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Zhan Viacheslavovich Bush (Russian: Жан Вячеславович Буш; born 1 April 1993) is a Russian figure skater.

Key Information

He is the 2013 Cup of Nice bronze medalist, a four-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and 2011 Russian national senior bronze medalist. He placed 5th at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

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Bush was formerly known by the surname Devinski (Russian: Девинский), but switched to his mother's maiden name, Bush, with the consent of his whole family.[1][2][3] His first name has sometimes been romanized as Jean[4][5] or Jan.[6]

He was born in Chelyabinsk, but his family moved to Israel soon after and returned to Russia seven years later.[3] He spoke only Hebrew as a child, and learned Russian when the family returned.[3] His parents enrolled him in figure skating to improve his health.[3]

Career

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Bush began skating at age 8 in Chelyabinsk. He was coached by Larisa Yakovleva from 2004[3] until 2010. He competed as Devinski until the end of the 2007–08 season.[6]

Bush finished 17th at the 2010 Russian Nationals. In spring 2010, he moved to Saint Petersburg to be coached by 1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov.[7] He won the bronze medal at the 2011 Russian Nationals.[8]

In the 2011–12 season, Bush began appearing in senior international events, competing at the Finlandia Trophy, Nebelhorn Trophy, and Coupe de Nice. He then competed at the 2012 Russian Championships, and finished 4th with an overall score of 223.30 points.[9][10] Bush was the first alternate for the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England. He won the gold medal at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. Bush finished 5th at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus.[11][12] Bush placed 10th at the 2012 World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2012–13, Bush finished 5th at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy. At the 2012 Cup of Nice, he was 15th in the short program but won the long and finished 6th overall. Bush made his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup.

In spring 2013, Bush changed coaches to Svetlana Sokolovskaya in Moscow.[13] He won the bronze medal at the 2013 Cup of Nice.

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–2014
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2012–2013
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2011–2012
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2010–2011
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Competitive highlights

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International[17]
Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
GP Cup of China WD
GP Skate Canada WD
GP Rostel. Cup 8th
CS Warsaw Cup 3rd
Cup of Nice 6th 6th 3rd
Finlandia 8th 5th
Nebelhorn 6th
Ice Star 2nd
Universiade 4th
Volvo Cup 5th
International: Junior[17]
Junior Worlds 11th 5th
JGP Final 7th
JGP Austria 3rd
JGP Croatia 3rd
JGP France 9th
JGP Hungary 3rd
JGP U.K. 2nd
National[17]
Russian Champ. 17th 3rd 4th 12th 7th
Russian Junior 13th[6] 9th 5th 2nd 1st
Team events
World Team
Trophy
5th T
(10th P)
GP = Grand Prix; CS = Challenger Series; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level
T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

References

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