Devid Naryzhnyy


Devid Yurievich Naryzhnyy is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With his skating partner, Elizaveta Shanaeva, he is the 2020 World Junior bronze medalist and the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. He has also won three medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold medals at 2019 France and 2019 Russia.

Personal life

Devid Naryzhnyy was born on 11 October 1999 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. His parents are also both figure skaters. He decided to begin figure skating when his parents were participating at an ice show in England when he was 3 years old. Before coming to Moscow, he trained in Kharkiv and St. Petersburg. He also trained in Sochi for about 6 months when his dad was offered a job. He met his current coaches Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin when his former coach Ekaterina Rubleva began working with them.

Career

Early career

Naryzhnyy began to skate in 2004. He previously skated with Varvara Chekmeneva. He teamed up with his current partner, Elizaveta Shanaeva, during the 2016–2017 season. They are coached by Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin.
Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy won the 2017 Moscow Championship.

2018–2019 season

Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments in the 2018–19 season. They won the silver medal at 2018 JGP Bratislava and placed 4th at 2018 JGP Yerevan.
In November 2018, they won the junior gold medal at the 2018 Grand Prix of Bratislava. They placed fourth at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships.

2019–2020 season

Returning to the Junior Grand Prix, Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy won their first JGP gold medal in September at the 2019 JGP France in Courchevel. Three weeks later, they won a second gold medal at the 2019 JGP Russia in Chelyabinsk. With these results, they qualified for the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino. Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy placed third in the rhythm dance there, with her describing them as "quite happy" with their performance. They were third in the free dance as well, despite Naryzhnyy missing a twizzle level, and won the bronze medal.
After winning the junior national title at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships, Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy were assigned to compete at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. First in the free dance, they won a small gold medal for the segment, becoming the only team to score above 70 points in the junior rhythm dance that season. Third in the free dance, they dropped to third place overall and won the bronze medal. Shanaeva said "we got a lot of energy to show our maximum next season and to be ready to beat everyone."

Programs

SeasonRhythm danceFree danceExhibition
2020–2021Foxtrot: Bonnie and Clyde
by Frank Wildhorn
2019–2020

  • Foxtrot: Bonnie and Clyde
by Frank Wildhorn

  • River
by Bishop Briggs

by Petra Magoni & Ferrucio Spinetti
  • Come Together
by Gotthard
2018–2019

  • Tango: Tango D’Amor
by Tango Jointz
by Astor Piazzolla

  • Samson and Delilah
by Camille Saint-Saëns
choreo. by Alena Samarskaia
Short DanceFree Dance
2017–2018
by Miguel Angel Muñoz M.A.M.
by DJ Maurice, Trafassi

  • Come Together
by Petra Magoni & Ferrucio Spinetti
  • Come Together
by Gotthard
2016–2017
by Elvis Presley

  • Scheherazade
by Esquivel

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Shanaeva

Detailed results

Small medals awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU personal bests highlighted in bold.

With Shanaeva

Junior results