Davis was born on 16 January 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, but was raised in Moscow, Russia. She holds dual Russian and American citizenship. She is the only child of celebrated Russian single skating coach Eteri Tutberidze. As a toddler, Davis was diagnosed with 3rd degree sensorineural hearing loss caused by incorrectly prescribed antibiotics. She underwent medical treatment in Germany, but her hearing could not be fully restored. As a result of the disease, she has underdeveloped coordination and relies partially on lip-reading to communicate. However, the disability does not affect her ability to hear music. On 18 December 2019, Davis announced on Instagram that she'd cured her hearing loss on her own and stated that she could "hear perfectly, and maybe better than ordinary people." Davis is close friends with 2018 Olympic champion and former teammate Alina Zagitova. Her hobbies include photography, watching TV series, dance, and listening to music.
Career
Early years
Davis' mother, Eteri Tutberidze, took her to an ice rink for the first time when she was just 2 years old. Although Davis initially wanted to pursue synchronized swimming, she began training as a skater at the age of six as it was her only opportunity to spend time with her mother. She was initially coached by her mother as a single skater in Moscow; however, she switched to ice dance in 2016 due to Tutberidze's concern for her safety performing jump elements given her lack of coordination. Davis teamed up with her first partner, Denis Pechuzhkin, another former Tutberidze student, during the 2016–17 season. The partnership was short lived, lasting only six months before Davis found a new partner Fedor Varlamov. Davis/Varlamov skated together for the 2017–18 season and only competed domestically before also breaking up. During the partnership, Davis was awarded the title of the Master of Sports of the Russian Federation. In 2018, Davis teamed up with her current partner, Gleb Smolkin.
In the summer before the start of the season, Davis and Smolkin relocated their training base from Moscow to Novi, Michigan to work with Igor Shpilband and Pasquale Camerlengo. The team opened their season in August at the 2019 JGP United States where they won the silver medal behind American training-mates Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik. At their second assignment, 2019 JGP Russia, the team again finished second overall, this time behind fellow Russian competitors Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy, and with 26 qualifying points they advanced to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. The team competed just once more before the Junior Grand Prix Final, taking the junior title at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup. At the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, Davis/Smolkin entered the competition as the bottom seeded team and had a disappointing outing, finishing sixth in both segments of competition and sixth overall. However, they regrouped in the interim between the Final and the 2020 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships and managed to earn the bronze medal at junior nationals, earning a spot on Russian team for the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. At Junior Worlds in March, Davis/Smolkin scored personal bests in both segments of competition as well as overall, and finished a respectable fifth.
Programs
With Smolkin
Career highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Smolkin
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
