Diana Davis — figure skater with roots in the Russia
Diana Davis is a Russian-born ice dancer and the daughter of Eteri Tutberidze — arguably the most successful figure skating coach in history. Davis and her ice dance partner Gleb Smolkin switched their sporting representation to Georgia following Russia's international sports suspension, competing at Grand Prix events under the Georgian flag.
Tracing the roots — Russia
The daughter of Eteri Tutberidze — the coach behind Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Anna Shcherbakova, and Alexandra Trusova — Davis carries the most famous surname in Russian figure skating. Her switch to Georgia is both personally significant and symbolically loaded, representing the fracturing of Russia's once-impregnable skating empire.
Russia. Today, the former Soviet space comprises fifteen sovereign independent states.