Elizabet Tursynbayeva

Elizabet Baitaqqyzy Tūrsynbaeva (; born 14 February 2000) is a Kazakh retired figure skater. She is the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 CS Ice Star champion, the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy silver medalist, the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, the 2019 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and a three-time Kazakhstani national champion (2015–2017). She placed 12th at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Having successfully landed a quadruple Salchow at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Tursynbaeva is the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in senior international competition.

Competing in the junior ranks, Tursynbaeva won bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and silver at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events.

In September 2021, she announced her retirement due to a chronic back injury.

Personal life Tursynbaeva was born on 14 February 2000 in Moscow, Russia. Beginning on the Challenger series, Tursynbaeva won silver medals at both the Finlandia Trophy and the Ondrej Nepela Trophy. Assigned to two Grand Prix events, she finished fifth at the 2018 Skate Canada International and sixth at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup.

At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, she placed sixth in the short program after turning out of her double Axel.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2019–2020