Alina Urushadze
Alina Urushadze (Georgian: ალინა ურუშაძე, Russian: Алина Урушадзе; born 7 January 2004) is a Latvian-born Georgian-Russian figure skater who represents Georgia.[2] She is the 2019 Bosphorus Cup silver medalist and the 2019 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist. She placed 11th at the 2019 World Junior Championships and 5th at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
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![]() Urushadze at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | |
Personal information | |
Native name | ალინა ურუშაძე |
Country represented | ![]() |
Former country(ies) represented | ![]() |
Born | Riga, Latvia | 7 January 2004
Home town | Moscow, Russia |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Coach | Svetlana Sokolovskaya |
Former coach | Andrejs Brovenko, Jekaterina Platonova, |
Choreographer | Vitaly Butikov |
Skating club | CSKA Moscow |
Training locations | Moscow; Fondo, Italy; Jelgava, Latvia |
Began skating | 2008 |
World standing | 49 (As of 3 March 2019)[1] |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 179.50 2020 Winter Youth Olympics |
Short program | 63.10 2020 Winter Youth Olympics |
Free skate | 116.40 2020 Winter Youth Olympics |
Career
Born and raised in Riga, Urushadze previously skated for Latvia.[3][2] Since October 2018 she represents Georgia.[2]
2018–2019 season
In October 2018, Urushadze made her ISU Junior Grand Prix series in Yerevan, Armenia at the 2018 JGP Armenia. Despite placing fifth in both the short program and the free skate, she finished sixth overall and did not receive another Junior Grand Prix assignment for the season. Throughout the rest of the season, Urushadze went on to compete in the junior category at a number of smaller events, before wrapping up with her two largest events of the season: the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival and the 2019 World Junior Championships. At EYOF, Urushadze placed fourth in the short program, but fell to seventh after the free skate and sixth overall.
At Junior Worlds the following month, Urushadze ranked fifteenth after the short program, which put her in the third-to-last warm-up group for the free skate, where she placed eleventh, rising to eleventh overall.
2019–2020 season
Given two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix, Urushadze placed eighth in in France and sixth in Croatia. After competing at a number of small senior competitions, winning medals at two of them, she competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, where she placed fifth. Making her senior ISU Championship debut, she placed fifteenth at the 2020 European Championships.[4] She concluded the season with a fifteenth-place finish at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
Urushadze had been assigned to make her World Championship debut in Montreal, but they were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[5]
2020–2021 season
With the pandemic continuing to limit international events, the ISU opted to assign the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location. Urushadze made her Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, finishing tenth among the ten competitors.[6]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2020–2021 [7] |
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2019–2020 [8] |
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2018–2019 [9] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[10] | ||||||
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Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | |||
Worlds | C | |||||
Europeans | 15th | |||||
GP Rostelecom | 10th | |||||
CS Warsaw Cup | WD | |||||
Golden Bear | 7th | |||||
Istanbul Cup | 2nd | |||||
Volvo Open Cup | 3rd | |||||
International: Junior[10] | ||||||
Youth Olympics | 5th | |||||
Junior Worlds | 11th | 18th | ||||
JGP Armenia | 6th | |||||
JGP Croatia | 6th | |||||
JGP France | 8th | |||||
EYOF | 6th | |||||
Ice Star | 4th | |||||
Istanbul Cup | 2nd | |||||
Prague Ice Cup | 2nd | |||||
Skate Helena | 1st | |||||
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled |
Detailed results
2020–21 season | |||||
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Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
20–22 November 2020 | 2020 Rostelecom Cup | Senior | 10 55.86 |
10 94.82 |
10 150.68 |
2019–20 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
2–8 March 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | Junior | 18 52.68 |
18 95.43 |
18 148.11 |
24–25 January 2020 | 2020 European Championships | senior | 12 59.56 |
18 95.25 |
15 154.81 |
10–15 January 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | Junior | 5 63.10 |
6 116.40 |
5 179.50 |
25–30 November 2019 | 2019 Bosphorus Cup | Senior | 1 56.68 |
2 100.23 |
2 156.91 |
5–10 November 2019 | 2019 Volvo Open Cup | Senior | 4 57.07 |
3 106.76 |
3 163.83 |
24–27 October 2019 | 2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb | Senior | 7 53.95 |
11 93.26 |
7 147.21 |
25–28 September 2019 | 2019 JGP Croatia | Junior | 5 55.98 |
9 97.60 |
6 153.58 |
21–24 August 2019 | 2019 JGP France | Junior | 8 55.89 |
8 102.13 |
8 158.02 |
2018–2019 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
4-10 March 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | Junior | 15 52.53 |
11 105.43 |
11 157.96 |
13-14 February 2019 | 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival | Junior | 4 55.99 |
7 95.30 |
6 151.29 |
16-19 January 2019 | 2019 Skate Helena | Junior | 1 51.83 |
2 94.88 |
1 146.71 |
28-29 November 2018 | 2018 Bosphorus Cup | Junior | 2 50.36 |
2 94.30 |
2 144.66 |
9-11 November 2018 | 2018 Prague Ice Cup | Junior | 3 46.79 |
1 93.08 |
2 139.87 |
18-21 October 2018 | 2018 Ice Star | Junior | 4 49.18 |
3 89.94 |
4 139.12 |
10-13 October 2018 | 2018 JGP Armenia | Junior | 5 58.31 |
5 107.06 |
6 165.37 |
References
- "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. March 3, 2018.
- "Уроженка Латвии Алина Урушадзе гордится тем, что выступает за Грузию". Грузия Online. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- https://sport24.ru/news/other/2020-01-21-chempionat-yevropy-po-figurnomu-kataniyu-2020-uchastniki-raspisaniye-translyatsii
- "2020 ISU European Figure Skating Championships Results". International Skating Union.
- Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
- "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2020". International Skating Union.
- "Alina URUSHADZE: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Alina URUSHADZE: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Alina URUSHADZE: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Competition Results: Alina URUSHADZE". International Skating Union.