to the Figure Skating Federation of Russia to request a release, which was ultimately successful.

#### 2024–25: Debut for Uzbekistan

Making their international debut for Uzbekistan in early September, Geynish and Chigirev won the bronze medal at the 2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition. Selected to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, the pair competed at 2024 Skate Canada International, placing fourth in the short program, but winning the free skate and winning the silver medal. With this result, Geynish and Chigirev became the first pair team representing Uzbekistan to win a senior Grand Prix medal. One week later, the team competed at the 2024 Grand Prix de France, where they placed fifth in the short program and seventh in the free skate, dropping to sixth place overall.

## Programs
### Pair skating with Dmitrii Chigirev (for Uzbekistan)

| Season | Short program | Free skate | Ref. |
| 2022–23 | Gaucho (Dance of Argentinian Shepherds) By Nikolay Nekrasov | The Windmills of Your Mind By Michel Legrand Performed by Sting | |
| 2024–25 | The Deal Between Tsubaki and Lingba By Kiyoshi Yoshida Choreo. by Ramil Mekhdiev | Teatro By Concha Buika & Jacob Sureda Choreo. by Ramil Mekhdiev | |

## Competitive highlights

* GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series

### Pair skating with Dmitrii Chigirev (for Uzbekistan)

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Four Continents Championships | 8th |
| GP France | 6th |
| GP Skate Canada | 2nd |
| CS John Nicks Pairs | 3rd |
| Asian Winter Games | 1st |

### Pair skating with Ilya Mironov (for Russia)

Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Russian Championships (Senior) | 11th |
| Russian Championships (Junior) | 5th |
| Budapest Trophy | 1st |

### Pair skating with Andrey Sachkov (for Russia)

Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2019–20 |
| IceLab | 3rd |

## Detailed results
### Pair skating with Ekaterina Geynish (for Uzbekistan)

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 189.65 | 2024 Skate Canada International |
| Short program | TSS | 64.62 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition |
| Short program | TES | 35.96 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition |
| Short program | PCS | 28.66 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition |
| Free skating | TSS | 126.12 | 2024 Skate Canada International |
| Free skating | TES | 65.77 | 2024 Skate Canada International |
| Free skating | PCS | 60.35 | 2024 Skate Canada International |
Results in the 2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Sep 3–4, 2024 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition | 2 | 64.62 | 5 | 112.34 | 3 | 176.96 |
| Oct 25–27, 2024 | 2024 Skate Canada International | 4 | 63.53 | 1 | 126.12 | 2 | 189.65 |
| Nov 1-3, 2024 | 2024 Grand Prix de France | 5 | 61.38 | 7 | 100.61 | 6 | 161.99 |
| Feb 19–23, 2025 | 2025 Four Continents Championships | 8 | 61.94 | 8 | 110.50 | 8 | 172.44 |