Elizabeth Tkachenko

Kiliakov and Tkachenko at the2025 World Championships
Personal information
Native name	אליזבת טקצ'נקו
Born	(2006-02-21)February 21, 2006 (age 19) Rockville, Maryland, US
Home town	North Potomac, Maryland, USA
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Israel
Partner	Alexei Kiliakov
Coach	Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Skating club	Ice Holon Wheaton FSC
Began skating	2009
Retired	August 6, 2025
Medal record Representing Israel Figure skating:Ice dance withKiliakov World Junior Championships 2024 Taipei Ice dance Junior Grand Prix Final 2023–24 Beijing Ice dance

Elizabeth Tkachenko (Hebrew:אליזבת טקצ'נקו; born February 21, 2006) is a retired Israeli–Americanice dancer. With her skating partner,Alexei Kiliakov, she is the2024 World Junior silver medalist and two-timeIsraeli national champion (2023, 2025).

At the junior level, Tkachenko/Kiliakov are the2023 JGP Japan silver medalists.

Tkachenko was born on February 21, 2006, inRockville, Maryland to parents Valery and Oxana who are both from Ukraine.^[1] She has a brother, Alexander.

Tkachenko and her skating partner, Alexei Kiliakov, have known each other since they were toddlers.^[2] “We know and understand each other extremely well,” said Tkachenko. “For example, when one of us is tired or moody, the other already knows how to deal with it and how to be supportive. There are no secrets between us, we tell each other everything. We also physically feel each other very well since after so many years we have gotten used to how the other moves. Skating together feels satisfying; it’s like walking for us, completely natural.”^[1]

Tkachenko began learning how to skate at age three in public sessions. She was later invited to join the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy (WISA), founded by her current coaches, former Russian ice dancers Alexei Kiliakov and Elena Novak, and her brother.^[2] Tkachenko teamed up with her current skating partner, Alexei Kiliakov Jr., in 2011.^[3]

They decided to switch to competing for Israel prior to the 2021-22 season. “Representing Israel brings more responsibility in a way, because when you receive an opportunity for more international events, you need to be ready as an athlete to show good results.”^[1]

The team had a successful season in their final year competing in the junior ranks. They medaled at both of their individual Junior Grand Prix events (Czech Republic and Italy) and qualified for the2023-24 Junior Grand Prix Final where they won silver. “We are so happy that our hard work paid off,” said Kiliakov after the free dance. “We did a lot to improve this season. This music is from a contemporary ballet by Christopher Dean about political depression in South America. The music is very beautiful, and we watched the ballet a few times. The costume in the original play is body paint and of course we couldn’t do that, but we tried to get as close to the original as possible.”^[4]

Kiliakov and Tkachenko went on to win the silver at the2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and in doing so, became the first Israeli team to win a medal at this event.^[5] “It feels great to have won a medal,” said Kiliakov. “This free dance was definitely something special, but it showed us what we are capable of and motivates us to create something new.”^[5]

• Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov at theInternational Skating Union

• 2006 births
• Living people
• American female ice dancers
• Israeli female ice dancers
• People from Rockville, Maryland
• 21st-century American sportswomen
• World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
• 21st-century Israeli sportswomen

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