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Figure Skating At The Youth Olympic Games
Figure skating is one of the sports featured at the Winter Youth Olympics. It includes the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The sport was part of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics, held in January 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria. Medalists Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Medal table :''As of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.'' Mixed NOC team medalists Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees (NOCs), called mixed-NOCs teams, participate in the Winter Youth Olympics. These teams participate in events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams. The first edition did not include pairs due to the low number of entries. See also *Figure skating at the Olympic Games References External links International Skating UnionYouth Olympic Games {{Sports at the Youth Olympic Games Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance; the four individual disciplines are also combined into a team event, first included in the Winter Olympics in 2014. The non-Olympic disciplines include synchronized skating, Theater on Ice, and four skating. From intermediate through senior-level competition, skaters generally perform two programs (the short program and the free skate), which, depending on the discipline, may include spins, jumps, moves in the field, lifts, throw jumps, death spirals, and other elements or moves. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level (senior) at local, regional, sectional, national, and international competitions. The International Skating Union (IS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skating At The 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Centre intercommunal de glace de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland from 10 to 15 January 2020. Unique to the Youth Olympic Games is a mixed NOC team trophy competition. Medal summary Events Medal table Records The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: Eligibility Skaters are eligible to participate at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics if they were born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2005, except males in pairs and ice dance, who may be born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2004. Qualification system The overall quota for the figure skating competition is 76 total skaters, consisting of 38 men and 38 ladies. There will be 16 skaters in each of the single skating disciplines (men's and ladies'), 10 pair skating teams, and 12 ice dancing teams. The maximum number of entries that qualified by a National Olympic Committee (NOC) is 2 per event, making 12 (6 men, 6 ladie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Frolova
Anna Sergeevna Frolova (russian: Анна Сергеевна Фролова; born 7 August 2005) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic bronze medalist, the 2019 JGP Italy silver medalist, and the 2019 JGP Croatia bronze medalist. Personal life Frolova was born on 7 August 2005 in Mytishchi, Russia. Career Early years Anna began learning how to skate in 2010 at the age of five. 2019–20 season: Junior international debut Despite initially not receiving any Junior Grand Prix assignments, Frolova made her international junior debut in September 2019 at the 2019 JGP Croatia, replacing an injured Alena Kanysheva. Frolova placed third in both the short program and the free skate to finish third overall behind South Korean gold medalist Lee Hae-in and fellow Russian silver medalist Daria Usacheva. At her second assignment, the 2019 JGP Italy in October, Frolova won the silver medal behind then training mate Ksenia Sinitsyna despite falling fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ksenia Sinitsyna
Kseniia Alexeyevna Sinitsyna (russian: Ксения Алексеевна Синицына; born 5 August 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2020 Youth Olympic Champion in the team event, the 2019 JGP Italy champion, the JGP Russia silver medalist, and the 2018 JGP Lithuania bronze medalist. Personal life Sinitsyna was born on 5 August 2004 in Tver. Career Early years Sinitsyna began learning to skate in 2008. She finished 9th at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships. 2018–2019 season: Junior international debut In the 2018–2019 season, Sinitsyna debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, taking the bronze medal at the 2018 JGP Lithuania. At the 2019 Russian Junior Championships in February, she finished fourth behind Alexandra Trusova, Alena Kostornaia, and Anna Shcherbakova. Sinitsyna then represented Russia in Sakhalin at the first Children of Asia Games, winning the bronze medal behind You Young and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Young
You Young (Hangul: 유영; born May 27, 2004) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, a four-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, a four-time Challenger series medalist, and a five-time South Korean national champion (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022.) On the junior level, she is the 2020 Youth Olympic champion, the 2018 JGP Slovakia bronze medalist, and the 2019 Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games champion. You is the youngest ever national champion of South Korea at age 11 in 2016, surpassing the previous record set by Yuna Kim, who won at age 12 in 2003. She is also the first Korean woman to successfully land a triple Axel in an international competition and the first Asian woman to win the gold medal in Figure skating at the Winter Youth Olympics. She currently holds the fourth highest technical element score in the short program (45.54 at the 2019 Skate Canada) and the ninth highest technical element score in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabet Tursynbayeva
Elizabet Tursynbaeva ( kz, Элизабет Тұрсынбаева, ''Elizabet Tūrsynbaeva''; born 14 February 2000) is a Kazakh retired figure skater. She is the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 CS Ice Star champion, the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy silver medalist, the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, the 2019 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and a three-time Kazakhstani national champion (2015-2017). She placed 12th at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Having successfully landed a quadruple Salchow at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships, Tursynbaeva is the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in senior international competition. Competing in the junior ranks, Tursynbaeva won bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and silver at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events. Tursynbaeva placed 12th at the 2018 Winter Olympics and was the 20th highest ranked ladies' singles skater in the world by the International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Sotskova
Maria Romanovna Sotskova (pron. ''SOT-skoh-vah''; russian: Мария Романовна Сотскова; born 12 April 2000) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time Internationaux de France silver medalist (2016, 2017), the 2016 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy champion, and the 2018 Russian national silver medalist. She placed 8th at the 2017 and 2018 World Figure Skating Championships and at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Earlier in her career, Sotskova won silver at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, silver at the 2016 World Junior Championships, and gold at the 2013 Junior Grand Prix Final. Personal life Maria Romanovna Sotskova was born on 12 April 2000 in Reutov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. As a young child, she was engaged in both skating and rhythmic gymnastics but dropped gymnastics after her coach said that she needed to choose. Sotskova plans to work in choreography and will begin an underg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polina Tsurskaya
Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya (pronounced ''TSOO-rskaya''; russian: Полина Игоревна Цурская, born 11 July 2001) is a Russian former competitive figure skater and figure skating coach. She is the 2017 NHK Trophy bronze medallist. On the junior level, she is the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic champion, the 2015 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, a four-time Junior Grand Prix event champion, and the 2015 Russian junior national champion. Personal life Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya was born on July 11, 2001 in Omsk, Russia. She has an elder brother, Igor, who is nine years her senior. She moved to Moscow in 2013. Career Early years Tsurskaya began skating in 2005. Coached by Tatiana Odinokova in Omsk until 2013, she joined Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov after relocating to Moscow. Fifth in her first appearance at the Russian Junior Championships, in 2014, she finished fourth in 2015. 2015−2016 season Tsurskaya made her international debut in August 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Zijun
Li Zijun (; December 14, 1996) is a Chinese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic bronze medalist and the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist. Li is also the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, 2010 JGP Final bronze medalist, and a four-time (2011-2014) Chinese national champion. Career 2010–11 season: First senior national title Li debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit during the 2010–11 season. She won the bronze medal in Austria and placed 4th in the Czech Republic to qualify for the Final. At the Junior Grand Prix Final, she tied with Risa Shoji for third place. She won the bronze medal on the tie-breaker. Li went on to win her first senior national title. She finished 9th at the 2011 World Junior Championships. 2011–12 season: Bronze at Youth Olympics Li placed second in both of her assigned 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix events and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final which was held in Quebec City, Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelina Sotnikova
Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova (russian: link=no, Адели́на Дми́триевна Со́тникова ; born 1 July 1996) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2012, 2013), a two-time Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist (2011, 2015), and a four-time Russian national champion (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014). On the junior level, she is the 2012 Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2011 Junior World champion, the 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2009 Russian junior national champion. Sotnikova stopped competing after the 2015–2016 season. She announced her retirement on 1 March 2020. Career Early years Adelina Sotnikova began skating at the age of four at the ''Yuzhny'' ice rink near her home in Moscow. Taught by Anna Patrikeeva until the age of seven, she then began training at CSKA which is further away from her home. She began working with coach Elena Buianova (Vodorezova) a year later. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva ( ; rus, Елизавета Серге́евна Туктамышева, , jɪlʲɪzɐˈvʲetə tʊktɐˈmɨʂɨvə; born 17 December 1996) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2015 World champion, the 2021 World silver medalist, the 2015 European champion, the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final champion, a 14-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, and the 2013 Russian national champion. On the junior level, she is the 2012 Youth Olympic champion, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, and 2010–11 JGP Final silver medalist. Tuktamysheva is currently the world's 3rd-highest ranked women's singles skater by the International Skating Union following the 2020–21 figure skating season. At the 2015 World Championships, she became the first female skater to land four triple jumps in a short program (triple Axel, triple Lutz, and a triple toe-triple toe combination). At the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final, she landed the maximum eight triple jumps cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniil Samsonov
Daniil Aleksandrovich Samsonov (russian: Даниил Александрович Самсонов; born 13 July 2005) is a Russian figure skater, who formerly held three junior world records for men's skating. He is the 2020 Youth Olympic bronze medalist, the 2019 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2019 JGP Poland champion, the 2019 Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games champion, and a two-time Russian junior national champion (2019, 2020). Career He was born in Moscow, Russia. Daniil Samsonov formerly trained under Alexander Shubin at Moskvich, and has been training under Eteri Tutberidze at Sambo 70 since the start of the 2015/2016 season. 2018–2019 season In early February 2019, Samsonov won the Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships. "he boyskated breathtakingly. At such an arlyage, to jump a quadruple Lutz, so beautifully, so easily, that had never happened before in the world," Tatiana Tarasova said of his victory. Samsonov was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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