Oleksii (Alexei) Shumskyi (; 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. 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.
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 Season Short dance Free dance 2016–2017 Minnie the Moocher King of Swing The Master and Margarita
With Yermak Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2014–2015 Sangre del Toro España cañí Primavera Porteña 2013–2014 Fever Umbrella Pulp Fiction: You Never Can Tell Misirlou
With Galyeta Season Short dance Free dance 2011–2012 Sway Mujer Latina Tchaikovski Remix 2010–2011 Tango Waltz Blues Quickstep Original dance 2009–2010 Hopak Malaguena 2008–2009 I Will Play Jazz Elizabeth: The Golden Age
With Vykhodtseva Season Original dance Free dance 2008–2009 I Will Play Jazz Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Competitive highlights CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Kozmava for Georgia International Event 2015–16 2016–17 World Champ. 32nd European Championships 27th Bavarian Open 10th Ice Star 7th Santa Claus Cup 4th
With Yermak for Ukraine International Event 2013–14 2014–15 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 7th Cup of Nice 3rd Golden Spin of Zagreb 8th Ukrainian Open 8th Winter Universiade 9th National Ukrainian Championships 3rd 2nd
With Kabanova for Ukraine National Event 2012–13 Ukrainian Championships 4th
With Galyeta for Ukraine International Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 Junior Worlds 23rd 8th 13th Final 7th 5th DQ Czech Republic 3rd Hungary 7th Poland 2nd Romania 2nd 2nd Pavel Roman Memorial 2nd J National Ukrainian Champ. 2nd J 1st J J = Junior level; DQ = Disqualified
With Vykhodtseva for Ukraine International Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 Austria 4th Bulgaria 3rd Canada 9th Croatia 9th France 7th Netherlands 8th Spain 3rd Grand Prize SNP 1st J National Ukrainian Champ. 5th J = Junior level
With Ponomareva for Ukraine International Event 2004–05 Romania 11th Ukraine 11th
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