{{short description|Ukrainian ice dancer}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Oleksii Shumskyi |image= 2017 World Figure Skating Championships Tatiana Kozmava Alexei Shumski jsfb dave2137.jpg |caption= Kozmava and Shumsky in 2017 |native_name= Олексій Шумський |native_name_lang= uk |fullname= |altname= Alexei Shumski |country= Georgia |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1990|10|3|df=yes}} |birth_place= Odessa, Ukrainian SSR |hometown= |height= {{height|m=1.79}} |partner= Tatiana Kozmava |coach= Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat, Yuri Chesnichenko |beganskating= 1997 |retired= }}
'''Oleksii (Alexei) Shumskyi''' ({{langx|uk|Олексій Шумський}}; born 3 October 1990) is a competitive ice dancer. Competing for Ukraine with Anastasia Galyeta, he won four medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed as high as 8th at the World Junior Championships. With Lolita Yermak, he is the 2014 International Cup of Nice bronze medalist. In 2015, he began competing for Georgia with Tatiana Kozmava.
== Career == === Early career === Shumskyi debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2004 with Ksenia Ponomareva. In 2005, he teamed up with Anastasia Vykhodtseva. They competed in four seasons of the JGP series, winning two bronze medals, before parting ways in autumn 2008.
=== Partnership with Galyeta === Shumskyi teamed up with Anastasia Galyeta in November 2008.<ref name=ISU-1112/> After becoming the Ukrainian junior silver medalists, they were assigned to the 2009 World Junior Championships, where they finished 23rd. They placed eighth the following year at the 2010 World Junior Championships. In their third season, Galyeta/Shumskyi won silver and bronze medals on the JGP series, qualified for the JGP Final, where they finished seventh, and placed 13th at the 2011 World Junior Championships. During their last season together, 2011–12, they won two silver medals on the JGP series and placed 5th at the JGP Final but were later disqualified due to Galyeta's positive doping sample.
In February 2012, it was reported that Galyeta and Shumskyi had parted ways.<ref name=SE120206/>
=== Later partnerships === Shumskyi skated with Anastasia Kabanova in the 2012–13 season, placing fourth on the senior level at the Ukrainian Championships.
Shumskyi began competing with Lolita Yermak in the 2013–14 season, taking the bronze medal at the Ukrainian Championships in December 2013. In 2014–15, the two won bronze at the International Cup of Nice and silver at the Ukrainian Championships. Their last competition together was the 2015 Winter Universiade, where they placed 9th.
===Switch to Georgia=== Shumskyi began competing with Tatiana Kozmava for Georgia in the 2015–16 season.
== Programs ==
=== With Kozmava === {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short dance ! Free dance |- ! 2016–2017 <br><ref name=ISU-1617/> | * {{small|Blues:}} Minnie the Moocher * {{small|Swing:}} King of Swing <br>{{small| performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy }} | * The Master and Margarita <br>{{small| by Igor Kornelyuk }} |}
=== With Yermak === {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short dance ! Free dance ! Exhibition |- ! 2014–2015 | * Sangre del Toro <br> {{small| by Johannes Linstead }} * España cañí <br> {{small| by Pascual Marquina Narro }} | rowspan=2 | * Primavera Porteña <br> {{small| by Astor Piazzolla }} | |- ! 2013–2014 | * Fever <br> {{small| by Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell <br> performed by Elvis Presley }} * Umbrella <br> {{small| by Rihanna <br> performed by The Baseballs }} | Pulp Fiction: * You Never Can Tell <br> {{small| by Chuck Berry }} * Misirlou <br> {{small| by Dick Dale }} |}
=== With Galyeta === {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Season ! Short dance ! Free dance |- ! 2011–2012 <br> <ref name=ISU-1112/> | * {{small|Cha cha:}} Sway * {{small|Salsa:}} Mujer Latina <br>{{small| by Thalía }} | * Tchaikovski Remix <br>{{small| by Edvin Marton }} |- ! 2010–2011 <br> <ref name=ISU-1011/> | * Tango * Waltz | * Blues * Quickstep |- ! ! Original dance ! |- ! 2009–2010 <br> <ref name=ISU-0910/> | * {{small|Ukrainian folk:}} Hopak | * Malaguena <br>{{small| by Paul Mauriat }} |- ! 2008–2009 <br> <ref name=ISU-0809b/> | * {{small|Ragtime:}} I Will Play Jazz <br>{{small| by M. Mynkov }} | * Elizabeth: The Golden Age <br>{{small| by Craig Armstrong, A. R. Rahman }} |}
=== With Vykhodtseva === {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Season ! Original dance ! Free dance |- ! 2008–2009 <br> <ref name=ISU-0809a/> | * {{small|Ragtime:}} I Will Play Jazz <br>{{small| by M. Mynkov }} | * Elizabeth: The Golden Age <br>{{small| by Craig Armstrong, A. R. Rahman }} |}
== Competitive highlights == ''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''
=== With Kozmava for Georgia === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-TKAS/> |- ! Event ! 2015–16 ! 2016–17 |- | align=left | World Champ. || || 32nd |- | align=left | European Championships || || 27th |- | align=left | Bavarian Open || 10th || |- | align=left | Ice Star || || 7th |- | align=left | Santa Claus Cup || || 4th |}
=== With Yermak for Ukraine === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-LYAS/> |- ! Event ! 2013–14 ! 2014–15 |- | align=left | {{small|CS}} Ondrej Nepela Trophy || || 7th |- | align=left | Cup of Nice || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | Golden Spin of Zagreb || 8th || |- | align=left | Ukrainian Open || 8th || |- | align=left | Winter Universiade || || 9th |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National<ref name=ISU-LYAS/> |- | align=left | Ukrainian Championships || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |}
=== With Kabanova for Ukraine === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | National |- ! Event ! 2012–13 |- | align=left | Ukrainian Championships || 4th |}
=== With Galyeta for Ukraine === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-AGAS/> |- ! Event ! 2008–09 ! 2009–10 ! 2010–11 ! 2011–12 |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || 23rd || 8th || 13th || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Final || || || 7th || <s>5th</s> DQ |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Czech Republic || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Hungary || || 7th || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Poland || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Romania || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |- | align=left | Pavel Roman Memorial || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd J || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National<ref name=ISU-AGAS/> |- | align=left | Ukrainian Champ. || bgcolor=silver | 2nd J || bgcolor=gold | 1st J || || |- | colspan=5 align=center | <small> J = Junior level; DQ = Disqualified </small> |}
=== With Vykhodtseva for Ukraine === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-AVAS/> |- ! Event ! 2005–06 ! 2006–07 ! 2007–08 ! 2008–09 |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Austria || || || 4th || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Bulgaria || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Canada || 9th || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Croatia || 9th || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} France || || || || 7th |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Netherlands || || 8th || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Spain || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | Grand Prize SNP || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st J || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National<ref name=ISU-AVAS/> |- | align=left | Ukrainian Champ. || 5th || || || |- | colspan=5 align=center | <small> J = Junior level </small> |}
=== With Ponomareva for Ukraine === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-0405/> |- ! Event ! 2004–05 |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Romania || 11th |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Ukraine || 11th |}
== References == {{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=ISU-TKAS>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00055032.htm |title= Competition Results: Tatiana KOZMAVA / Alexei SHUMSKI |publisher= International Skating Union }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1617>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00055032.htm |title= Tatiana KOZMAVA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2016/2017 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170328020802/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00055032.htm |archivedate= 28 March 2017 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-LYAS>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00014718.htm |title= Competition Results: Lolita YERMAK / Alexei SHUMSKI |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235733/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00014718.htm |archivedate= 3 March 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-AVAS>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00008931.htm |title= Competition Results: Anastasia VYKHODTSEVA / Alexei SHUMSKI |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131204050810/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00008931.htm |archivedate= 4 December 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-0405>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007066.htm |title= Ksenia PONOMAREVA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2004/2005 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130211193431/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007066.htm |archivedate= 11 February 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-0809a>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008931.htm |title= Anastasia VYKHODTSEVA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2008/2009 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090302014320/http://isufs.org/bios/isufs00008931.htm |archivedate= 2 March 2009 |url-status= unfit }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-AGAS>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00011920.htm |title= Competition Results: Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131204045157/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00011920.htm |archivedate= 4 December 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-0809b>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00011920.htm |title= Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2008/2009 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227002844/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00011920.htm |archivedate= 27 February 2009 |url-status= unfit }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-0910>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011920.htm |title= Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2009/2010 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100507195434/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011920.htm |archivedate= 7 May 2010 |url-status= unfit }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1011>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011920.htm |title= Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2010/2011 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110316153948/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011920.htm |archivedate= 16 March 2011 |url-status= unfit }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1112>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011920.htm |title= Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI: 2011/2012 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120926193622/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00011920.htm |archivedate= 26 September 2012 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=SE120206>{{cite news |url= http://www.sport-express.ua/football/ukraina/news/142841-bez-don-kihota-zato-s-panteroj-figurnoe-katanie-chempionat-ukrainy.html |script-title=ru:Без дон Кихота, зато с пантерой. Фигурное катание. Чемпионат Украины |language= Russian |trans-title=No Don Quixote, instead a Panther. Figure skating. Ukrainian Championships |first= Anna |last= Savchik |work= sport-express.ua |date= 6 February 2012 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120215032109/http://www.sport-express.ua/football/ukraina/news/142841-bez-don-kihota-zato-s-panteroj-figurnoe-katanie-chempionat-ukrainy.html |archivedate= 15 February 2012 |url-status= live }}</ref>
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== External links == {{commons category inline|Alexei Shumski}} * {{ISU figure skater|00055032|Tatiana Kozmava / Alexei Shumski }} * {{ISU figure skater|00011920|Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shumskyi, Oleksii}} Category:Ukrainian male ice dancers Category:Male ice dancers from Georgia (country) Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Figure skaters from Odesa Category:Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade