Alena Kanysheva
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Kanysheva at the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Alena Dmitrievna Kanysheva | ||||||||||||||
| Native name | Алёна Дмитриевна Канышева (Russian) | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Alyona Kanysheva | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 2005 Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 28 January 2020 (singles skating) 8 December 2021 (ice dance) | ||||||||||||||
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Alena Dmitrievna Kanysheva (Russian: Алёна Дмитриевна Канышева; her first name is properly pronounced Alyona as the Cyrillic ё is pronounced yo; born 15 June 2005) is a retired Russian ice dancer who formerly competed in women's singles. As a single skater, she is the 2018 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2018 JGP Armenia silver medalist, the 2018 JGP Austria silver medalist, and the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion.
She announced her retirement from women's singles and her intention to switch to ice dancing in 2019.