Background
Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze was born 24 February 1974 in Moscow. Her mother was a senior engineer at the Ministry of Agricultural Construction and her father worked at the Likhachev plant"s foundry and as a taxi driver.
Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze was born 24 February 1974 in Moscow. Her mother was a senior engineer at the Ministry of Agricultural Construction and her father worked at the Likhachev plant"s foundry and as a taxi driver.
Tutberidze studied at the Academy of Physical Education in Malakhovka and received a degree in choreography from the Institute of Contemporary Artist
She coaches ladies" and men"s singles. Tutberidze began skating at the age of four and a half, guided by Evgenia Zelikova and then Edouard Pliner. After sustaining a spinal fracture and growing 22 cm, she switched from singles to ice dancing.
She was coached by Lidia Kabanova for two years and then joined Elena Tchaikovskaya, who paired her with Vyacheslav Chichekin.
After briefly training under Natalia Linichuk, Tutberidze switched to Gennady Akkerman, her coach for the next three years. She skated with Alexei Kiliakov until he emigrated to the United States.
During the 1991-1992 season, Tutberidze trained under Tatiana Tarasova before deciding to perform in ice shows. Appearing as an adagio pair skater with Nikolai Apter, she toured with Ice Capades for several years and then worked as a coach in San Antonio, Texas.
After returning to Russia, she coached at a hockey rink, Serebrianyi in Zelenograd, where ice time was limited for figure skaters.
She is now based at Sambo 70 (SDUSSHOR 37) in Moscow and collaborates with Sergei Dudakov. Her current students include:
Moris Kvitelashvili
Ilya Skirda
Vladislav Tarasenko
Former students:
Kamilla Gainetdinova (as a singles skater)
Polina Korobeynikova (as a child)
Polina Shelepen (two-time JGP Final silver medalist) Coached from age four until July 2012. Elizabet Tursynbayeva, for 2012-2013 season.
Serafima Sakhanovich, for 2014-2015 season.
(2015 World Junior silver medalist, 2014-2015 JGP Final silver medalist)
Adian Pitkeev (2014 World Junior silver medalist) until March 2016. Sergei Voronov, from mid-2013 until March 2016.
(2014 European silver medalist, 2014-2015 General Practice Final bronze medalist).
