BirthDecember 171996

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater

30th anniversary in 2026

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When
Tuesday, December 17 199630 years ago
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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30th in 2026
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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

At a glance

Born 1996-12-17.

Known as: figure skater. Citizenship: Russia.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva was born on 17 December 1996 in Glazov , Udmurtia , Russia. [ 1 ] Her mother teaches algebra and geometry and was her daughter's class teacher from the 5th to 9th grade. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Her father - a former skier who later coached football [ 2 ] - died in April 2011. [ 4 ] Elizaveta has a younger sister, Evgenia. [ 2 ] The family moved from Glazov to Saint Petersburg in August 2011. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva is a Russian retired figure skater. She is the 2015 World champion, the 2021 World silver medalist, the 2015 European champion and the 2013 European bronze medalist. She has medaled 16 times on the Grand Prix series, including 5 gold medals and including gold at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final and bronze at the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final. On national level she is an 8-time medalist in the Russian Championships and the 2013 Russian national champion,

Path and career

Awards / honours: Master of Sports of International Class and Honoured Master of Sports of Russia.

Why this date

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva appears on our December 17 calendar for 1996 as a birth entry.

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December 17 1996 — 30 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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