Eteri Tutberidze's daughter Diana Davis skates ice dance for Georgia

Diana Davis, the daughter of prominent Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze, chose a different path from her mother's world of women's singles. She became an ice dancer and teamed up with Gleb Smolkin, a Russian-born dancer, to compete internationally.

The pair represent Georgia rather than Russia. Russian skaters were barred from most international competitions after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and representing another federation became one route to continue competing under the International Skating Union (ISU), the sport's governing body.

The partnership drew attention because of Tutberidze's fame. Her group in Moscow has produced several Olympic and world champions in women's singles, and any move by her family into the sport is closely watched. Davis and Smolkin's career showed that a skater's child could follow the sport professionally, though in a different discipline and under a different flag. That context is why the pair are cited in later discussions about whether the children of skating figures take up the sport.