Zhan Bush

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title: "Zhan Bush" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["russian-male-single-skaters", "figure-skaters-from-chelyabinsk", "jewish-russian-sportspeople", "21st-century-russian-jews", "russian-people-of-jewish-descent", "1993-births", "living-people", "competitors-at-the-2013-winter-universiade", "21st-century-russian-sportsmen"] description: "Russian figure skater" topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhan_Bush" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Zhan Bush
image	Grand Prix Final Zhan BUSH SP.jpg
caption	Zhan Bush at the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final
fullname	Zhan Viacheslavovich Bush
altname	Devinski (surname)
Jean/Jan (first name)
country	Russia
birth_date
birth_place	Chelyabinsk, Russia
height
coach	Svetlana Sokolovskaya
skating club	CSKA Moscow
beganskating	2001
medaltemplates
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Zhan Viacheslavovich Bush ( born 1 April 1993) is a Russian figure skater.

He is the 2013 Cup of Nice bronze medalist, a four-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and 2011 Russian national senior bronze medalist. He placed 5th at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Bush was formerly known by the surname Devinski (), but switched to his mother's maiden name, Bush, with the consent of his whole family. His first name has sometimes been romanized as Jean or Jan.

He was born in Chelyabinsk, but his family moved to Israel soon after and returned to Russia seven years later. He spoke only Hebrew as a child, and learned Russian when the family returned. His parents enrolled him in figure skating to improve his health.

Career

Bush began skating at age 8 in Chelyabinsk. He was coached by Larisa Yakovleva from 2004 until 2010. He competed as Devinski until the end of the 2007–08 season.

Bush finished 17th at the 2010 Russian Nationals. In spring 2010, he moved to Saint Petersburg to be coached by 1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 Russian Nationals.

In the 2011–12 season, Bush began appearing in senior international events, competing at the Finlandia Trophy, Nebelhorn Trophy, and Coupe de Nice. He then competed at the 2012 Russian Championships, and finished 4th with an overall score of 223.30 points. Bush was the first alternate for the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England. He won the gold medal at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. Bush finished 5th at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Bush placed 10th at the 2012 World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2012–13, Bush finished 5th at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy. At the 2012 Cup of Nice, he was 15th in the short program but won the long and finished 6th overall. Bush made his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup.

In spring 2013, Bush changed coaches to Svetlana Sokolovskaya in Moscow. He won the bronze medal at the 2013 Cup of Nice.

Programs

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Competitive highlights

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International	Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	International: Junior	National	Team events
GP Cup of China								WD
GP Skate Canada								WD
GP Rostel. Cup						8th
CS Warsaw Cup									3rd
Cup of Nice					6th	6th	3rd
Finlandia					8th	5th
Nebelhorn					6th
Ice Star							2nd
Universiade							4th
Volvo Cup							5th
Junior Worlds				11th	5th
JGP Final				7th
JGP Austria				3rd
JGP Croatia			3rd
JGP France		9th
JGP Hungary			3rd
JGP U.K.				2nd
Russian Champ.			17th	3rd	4th	12th	7th
Russian Junior	13th	9th	5th	2nd	1st
[World Team
Trophy](isu-world-team-trophy-in-figure-skating)					5th T
(10th P)
GP = Grand Prix; CS = Challenger Series; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level
T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.
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References

References

1. "Competition Results: Zhan BUSH". International Skating Union.
2. "Zhan BUSH: 2010/2011". International Skating Union.
3. "Zhan BUSH: 2011/2012". International Skating Union.
4. "Zhan BUSH: 2012/2013". International Skating Union.
5. "Zhan BUSH: 2013/2014". International Skating Union.
6. link. Olga. Semeniuk. Chelyabinsk.ru. (7 February 2012)
7. link. Yulia Alexandrovna. Makhleyeva. Yuzhnouralskaya Panorama. (27 January 2011)
8. link. Natalia. Kalentieva. [[Argumenty i Fakty]]
9. "2008 Russian Junior Championships". Figure Skating Federation of Russia.
10. (30 August 2008). "ISU JGP Courchevel 2008". International Skating Union.
11. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2008/2009: Junior Men". International Skating Union.
12. Kondakova, Anna. (9 December 2010). "Dornbush leads; Messing second". GoldenSkate.
13. Kondakova, Anna. (27 December 2010). "Menshov wins Gold at Russian Nationals". GoldenSkate.
14. Kondakova, Anna. (25 December 2011). "Plushenko returns triumphant". Golden Skate.
15. Kondakova, Anna. (26 December 2011). "Plushenko wins ninth national title". Golden Skate.
16. Flade, Tatjana. (1 March 2012). "Farris Leads Men After Short Program at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
17. Flade, Tatjana. (3 March 2012). "Han Yan wins historic Junior World title for China". Golden Skate.

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