Evgenia Shishkova

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| native_name = Евгения Васильевна Шишкова

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| full_name = Evgenia Vasilievna Shishkova

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| country = Russia
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1972|12|18}}

| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

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| height = 4 ft 10 in

| partner = Vadim Naumov

| coach = Ludmila Velikova

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| retired = 1998

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Evgenia Vasilievna Shishkova ({{langx|ru|Евгения Васильевна Шишкова}}; 18 December 1972 – 29 January 2025) was a Russian figure skating coach and competitor. With her husband Vadim Naumov, she was the 1994 world champion and the 1995–96 Champions Series Final champion.

Shishkova died on 29 January 2025, when American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while the jet was on approach to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Career

Shishkova and Naumov were introduced in 1985 by Naumov's coach who wanted them to skate together. Naumov initially rebuffed the idea because he did not wish to change partners; however after several tryouts, he and Shishkova agreed to be a team. They landed a throw triple jump during their first training and began competing together in 1987.

In 1991 Shishkova/Naumov won bronze at their first European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria and placed 5th at the World Championships in Munich, Germany. During the next season, they competed at their first Olympics, the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, placing fifth. Shishkova/Naumov won their first World Championships' medal–bronze–at the 1993 World Championships. The pair placed 4th at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. They just missed out on Olympic bronze, with 4 judges out of 5 placing them 3rd ahead of eventual bronze medal winners, the Canadians Brasseur & Eisler. People in the public whistled when the marks appeared on the jumbotron. The pair ended the season by becoming world champions in Chiba, Japan east of Tokyo on 23rd March 1994.{{cite web |last1=Zakurdaeva |first1=Irena |last2=Smirnova |first2=Lena |title=World figure skating champions and coaching pair Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov killed in plane crash |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/evgenia-shishkova-vadim-naumov-killed-plane-crash-figure-skating |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=31 January 2025 |date=30 January 2025}}

Shishkova/Naumov won their third World Championships' medal, which was silver at the 1995 World Championships in Birmingham, England. Despite skating a clean free program, they lost to a flawed free skate by the eventual winners Kovarikova & Novotny.

From 1991 to 1995, the pair also won five European Championships medals. In February 1996, they won gold at the 1995–96 Champions Series Final (later renamed the Grand Prix Final) in Paris.{{cite news |last1=Berlot |first1=Jean-Christophe |title=Champions Series Final earns high marks |url=https://skatingmagazine.azurewebsites.net/article/Skating_199604_02 |access-date=31 January 2025 |work=Skating Magazine |date=2 April 1996}} At the 1996 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Shishkova/Naumov were third after the short program. In the long program, four judges gave first-place votes to Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov who finished as gold medalists. Four judges voted in favor of Shishkova/Naumov, however, low scores from the other five judges left them off the podium in 4th place.

Shishkova/Naumov missed most of the 1996/97 season following Naumov's collar bone injury that he suffered in the summer and early fall of 1996. They did not make the 1998 Winter Olympic team for Russia as they placed 4th at Russian Nationals' in December 1997. They decided to retire from ISU competition in 1998 and skate and turn professional. The pair won the World Professional Championships in Jaca, Spain, in April 1998. Next they transitioned into coaching, working at the International Skating Center in Simsbury, Connecticut northwest of Hartford. They moved and became coaches at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts west of Quincy, in February 2017.

Personal life and death

Shishkova and Naumov married in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 7 August 1995. They settled in Simsbury in 1998. Their son, Maxim Naumov, was born in August 2001 and competes in men's singles for the United States.

On 29 January 2025, Naumov and Shishkova both died on American Eagle Flight 5342 that collided with an U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while the jet was on approach to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.{{cite news |title=Washington DC officials say no survivors in jet collision with military helicopter – latest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/30/plane-crashes-near-washington-dc-after-mid-air-collision-with-military-helicopter-follow-live |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 January 2025 |access-date=30 January 2025}}{{cite news |first1=John |last1=Hanna |first2=Michael |last2=Casey |first3=Adam |last3=Geller |url=https://apnews.com/article/washington-plane-collision-victims-ee829891574aa35a30d8262b7e07e638 |title=Passengers on downed flight included American and Russian figure skaters |date=30 January 2025 |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=Associated Press}}{{Cite news |title=Russian Champion Skaters Naumov, Shishkova Reportedly Among Passengers In D.C. Plane Crash |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/world-champion-skaters-nauman-shishkova-passengers-washington-plane-crash/33296224.html# |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}} They were returning from Wichita, Kansas, where they participated in a development camp for young skaters, days following the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.{{Cite news |first1=Dmitry |last1=Vasilyev |first2=Andrew |last2=Osborn |title=Russian skating couple, world champions in 1990s, were in crashed US airliner |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/renowned-russian-figure-skating-couple-were-board-us-plane-that-crashed-tass-2025-01-30/ |access-date=30 January 2025 |date=30 January 2025 |work=Reuters |language=en}} The Skating Club of Boston, where the couple coached, lost six skaters in the crash. Their son, Maxim, who had competed at the U.S. Championships, was not onboard the plane, having flown out of Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport two days before the crash took place.{{Cite news |last=Toole |first=Mike |date=30 January 2025 |title=2 figure skaters from The Skating Club of Boston, their mothers and coaches among DC plane crash victims |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/skating-club-of-boston-potomac-plane-crash-victims/ |access-date=30 January 2025 |publisher=CBS Boston |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |first=Monica |last=Sager |title=Six Members of Boston Skating Club Killed in Midair Collision |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/six-members-of-boston-skating-club-killed-in-midair-collision/ar-AA1y87fM |access-date=30 January 2025 |date=30 January 2025 |work=Newsweek |via=MSN}}{{Cite news|last=Trainor|first=Daniel|title=Son of Figure Skating Couple who Died in Plane Crash Flew Out of Wichita Days Before Them|url=http://usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/figure-skater-left-wichita-days-before-parents-died-in-plane-crash|date=30 January 2025 |access-date=30 January 2025|work=US Magazine}} On March 2, 2025, U.S. Figure Skating held an ice show called Legacy on Ice, which paid tribute to Shishkova and the other victims that lost their lives aboard American Eagle Flight 5342.{{cite web |title=Legacy on Ice |url=https://www.usfigureskating.org/event/legacy-ice |website=U.S. Figure Skating |publisher=U.S. Figure Skating |access-date=4 March 2025}} Maxim performed to Shishkova and Naumov's favorite song, "Город, которого нет (The City That Doesn't Exist)" by Igor Kornelyuk, to honor his parents.{{cite web |title=MAXIM NAUMOV'S emotional tribute to his parents Zhenya Shishkova and Vadim Naumov |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7_N2ftvAK4 |website=YouTube |publisher=New York Minute |access-date=4 March 2025}}

Programs

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season ! Short program ! Free skating ! Exhibition
1998–99 (PRO) \| Summer of '42 {{small\|by Michel Legrand}} \| Il Trovatore {{small\|by Giuseppe Verdi}} \| Nocturne {{small\|by Secret Garden}} Summertime {{small\| performed by Sublime}}
1997–98 \| Toccata and Fugue {{small\|by Johann Sebastian Bach}} \| Don Quixote {{small\|by Ludwig Minkus}} \| Ave Maria {{small\|by Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach}}
1996–97 \| rowspan=2 \| Ave Maria {{small\|by Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach}} \| Meditation {{small\|(from Thaïs) by Jules Massenet}} \| Act 1, No. 2 Cavatina: Largo al factotum {{small\|from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini}}
1995–96 \| Don Quixote {{small\|by Ludwig Minkus}} \| Act 1, No. 2 Cavatina: Largo al factotum {{small\|from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini}} Danse des petits cygnes {{small\|from Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky}}
1994–95 \| rowspan=2 \| Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso {{small\|by Camille Saint-Saëns}} \| Unfinished Symphony {{small\|by Franz Schubert}} \| Chi Mai {{small\|by Ennio Morricone}} Act 1, No. 2 Cavatina: Largo al factotum {{small\|from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini}}
1993–94 \| rowspan=2 \| Die Fledermaus{{Cite web \|title=Obituary Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov (RUS) \|url=https://www.isu.org/news/obituary-evgenia-shishkova-and-vadim-naumov-rus/ \|access-date=2025-02-17 \|website=www.isu.org}} {{small\| by Johann Strauss II}} \| Take Five {{small\|performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet}} Flight of the Bumblebee {{small\|by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov}}
1992–93 \| Colonel Bogey March {{small\| by F. J. Ricketts}} \| Slap That Bass {{small\| by George Gershwin}} The Entertainer {{small\| by Scott Joplin}} Nature Boy {{small\| by Nat King Cole}}
1991–92 \| Take Five {{small\|performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet}} \| rowspan=2 \| Medley: La Festa Degli Angeli (Concerto No.3, RV 310) {{small\|arranged by James Last composed by Antonio Vivaldi}} Industrial Revolution, Pt. 1 {{small\|by Jean-Michel Jarre}} \| Boogie-woogie The Entertainer {{small\| by Scott Joplin}}
1990–91 \| I Dub U {{small\|performed by Freeez}}

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Season

! Short program

! Free skating

! Exhibition

1998–99 (PRO)

Summer of '42
{{small|by Michel Legrand}}

Il Trovatore
{{small|by Giuseppe Verdi}}

Nocturne
{{small|by Secret Garden}}
Summertime
{{small| performed by Sublime}}

1997–98

Toccata and Fugue
{{small|by Johann Sebastian Bach}}

Don Quixote
{{small|by Ludwig Minkus}}

Ave Maria
{{small|by Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach}}

1996–97

| rowspan=2 |

Ave Maria
{{small|by Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach}}

Meditation
{{small|(from Thaïs)
by Jules Massenet}}

Act 1, No. 2 Cavatina: Largo al factotum
{{small|from The Barber of Seville
by Gioachino Rossini}}

1995–96

Don Quixote
{{small|by Ludwig Minkus}}

Act 1, No. 2 Cavatina: Largo al factotum
{{small|from The Barber of Seville
by Gioachino Rossini}}
Danse des petits cygnes
{{small|from Swan Lake
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky}}

1994–95

| rowspan=2 |

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
{{small|by Camille Saint-Saëns}}

Unfinished Symphony
{{small|by Franz Schubert}}

Chi Mai
{{small|by Ennio Morricone}}
Act 1, No. 2 Cavatina: Largo al factotum
{{small|from The Barber of Seville
by Gioachino Rossini}}

1993–94

| rowspan=2 |

Die Fledermaus{{Cite web |title=Obituary Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov (RUS) |url=https://www.isu.org/news/obituary-evgenia-shishkova-and-vadim-naumov-rus/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.isu.org}}
{{small| by Johann Strauss II}}

Take Five
{{small|performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet}}
Flight of the Bumblebee
{{small|by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov}}

1992–93

Colonel Bogey March
{{small| by F. J. Ricketts}}

Slap That Bass
{{small| by George Gershwin}}
The Entertainer
{{small| by Scott Joplin}}
Nature Boy
{{small| by Nat King Cole}}

1991–92

Take Five
{{small|performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet}}

| rowspan=2 |

Medley:

La Festa Degli Angeli
(Concerto No.3, RV 310)
{{small|arranged by James Last
composed by Antonio Vivaldi}}
Industrial Revolution, Pt. 1
{{small|by Jean-Michel Jarre}}

Boogie-woogie
The Entertainer
{{small| by Scott Joplin}}

1990–91

I Dub U
{{small|performed by Freeez}}

Competitive highlights

GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)

With Naumov:

Soviet Union (URS): Start of career through December 1991
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): 1992 European and World Championships
Unified Team at the Olympics (EUN): 1992 Olympics
Russia (RUS): 1992–93 to end of career

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! {{tooltip\|88–89\|1989–1989}} ! 89–90 ! 90–91 ! 91–92 ! 92–93 ! 93–94 ! 94–95 ! 95–96 ! 96–97 ! 97–98
align=left \| Winter Olympics				5th		4th
align=left \| World Champ.			5th	5th	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	4th
align=left \| European Champ.			bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd		5th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Final								bgcolor=gold \| 1st		5th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Cup of Russia										bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} NHK Trophy								bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate America										bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate Canada								bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Centennial On Ice								bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Goodwill Games							bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd
align=left \| Inter. de Paris					bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Moscow News	5th
align=left \| Nations Cup				bgcolor=silver \| 2nd		bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Nebelhorn Trophy		bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| NHK Trophy				bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Skate America					bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| Skate Canada			bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center \| National
align=left \| Russian Champ.					bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd		bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd
align=left \| Soviet Champ.			bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web |url= http://www.fskate.ru/skaters/360.html |script-title=ru:Шишкова Евгения Васильевна |language= ru |trans-title=Evgenia Vasilievna Shishkova |website= fskate.ru }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.solovieff.ru/main.mhtml?Part=70&PubID=548 |script-title=ru:Шишкова Евгения Васильевна |language= ru |trans-title=Evgenia Vasilievna Shishkova |website= solovieff.ru }}

{{cite news |title=Russian newlyweds collect $30,000 toward new house |agency=The Canadian Press |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=5 November 1995 |id={{ProQuest|437348508}} |quote=Shishkova, 22, and Naumov, 26, wed in August}}

{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/8bf62d18725579fc6b3a88372adbccc8 |title=Russians Win Pairs, Americans Get Bronze |first=Barry |last=Wilner |work=Associated Press |date=20 March 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031003545/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1996/Russians-Win-Pairs-Americans-Get-Bronze/id-8bf62d18725579fc6b3a88372adbccc8 |archive-date=31 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/1998/07/06/focused-on-their-future/ |title=Focused On Their Future; Russian Pair Is Skating Into Professional Ranks |first=Paul H. |last=Johnson |work=Hartford Courant |date=6 July 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031004427/http://articles.courant.com/1998-07-06/news/9807060288_1_evgenia-shishkova-russian-pairs-vadim-naumov |archive-date=31 October 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite magazine |url=http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-01/features/skater |title=The Big Question: How to be a Champion Figure Skater; The training, endurance, and expenses of champions |first=Ian |last=Aldrich |magazine=Yankee |date=January–February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418193053/http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-01/features/skater |archive-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=unfit }}

{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/2006/12/23/different-holiday-on-ice/ |title=Different Holiday On Ice |first=Tommy |last=Hine |work=Hartford Courant |date=23 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106232818/http://articles.courant.com/2006-12-23/features/0612230540_1_christmas-eve-christmas-dinner-russian-christmas |archive-date=6 January 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=64 |title= Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071007202036/http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=64 |archive-date= 7 October 2007 |url-status= dead |website=Pairs On Ice}}

{{cite news |url= https://www.ifsmagazine.com/maxim-naumov-continues-a-family-tradition/ |title= Maxim Naumov continues a family tradition |first= Elvin |last= Walker |work= IFS Magazine |date= 11 March 2016 |access-date= 6 July 2016 |archive-date= 7 February 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111539/https://ifsmagazine.com/maxim-naumov-continues-a-family-tradition/ |url-status= dead }}

{{cite news |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/07/14/189551402/ |title= Shishkova, Naumov navigate parent-coach balance |first= Lois |last= Elfman |work= IceNetwork.com |date= 14 July 2016 |access-date= 15 July 2016 |archive-date= 2 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180702231458/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/07/14/189551402/ |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://figureskating.sportresult.com/Bios/ISU/2016/0/51700/MEN/TO/516 |title= Evgenia SHISHKOVA / Vadim NAUMOV |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211181335/http://figureskating.sportresult.com/Bios/ISU/2016/0/51700/MEN/TO/516 |archive-date= 11 February 2017 |url-status= dead |access-date= 11 February 2017 }}

{{cite news |url= https://scboston.org/coaching-announcement/ |title= Coaching Announcement |first= Doug |last= Zeghibe |work= Skating Club of Boston |date= 10 February 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211175830/https://scboston.org/coaching-announcement/ |archive-date= 11 February 2017 |url-status= dead }}

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Category:Goodwill Games medalists in figure skating

Category:Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games

Category:Russian expatriates in the United States

Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2025

Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Washington, D.C.

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! {{tooltip\|88–89\|1989–1989}} ! 89–90 ! 90–91 ! 91–92 ! 92–93 ! 93–94 ! 94–95 ! 95–96 ! 96–97 ! 97–98
align=left \| Winter Olympics				5th		4th
align=left \| World Champ.			5th	5th	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	4th
align=left \| European Champ.			bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd		5th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Final								bgcolor=gold \| 1st		5th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Cup of Russia										bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} NHK Trophy								bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate America										bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate Canada								bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Centennial On Ice								bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Goodwill Games							bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd
align=left \| Inter. de Paris					bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Moscow News	5th
align=left \| Nations Cup				bgcolor=silver \| 2nd		bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Nebelhorn Trophy		bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| NHK Trophy				bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=gold \| 1st
align=left \| Skate America					bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
align=left \| Skate Canada			bgcolor=silver \| 2nd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center \| National
align=left \| Russian Champ.					bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd		bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd
align=left \| Soviet Champ.			bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver \| 2nd